The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 3, 1940, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juncau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER - - - - - President R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Po SUBSCRIPTION RAT! rier in Juneau and Do il, postage paid. at the f Delivered by c By n One vear one month, in if they will promptly notity e or irregularity in the de- favor fa. T Telephones s Office, 602; Business Office 4 MEMBER OF ASS( The Associated Press is exclu o the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and the local news published hereln ALASKA CIRCU THAN TH. TION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | National Newspaper Representa- 0, Los Angeles, Portland, GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc. tives, with offices in_San Fr 3 Seattle, g0, New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE-Gllbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Building | EYES TO THE NORTHWEST Time magazine this week presents an excellent map and an excellent summary of the importance of Alaska in the nation's defense “Alaska,” says Time, “has been vulnerable invasion since navies were converted from sail to steam. It took the airplane to make it a strategic to successful in keeping Hoover under wraps during the 1940 campaign. Willkie has done some clever side-stepping to avoid being caught on the same platform with him or in front of the same camera lens. Herbert Hoover’s speech next Wednesday is not expected to set any fires ‘ | | THE NEWS OF THE DAY ‘ This is a wonderful country. The banner head-| line in last night's newspapers didn’t say anything about the wars in Europe or Asia. It said “Tigersf Win First Game of World Series.” The people who telephoned the Empire office for news yesterday| didn’t want to know how many planes were shot down over London; they wanted to know who was/ pitching for the Reds, what the score was, who hit| that homer in the fifth inning. Juneau is at least two thousand miles airline from Crosley Fleld. That Juneau should be running a temperature from baseball fever is an American | and one of which no American is phenomenon ashamed. The “Landslide” for F.D.R. | (Philadelphia Record) | Latest poll of Dr. Gallup's Institute of Public Opinion shows that President Roosevelt has a land-| slide majority now, with 453 electoral votes to Will- kie's 78, Recent polls of Dr. Gallup had Willkie running uhead, but these new figures show he has lost ten States in four weeks. This confirms the fears and the disappointment of many of Willkie's most vocal admirers in the way he has shaped up. As the Evening Bulletin points out: “Republi- cans who hailed the results of previous Gallup polls showing Willkie in the lead cannot consistently seek to discredit this latest poll. . . .” We will be pardoned a chuckle over the New | York Times' headline on this poll: “Roosevelt Passes Willkie in Survey.” That is a masterpiece of understatement. | At the same time, pleased as we are by this evidence of nation-wide appreciation of a great President, we do not think anyone can assume that| the election is “in the bag.” A Republican come-| back may be unlikely, but it is not tmpossible. Much can happen in six weeks. And it would be plain folly for the Democrats to rest on any oars of uver-! confidence and wait leisurely for the election returns | | i e A o e HAPPY BIRTHDAY o OCTOBER 3 Helen Z. Hawkes Mrs. J. Paul Johnson Dennis Gallagher Mrs. Sven Thorpe Mrs, Rex G. Early Edward Rennie Andrew Hildre > —— "OROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 Benefic aspects today contend| with adverse influences. Good| fortune should rule, however, as| the hours pass. It is promising for| meny types of merchandising and for huilding projects. Heart and Home: Women are under a threatening rule f.oday: which may be depressing and| thwarting, if they engage in any sort of important work. Anxiety regarding the future may domin- ate the minds of mothers who have seen their sons engage in train- ing for defense, but the starsseem to presage a fortunate outcome| to war preparations. This is a area from which an attack could be launched against|to come in time to make the home a sanctu- ary. All the household arts should 1940 20 YEARS AGO 7% empire OCTOBER 3, 1920 A new body superseding the National Baseball Commission, in control of organized baseball, was expected to take form shortly after completion of the 1920 world series, according to plans outlined by President Heydler of the National League. The movement was started by baseball club owners as a result of the expose of bribery and crooked baseball playing in connection with the 1919 world series, which had to date resulted in the indictment of seven members of the Chicago American League team, one former member and two Boston gamblers. Mort Truesdell had things his own way at the' regular shoot of the Juneau Gun Club, taking high honors with 23 dead birds out of a possible 25. who arrived here on the steamer North- Eagle River school as instructor for the Miss Catherine McMahon, western, was assigned to the year, Mrs. B. B. Neiding was visiting in the city for a short time. She arrived on the Northwestern in company with her husband who was enroute to Kennecott, where he was to be in charge of the mine. Robert McGreer, Miss Barbara Bronell and Miss Perqueta Courtney, comprising the Ellis Stock Company, left on the Northwestern to fill engagements in cities in the Westward. E. G. Keeney, of the DuPont Power Company, who had been on a vacation trip to Seattle, returned on the Northwestern Weather condition: Clear. e o e | Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox | e < <) e < < - 2 7l ) 3 0 O Y WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He contracted the habit in early life.” Say, “He ACQUIRED the habit in early life.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Chauffeur. Pronounce sho-fur, O as in OBEY), U as in FUR ent last syllable, or sho-fer, O as in NO, E as in HER, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Peel (to free from covering). Peal (to cause to ring loudly) SYNONYMS: miraculous. 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: DISCERNMENT; quickness and accuracy in discriminating. “Discern- Supernatural, preternatural, superhuman, spiritual, Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel + B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 Drs. Kaser and P. M. Visiting brothers Fl’eebutger Z welcome. H. E. SIM- wbm . MONS, Exalted Ruler; “agren Building M. H. SID] - 2t ES, Sec_retary. MOUNT JUN¥AU LODGE NO. 117 Second and fourth Monsay of each month OFFICES OF 1 in Scottish Rite Tempie { beginning at 7:30 om RALPH B. MARTIN DR.A.W.STEWART will be re-opened in the Worshipful Master; JAMES W 20th Century Gross Bldg. LEIVERS, wbecretary. OCTOBER 1ST o s e -~ LT A Dr. Judson Whittier ||| GUY SMITH CHIROPRACTOR : | Drugless Physician Oftice hours: 10-’1'2';c 1-5, 7-9 D R UGS ! Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. l PHONE 667 PUROLA REMEDIES ! PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- | I Front Stret Next Coltsenm | Dr. John H. Geyer PHONE 91—Froe Deltvry | DENTIST ! Room 9—Valentine Bldg. e | PHONE 1762 . i . Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. ey "Tomorrow's Siyles | ' Today” ‘ THaluors Juneau’s Own Store —_—— ROBERT SIMPSCN, OPT. D. | Graduate Los Ang:ges Coll~ge of Optometry, and | QOpthainology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter | i | Mortuary Fourth and Frankiin Sts. PHONE 136 the U. S.” The account goes on for two pages of text and| another two pages of colored map to draw in detail | the strategic picture of the North Pacific and Al- aska's place across the route an invader from Asia would be almost certain to take. Whatever Time's The astonishing figures of this Gallup poll are explained by the fumbling campaign Willkie has|Pe cultivated. conducted to date, a campaign marked by one mis-| Business Affairs: statement after another and by faux pas which|configuration read as indicating have convinced many of Willkie's champions that|g0od luck for our commerce. Ac-| whatever his personal charm, he is not the man for|tivity of the Navy in the Pacific| the White House in these parlous times. i ment is a power of the understanding in which few excel."—Greville. "The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists Butler-Maurc There is a MODERN ETIQUETTE " xoprra 1om | - Hsve Your Eyes Examined by |is well directed and will aid colo- sources were, they were remarkably well informed nies to maintain their indepen- and painstakingly exact in every statement. It is dence of enemy rulers. Japan is I ST Dr Ra L c l the best study of Alaskan defense we have seen. Another Theory Bites the Dust |to offer added insults, with the Q. Hasn't a devoted wife the privilege to open her husband’s mail? . e L. Larison Speaking of the advance bases of the Japanese TR | conngvance of foreign dictators. | A. No. This has nothing whatever to do with devotion. Neither OPTOMETRIST | —— Blomgren Bldg.——2nd Floer wife nor husband has the privilege to open the other’s mail, nor should Front Street—~————Phone 636 —_— he or she pick it up and read it after it*is opened, without permission. A well-bred person will not even scutinize a postal card that belongs to someone else. Q Is it business or marries, to retain her maiden name for busi s purpe A. Yes; this is often done, when the maiden name has become estab- lished and has advertising value. Q. What is the limit in knives and forks when a table is correctly set? A. Two knives (sometimes three), and not more than three forks. (Cleveland Plain Dealer) | The coming months in the United One can hardly turn around these days wit.hout;smles are to be prosperous, al- bumping into a new theory as to why democracy thcugh there may be a slight de-| seems to be on the ropes. |cline in trade at the end of thlsi On one side it is explained that it is because month. we spend all our time riding around in autos, while| National Issues: According to a| we ought to be out climbing mountains and cutting | European seer the United Stales! down trees. On the other side, you hear that the|is to gain greatly in power apd! trouble is we spend all our time flexing our muscles | prosperity, no matter which politi- on the golf course, when we ought to be back home|cal party happens to win, and this in the rocking chair exercising our minds. | authority forecasts a close count It is said by some that democracy is just that in the election. The stars are read | way, the more of it you have the quicker it will as presaging victory for the powers| extinguish itself by its own weaknesses. You no|that be, because world events are and Russians just across the International Date Line, Time says an airplane can leave any of these Asiatic strongholds “and be over U. S. territory in 20 to! 24 hours before it takes off.” This is the kind of phraseology which brings the "Alaska defense story to the nation with impact which will leave a mark. Among the new and fairly new information in thé article is the revelation that Navy building is going on in secret, with the area restricted from visitors, at the new Dutch Harbor base, that the Sitka naval base is to be a home for submarines as well as for aircraft, that the Navy has a listening post at Kiska Island, 1,242 miles west of Kodiak, for Post Office Substation NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE 1 DRUGGIST ~The Squibb Stores of Alasks™ B o JAMES C. COOPE C.P.A. | Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING G e LA S Rl 1 woman, who permissible for a “The Stere for Men” SABIN’S o - A L. C. Smith and Corona use as an advance base and that the Army Air ;m::mr gezntfhiou:;;x trying to r;gu:ctthalt oned out u\an‘toimwflucx:f:e vloterAs.“ - cnkiel I_O OK a nd LEA R N b:l/ 50:;““;"!“ L s T are informed we are about to lose democrac nternational airs: Internal an iced (BJorps ?s ]:m\km,. g!ans for far north fields at Pointi o . ce' we haven't yet really tried it. ¥ teduies | ‘abe TZovatld 110k Rt A. C. GORDON 1 < Sety by Front St—Triangle Bldg. di::":‘m e Aug '::"h“b]y ;u;nther R e Oans- The democratic way is passing because we have|Transits and conjunctions of | fu s s s s A - - S Al J' B- Bur.ford &‘cofi order against the possibility of an air invasion | (55 much and too little education. You can blame| Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter are etk e (hs Tyek heain with the. 18tber 342 “Our Doorstep Is Worn by 80T068 “‘F top of the world. it on the decline of the west or the upclimb of the|read as foreshadowing political up- 1 Hew{many, Stetea.biithe THion. Degin. 97 eaptad Satistied Customers” Time's article is recommended reading for all|vest. heavals in the Soviet Government 2. Who was the first great American lexicographer? GASTINE KU CAFE Alaskans. The latest guess is made in the September issue|and troubles with peoples along the 3. TIs a signature legal when written with a lead pencil? —_— > - of a so-called highbrow magazine by an author who| borders of the country. The death! 4. What is a funambulist? DH H VANCE has found that the trouble with civilization is it has|of a leader in Moscow is prognos- 5. What is the diameter of the moon? Y= o OSTEOPATH Consultation and cxamination free. Hours 10 {0 12; 1 to §; 7 to 8:0° by appoinment. ticated, Stalin, also comes under threatening portents. 1 Persons whose birthdate it is) have the augury of a year of gains| ANSWERS: . Eight; Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Montana. been taken over by the girls, We have gone slssy‘ because we live in the city, and everybody knows| you can only be a he-man when you live in the UNAVOIDABLE CALAMITY Herbert Hoover is to speak at Columbus, Ohio, October 9—which by the way is Fire Prevention Day | Country. 2. Noah Webster (1758-1843). asting ¥ —in behalf of Wendell L. Willkie, Hoover' t.allf Well, tell that to the marines. According to the|in artistic endeavor. Love at(alrs‘ G eau Hotel-Annex ! 3 i over's o o A ¥ Vo te. M selciwi 3. Yes. South Franklin St. Plhione 177 Republican headquarters announces, will deal p“_lswom IeElngny - of Maj: G omas - Holcomb, | wit JEwnate: Ry W 4. A ropewalker or ropedancer, & * ticularly' with the third ter 4 | marine commandant, before the House Naval Com-|Will marry. £ Ak e x y ST, Children born on this day may 5. 2,163 miles, mittee, the marines have to reject a higher percent- The country Not a bad subject for a President for whom, gge of country boys than city boys. most everybody agrees, one term was much "°°1hoys aren’t so vigorous. many. | Since the marines are a pretty tough outfit, Up to date the Republicans have been fairly where does that leave the city sissy theory? Washin'nlonr ok Memy- Go-Round {be severe in character. They are {likely to be talented and indepen-' | uent, enesgeiic and uncompromis- | ng. LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 ‘Another New Cabinet Mcmbe; (Copyright 1940) 1 | have been no strikes or jurisdic-|to tell yours boys to go back to| tional fights between rival un- work.” ions. | “How do I know our rights will| Inside light on how this record | be protected?” demanded Ryan. has been checked up was the| “After all, you are CIO. threatened AFL-CIO clash at Ta-| “Listen, Joe~ retorted Hillman, ‘When in Need of DIESEL OIL—STOVE OIL YOUR COAL CHOICE GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING local GOP leaders, but via a call from Hoover's suite. Martin immediately called on the ex-President—a fact discovered by a free-lance newsman. Scenting a scoop, the newsman rustled up Archie B. Betis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT coma, h., “’m not CIO or AFL now. I'm (Continued from Page One) H\ll::mnw::t it ri;:;:?y Ay 0 working for Uncle Sam on national| the hotel photographer and rushed m‘?‘a‘] Llnm Service CALL US BTRES G | The row arose out of a two-|defense. Your rights will be pro-| with him to the Hoover suite. i Room 8, Pr'; ::‘ m’an“m his lapel he wore a Roosevelt-| year-old decision of the National | tected just as much as the CIO.” The ex-President greeted them, J“eall Trans!“ Wallace button | Labor Relations Board favoring the! “That's okay with me,” replied| cordially and offered no objecunn! The first few days nothing was| CIO longshoremen’s union. On|Ryan. “Ill call Tacoma at once” |to posing for a picture with Mar- f i Phone 48—Night Phone 481 said about the button, but finally | Friday, September 6, the AFL ‘The next day the AFL long-|tin. If Martin had any objection, | 1 T 4‘0517 SO LITTLE Mrs. duPont -took him aside and|lomgshoremen’s union staged a|shoremen voted to return to work.| he kept it to himself. The two TO DRESS SMARTLY _ objected, walk-out against their CIO rivals, MERRY-GO-ROUND leaders were snapped sitting close AT — s “That is most embarrassing to|and it scemed as if the Northwest| George T. Summerlin, .who gets| together in smiling conversation. | A F AMI L Y us, Franklin,” she said, “I will have| was in for another siege of the|$9.400 & year as chief of the State| Reporter and photographer then D E V L I ' S to ask you to off. Ycu can't around here. Telling intimates about the in- cident, Franklin says that his first take wear that button that thing costly jurisdictional labor war that | has so plagued it. When Hillman got word of this on Saturday morning, he immedi- ately inquired if national defense impulse was to refuse. production would be affected. He “'Bul I thought it over,” he ex-|was told it would not, also that plained, “and since I was leaving| peace moves were under way. Tues-| shortly I decided to take it off to|day he checked again, this time keep peace in the family. It was|satisfied himself that defense was their home and if it annoyed them, ! involved. He waited another day I felt that the courtcous thing!for an agreement to be reached, to do was to remove i." then swung aggressively into ac- However, he noticed that in ad-|tion on Thursday. dition to the ban on Roosevell| Telephoning union officials in campaign symbols there alsoseemed Tacoma, he warned: “That strike to be no signs of Willkie buttons| must be called off at once. It's or banners. When he asked his not in the interest of national de- mother-in-law about this, she re- fense. Go back to work and we'll plied: | settle this by arbitration.” “It's not because we don't want| Next he called the NLRB, terse- them, but we got orders from New ly asked for a reopening of the York that the rich were not to old controversy. Then he tele- display Willkie symbols in order phoned Joe Ryan, head of the AFL' not to antagonize the common union. people.” ; “Joe,” he said. “That jurisdiction NOTE—Franklin Jr. is now tour-| fight in Tacoma can’'t go any fur- ing the country making speeches ther. I know you and your union to young voters. are patriotic and don’t want to‘ — | do anything to injure national de- LABOR PEACE-MAKER | fense. I am satisfied that if this 1t is the boast of Defense. Com- | strike continues, it wilf hurt na- missioner Sidney Hillman that la-| tional defense and it will hurt| he NLRB has agreed to the/ehse and I want you Department Division of Protocol, saves $91 a year by rolling his own cigarettes. His job includes enter- taining visiting dignitaries. . . Hefty Representative Frank Fries of Illinois, one-time miner, is lead- ing the battle to save the Federal mine inspection bill from being shelved in the House Mines Com- mittee. Sponsored by Senator Matt Neely of West Virginia and Repre- sentative Kent Keller of Illinois, the measure is being stymied by an undercaver filibuster. . . . Like General Marshall, Chief of Staff, the Army's Chief of Air Corps, General H. H. Arnold, begins his working day at 7:45 in the morn- ing. HOOVER’S PICTURE An unreported incident during Republican National Chairman Joe Martin’s recent visit to San Fran- cisco throws an interesting light on Herbert Hoover's political rat- ing—at least in the opinion of some California Republicans. The ex-President was not on Martin's list of conferences during the several o Bt o 00 @ o his hotel he learmed that er also was stopping there. This in- formation did not come from the PRI e Pt Vo i dashed off to the hotel’s darkroom | to develop their scoop, when they were interrupted by a hammering on the door. “We want that picture!” yelled someone in the hall. “It must not| get out.” i “Oh, yeah?” snorted the report-| er, “You try and stop it!” Those on the outside turned out to be local Republican leaders. And, so anxious were they to get the| Hoover picture that they actually { went to the nhoiel manager and in- | sisted that he seize it. He protest- ed that he couldn't interfere, but, was informed that unless he did, ‘Willkie would not stop at the hotel’ during his forthcoming visit to S8an Francisco, This, apparently carried weight and a new appeu: was made to/ the newsman. | “All right,” he repled, “I'll give you the picture—if you get a re- quest from Martin in writing.” But brainy little Joe refused to get involved in the affair. The local politicos had no mm\w this so the reporter kept his scoop. But it's still unpublished. He rushed it off airmail to a national weekly ‘which is friendly to Will- kie, but to date the interesting And still another cabinet change becomes official. This time it's Jesse Jones, the RFC chairman, being sworn in as secretary of com- merce, Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed, right, swears in Jones in Washington as President Roosevelt watches. Tl_tere is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising = SHOE STORE. “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- sive Shoe Store” Seward Lou Hudsen Street Manager Helene W. Albrechi PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 Try The Empire classifieds fa results, —— TELEPHONE—S51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125.000 * 29% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES