The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 10, 1940, Page 4

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Natlonal Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Beatile, Chicaso, New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Gllbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Building ROADS FOR THE ARMY The Government is prepared to spend $200,000,- 000 on the construction of 3,000 miles of highways leading to 120 Army posts throughout the country, according to the Mining and Contracting Review. How better could a few millions from that fund be spent than on highways in Alaska? This Terri- tory has come to the attention of the nation forcibly in the past year as the most important strategic area in North America. We are working hard to make Alaska strong against invasion, but until we have highways connecting the defense posts in Alaska and giving them a supply route from the States we will be in a very, poor strategic position at best. For the sake of the defense of the nation as much as for the development of the Territory, work | should be started early next spring on the proposed 135-mile highway from the Richardson Highway to Palmer, connecting the Fairbanks and Anchorage bases overland. At the same time arrangements should be completed with Canada for a start on the invaluable highway from Haines on the Inside Passage to the Richardson Highway. This latter route would give Army bases at Fairbanks, Anchorage and Haines year-around connection with the States for the moving of men and supplies. It would provide the important missihg link in transportation facilities between Seattle and the heart of Alaska. It would make use of the sheltered and scenic Inside Passage water route, vastly superior from the standpoint of most Alaskans than any snowbclt overland highway through Canada. Highways in Alaska are a military necessity. The Government should get to work on them at once, ABOUT THIRD TERMS One who has a proper grasp of American history must be getting a good deal of amusement out of the effort of the Republican party to set itself up as the guardian of the nation against that worst of all evils, the third term. The startling truth is this! The only two Republicans who were ever elected for a second term, and who lived through it without Portland, | | | bvmrz assassinated, both sought a third term. 'l'hu is the record of the Republican party since that party was founded. The two were Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt, If you will consult your history book you will find that Grant was a candidate for nomination in 1880 for a third term, That he was not nominated was not because he didn’t actively and openly seek the office, but own party had had too much of him. Everyone publican President to be elected to a second term and to live through it, was a candidate for a third term, even though to become a candidate he had| to form a third party. There is nothing sacrosanct, certainly nothing| characteristically Republican, about a two term limit. Explojts of the R.A.F. | @ (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The British are not much given to boasting of| their war accomplishments. They are more inter-| ested in carrying out the task in hand than m} spreading propaganda. The destruction they have| wrought on German bases in Europe, therefore, has| not received the attention it warrants. i Now the Germans come to their assistance.| While Dr, Goebbels' propaganda ministry has tried| to minimize the damage created in Berlin by the|%— Royal Air Force, the announcement that chlldrpn‘ are to be evacuated from the German capital thWs‘ it to be extensive. When the British report that they have struc k oil depots, troop concentration centers and ports from which the Nazis intend to invade England, they| can be believed. American military men and diplo- mats who have had an opportunity to check up on the British reports—men such as Gen. George V. Strong, chiet of the war plans division—find that London is inclined to underrate, rather than over- state, the work of the R.AF. The fact that Hitler has not yet attempted an invasion, that he has allowed days of good weather and favorable tides to slip by, is eloquent evidence| that the British defense and counter-offensive have| been effective, This has been possible in considerable part be- cause of the help reaching England from this country. The fact has worried the Germans. It is one of the motives for the military alliance signed | with Italy and Japan. That help will increase as| time goes on. It will become more iand more diffi- cult for the Nazis to launch a successful invasion. But this will hold true only if assistance to Britain in the way of boats, planes, guns and munitions con- tinues. By their alliance the totalitarian powers have| shown America that this war is one not only against| the British Empire but against the entire demooratic world. America can best meet that challenge by continuing to help stop aggression in Europe, Ahoy, Historians! i (Cincinnati Enquirer) To the patient historians of the future who surely will comb these columns for inklings of Ameri- tion several months ago that the frenzied art of| jitterbugging was dying out. It had seemed on the wane, but reconnaissance from discreet distance fails now to substantiate the trend. We had supposed it was the war. But evidently it was merey a matter of wind. For now that the Jitterbugs have gotten their second wind, the dance| floors of the nation seem as menacing to life and limb as ever. ‘The psychologists are ominously quiet on the| subject, so we must concern ourselves merely with the physical manifestations of the continuing jitter- bug fad. And who dares deny that these may be fraught with meaning? Can it be said that the youth of America s cowardly when, night after night, it is willing to brave the flying leather and slashing French heels on a dance floor? Can it be said to be soft, when, night after night, it is rigorously toning its muscles in the boogie-woogie stomp at a pace which causes its elders to grow pale? A few months back, we thought of jitterbugging as a national offense. Maybe we wronged it; maybe it's all for national defense, The English are fighting to liberate France, but they won't get away with it if the French can help it. Washingfon Merry- Go-Round (OContinued from Page One) ler Hotel. | ford MacNider. given her as a sop for the new al- liance, It is also reported that the Axis might give Russia the strait| It hasn't | on the sidelines and grinned. COPPER COPPERED been Willkie headquarters at the Stat-|copper and that the four-cent tar-| This was the first time| iff could be junked by an executive that a Legion convention had been | order. | used openly to boost one political| candidate, and considerable resent- sist. ment was expressed, much of coming from the friends of Han-| orders be so timed and spaced as The copper officials did not re- They agreed to keep prices jt|in check; asked only that future Democrats stood to enable them to operate steady i SCRAP OVER SCRAP | Equally vital iron and steel publicly an-| scrap is next on Henderson's list. of the Bosporus plus a sphere of nounced, but the big copper moguls With defense demands mounting influence through Iran to Persian Gulf. But all merely reports. Only tangible fact known here! is that the Russians now seem to| voluntary, be a little more amenable to rea- €d prodding, son, and there may be a common the have assured the Defense Commis- these are sion there will be no price kiting | on this vital raw material, The promise was not entirely It followed some point- ~ With defense production swing- | understanding worked out between | iNg into full stride, copper recently | by leaps and bounds, scrap prices have been tugging at the leash. Since exports are barred to Japan, Henderson sees no reason for any | summoned both dealers and users for a private talk. As in the case of copper, the United States and Moscow re-| began showing signs of zooming Defense Commission knows where garding Japan. Department is letting Russia have| half-cent jump to all the aviation gasoline it wants Pound. . and also the machine tools previ- ously ordered here—though these Henderson, have been barred to Japan. prices, this So far the State Skyward. Overnight there was a To Defense Commissioner whose job is to police restiveness was there are large, readily accessible supplies of scrap, and Henderson will make it clear to the dealers that if they want to retain the do- mestic market they will have to keep prices within bounds. 12 cents a Leon un- because even the members of his| knows that Theodore Roosevelt, the only other Re-| I OCTOBER 10 can life in 1940, we must apologize for the observa-‘ price hurdling, so this week hehas| the | It's no easy job to pin down the Warranted. He had a confidential Russians, but conversations along dossier on copper containing cer- these general lines are proceeding. |tain interesting facts. One of them NOTE—Despite Stalin’s extreme Was that while the U. S. Govern- fre at the Nazi-Japanese deal, it ment was being charged 12 cents will not surprise U. S. observers if & pound, large quantities were temporarily he pays lip service to Jeing sold to Japan at less than the new setup or even flirts with 10 cents, a non-aggression pact — which, Another was that the U. S. cop- however, will be meaningless. | per producers were protected by a four-cent tariff and that plenty LEGION POLITICS of copper could be obtained at well There was one piece of politics under 12 cents if this tariff were at the American Legion conven-| leveled tion in Boston which did not leak So Henderson “invited' ‘the cop-| out—some hot rivalry between two| Per chiefs to Washington. They | Republican groups. |came, among them C. F. (Con)| It happens that Hanford Mac- Kelley, head of giant A‘rmm'mrmJ Nider, Assistant Secretary of War| Copper. The conference was ami- under Coolidge, headed the Re-| cable, but Henderson minced no‘ publican Service League up until Words, ' recently, It was his job to rally He said that the Defense Com- Legion votes for Republicans, | mission wanted to keep the do~1 However, the Republican Service mestic market intact for domestic League was recently euchered out Producers, but thai{ the Commis- from under MacNider and put lll'l-\ sion would not hesitate to buy | der Harry Colmery, former com-|e€lsewhere if any profiteering were mander of the American Legion. |attempted. Also, that he knew And at Boston, Colmery mltbcn there was plenty of cheap NOTE—Behind the scenes Hen- derson’s adviser in these matters| is astute Bernard Baruch, head of the World War Industries Board. ON THE BATTLEFRONT REPS: The Hatch Act certainly is having ‘effect. Representative Dudley White of Ohio, who heads the GOP speakers’ bureau for the 31 states nuder the jurisdiction of the Chicago campaign headquai- ters has been alloted only enough money to pay the expenses of 100 speakers for a week and a half. Formerly the National Commit- tee paid both salary and expenses. Most speakers were kept on the stump for at least a month. But with a ceiling put on campaign expenditures by the Hatch law, the| committee Is holding outlays down to the bone, There will be no sal-| aries for speakers. They will have |to be volunteer workers and ex- penses will cover only a week and |a half of touring. DEMS: Democratic Townsendites THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY OCT. IO 1940. T HAPPY BIRTHDAY George Larsson Mrs. Norman K. Ferrier Mrs. C. H. MacSpadden Ken Webster Mrs. Wendell Moran Mrs. E. C. McKechnie Mrs. Roberta Orme Alfred Lundstrom Jr. | Dr. R. H. Williams A E. Lundstrom Mrs. William Spicer — + HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” — o FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 This is not an important day in planetary direction, for it bodes M for well-balanced judg- ment and seems to presage the! sort of indecision that thwarts important initiative of all sorts, Heart and Home: Astrologers emphasize the importance of ad- justing the scale of living for nec- essary future entrenchments, Stress is placed upon the wisdom of en- joying all the benefits of the present to the fullest extent. This means that homes should be made the centers of informal entertain- ment. Comfort should be sought instead of luxury. Business Affairs: Money may be “tight” and monthly collections slow as election uncertainties add to the financial problems of busi- nessmen. Manufacturing will con- tinue at high speed, but gearing for war preparations should not exclude the possibility of quick changes, as European upheavals mutiply and commercial readjust-| ments become general. § National Issues: As the Unifed | States becomes an even more out- standing world power than it has been, there will be added perils and increased difficulties which will| |demand wise steering of the ship| of state. The need of legmqmrs\ | who are farseeing and well qunh- fled must be recognized. Profes- _sxonal politicians will be eliminated |in certain states, but they will snll flourish elsewhere. { International Affairs: Mars and| Neptune near the Ascendant in France warn of unrest among ths conquered people. As a nation ithey will survive defeat, demon- strating their ability to retain dis- tinctive characteristics. The re- making of Europe is to retain its new pattern for only a limited period, astrologers foretell. The winter, however, will bring ter- rible tests to many thousands, of war victims. £ Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of steady good luck, but specnu‘}.ion will be unfortunate, Women should conserve their money. o Children born on this day DProp- ably - will be rather difficult: understand. These Libra nagives may be moody, sensitive and high- strung, but exceedingly intelligent. (Copyright, 1940) d e | ) ATTENTION PLEASE The new Telephone Ditectory has. been published and delivered. |If you have not received s yours kindly phone 420. As many addi- tions and changes have been made, | we would appreciate it very much if our patrons would call by num- | bers. adv. JUNEAU DOUGLAS TEL. CO. Dr. Francis Townsend's endorse- ment of Wendell Willkie. They are| his strongest supporters, and his move puts them in an embarrassing hole, since they are running on | the third-term ticket which he con- demned. Feeling is so hot that they have served notice on Townsend ¥ pri- vately that they won't lift a* fin- ger to get action on his long-pend- ing pension scheme. Some are even threatening to withdraw their names from the discharge petition, to bring the bill to a vote after the election is over. Townsend talks big in his weekly about his po- tency in Congress, but the real in- weight. The Townsend organization still carries political authority in some districts, but the “old Doc” him- self has lost much influence in, Congress in the last two years. Some Townsend insiders are pre- dicting that after November 5, he will be booted “upstairs” and a more politically deft front man put in his place. NOTE—For more than a month, Townsend, in his weekly, has im- plied that his bill was on the verge of a vote. Actually it is buried in ‘committee and has no chance of being brought uf» for'a vote. ]unwpuolummmumn (Copyright, 1940, by. Ulflbd M ture Syndicate, Inc) /. | side is that he swings very little OCTOBER 10, 1920 The Cleveland Indians shut out the Brooklyn Nationals by a score | of 6 to 0 in the sixth game of the 1920 World Series. Cleveland meant the pennant. Wit) h a fine bag of ducks, but minus any deer, mnd P. R. Bradley, Manager of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- Another win for Gov. Thomas Riggs | pany, returned to town after a hunting trip of several days to Glass ‘Pemnsula The trip was made on Jack Lund’s boat. Charles D. Garfield, Special Deputy Collector of Customs, arrived from a trip to Western Alaska on the Admiral Evans. william T. Lopp, for Alaska, several days. Chief of the United States Bureau of Education rrived on the Admiral Evans and was to remain here for Mr. and Mrs.. J. H. Cann, accompanied by Elmer W. Smith, arrived mining Frank A. Metcalf, property. Deputy Mineral Company. Surveyor, {on the Apex from Stag Harbor where they had been inspecting fheir arrived on the Chi- chagoff from Chichagof where he had been doing some surveying work for the Hirst-Chichagof Mining T. E. Krighaum, formerly in the transfer business in Juneau, arrived Weather: 41.0; cloudy. Highest, 43.0; lowest, here on the Alaska to look after property interests. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon e 3 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Everybody enjoyed them- selves.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Decollete. A’s as in DAY, O as in OF, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Serge (a worsted fabric). swell of water). SYNONYMS: Applicable, fitting. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. PROPENSITY; a natural inclination or the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.” —Seneca. Say, “Everybody enjoyed HIMSELF.” appropriate, suitable, bent, Surge ( pertinent, Pronounce da-kol-ta, both a rolling relevant, Let us Today's word: “No evil propensity of oo o Q. to allow about 16 ir A. allew is Q. hat? Ay person Q. this?” . himself, - 0 - O 5 When room @ for each person? 0 - > s ) t the dinner table is limited, would it be all right No; this weuld be entirely too crowded. The minimum space to 20 inches, while 39 inches is much better. £lould a man use his right hand or left hand when tipping his Either hand, but it should be the one farthest away from the to whom he is speaking Is it rude to begin a teclephone conversation by saying, “Who is Yes. It is in the place of the person who calls to quickly identify F e LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON How many feet would one have to measure on each side to have o e a square acre? 2. What U. S. Vice-President was tried for treason? 3. What is an amanuensis? 4. What does the name Utah mean? 5. Why is rubber so called? ANSWERS: 1. 208.7 feet. 2. Aaron Burr. 3. One employed to write what another dictates. 4. “Dwellers in the mountains” (an Indian name). 1t was so called when discovered that it would erase or “rub out” pencil marks. REFUGE IN SPAIN - and Magda l.u.uc-bmdl Amflalhowlngmlormn lnonu-ch on in exile in Spain. Carol (wearing -hat) and Drs. Ka'sef and Freeburger Blt“ Building ngren PHONE 56 e ey Y 1 OFFICES OF \DR. A. W. STEWART will be re-opened in the 20th Century Gross Bldg. OCTOBER 1ST Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hou: 0-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angges Coll~ge of Optomet Opthaimology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground (The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.———2nd Fleer Front Street~———————Phone 636 —_— JAMESC. COOPEH ———— L. C. 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