The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1940, Page 4

= . L Daily Alaska Empire Published every evenine except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Ala: HELEN TROY BENDER R L BERNARD President Manager Vice-President and Business Entered in the Post Offic i SUB! SCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for S1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; ontli, in advance, $1.25, bseribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify isiness Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- of their papers. News Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated 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 herein Telephones 602; Business Office, 374, ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in_San Fra . Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York an SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE-Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Building SEATTLE'S SALMON DERBY Carrying the fifth column technique into the realm of sport, three men and a woman came to grief in Seattle last week. With his girl friend and two men who worked on his seine boat, Anthony Zuanich of Everett set out to win automobiles in the Seattle Times salmon derby. They won. They drove away four of the six automobiles put up as prizes in the fishing contest. Today they're all in jail. Cheating is reprehensible anywhere; it is doubly 50 in an event in which sportsmanship is taken for granted. The four derby entrants didn't appear to think much about the rules of the game when they laid their plans for walking off with several thou- sands of dollars worth of prizes posted by Seattle merchants. The plans were simple but effective. They bought four large salmon from Swinomish Indians and kept them in a live-box until a few hours before the derby began. Then they took the ish from the box, killed them, marked them in the s and in the heads with a gaff, k and planted them on the beach house where the derby into rowboats, passed ter the derby got « tm pre-dawn darkness picked up the sal- ¢ duly recorded as prize winners. 1 all crimes, there were flaws in this one. \ C esh looking as they should e suspicions of the judges. where the four had ) i L n a restaurant window i from their photo- priers af porled to the Seattle on grand larceny charges. Fortunately the grand prize went to a man who caught his fish fairly. So did one other automobile and 45 minor prizes. No taint of suspicion attached to 528 other contestants. Says the Seattle Times: “Four bad guesses out of 579—less than one percent bad—probably is not so bad in this day of Hitlers and fifth columnists. The Times wishes the record might have been perfect; The Times hopes this house-cleaning after its first City Salmon Derby will keep future records perfect, . . The Times still has faith in mankind to the point that the on-your- honor system of fishing without observers in each boat will be continued in future years.” ¥ Since some unsung hero devised the first salmon derby a decade or more ago, many such events have i to arrest the four he pretense that they were, e case investigated | been held. In connection with them there have been frequent whispers that an occasional prize winner has taken advantage over others who kept within the limits of true sportsmanship, Such‘ whispers have even been heard in connection with| derbies held in the vicinity of Juneau. Never until| now have such whispers been proved or disproved. The Seattle occurrence should have a healthy effect upon a grand sport. Those who perpetrated the fraud at Seattle suf- fered severe remorse even before their plot was un-| covered. One of the men said that as he stood on| the platform at the derby final and received his| |award, he looked at the other winners and at the | judges and thought “I hoped they'd disqualify me right there.” Even when this man got in his prize auto- mobile and drove away, he said, “I didn't feel I had got away with it yet. I felt afraid, and sick. 1 didn't like it when I was out there fishing, when I| thought about all those fishermen who were out there{ trying to win honestly. My God, this is awful! A| man ought to be shot for doing a thing like this.” There was no honor among thieves after this job was pulled off. Zuanich had promised to pay‘ one of the men $300 for his part in the plot, but when Zuanich did not come through, this man sold his prize car and left town. A youth who had been}v promised $5 to row the woman's boat in the derby{ was paid off after the derby with 20 five-cent pieces.| The Times has received high compliment for going after cheaters tooth-and-toenail even though the| revelations reflected on the Times derby. Even the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Seattle Star looked | on approvingly. | Said the Star: | “The true sportsman still rules supreme along the Sound. Bitter experiences such as these serve only to emphasize the fine, clean character of prize| salmon fishing as it is practiced by those who love and respect it.” ® We add Alaska's word of commendation for| those who prosecuted the fraud and Alaska’s word of scorn for those who would turn a sporting event into a no-holds-barred intrigue. Long may salmon derbies and clean sportsmanship survive! FRANK BARNES [ In last month's general election the people of | Wrangell, though they voted heavily Democratic in| all other contests, gave Frank S. Barnes almost a unanimous vote for Senator. This mark of respect for the character and ability of their fellow towns- man is one echoed throughout Southeast Alaska and the Territory. Frank Barnes was a real man, a credit to Alaska. He came up the hard way and, though he achieved outstanding business success, he never lost the com- mon touch or a warm heart for his fellow men, His death, coming with tragic suddenness when | a bear charged from beside an Alaska trail, is al matter of real grief to all who knew him—they are| many—and to hundreds who knew him only by repu-| tation. We have lost a genuine Alaskan. The Chiselers (Ketchikan Chronicle) There are chiselers in all walks of life. One| particular brand of chiselers we have always had with us are those who rob the fish streams—those who rob the fish runs. The trap that operates on the ckly closed period is no less an offender in this| et than the seiner who goes in prohibited areas | L Both are adept at finding self-| ification: (Le regulation is a bad one, there are| of fish, or simply “the other fellow does it, y shouldn’t I?” I'he regulations, admittedly imperfect, are made| benefit of all the people. Deliberate, con-‘ violation of the regulations is nothing less than robbery—robbery of the great mass of people in whose interest attempts are being made to con- tinue these fish runs in perpetuity, robbery of the lishermen themsglves who might some day find they ‘an’t have their cake and eat it too. But of all the chiselers in this industry, the one who dynamites the fish is about the meanest. Evi- dence of this was found by parties making a survey of southern district streams last week. Several pools had been dynamited for the few cohoes they con- tained. In getting the cohoes this “easy” way, it was of little significance to the guilty fishermen that | thousands of unspawned pink salmon were Kkilled. But it is of significance to the people. The escapement has been good, but not so good that the deliberate killing of thousands of fish can be afforded. The spawn from those fish might have produced additional thousands of fish. If ever the fish runs are to be fully protected, the chiselers must be stopped. s fish for the Washingfon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) ported from the United States 187,- 026 barrels of lower grade gasoline, or more than 20 per cent of all such exports during that period. Military experts say that Japanese planes, if necessary, can use ordinary motor fuels as long as they are not required to operate at very high speeds. SCRAP AUTHOR Real instigator of the airtight scrap embargo was not the War, Navy or State Department. It was a civilian — Defense Commissioner Leon Henderson. Also, although the embargo coin- cided with European and Far East- ern developments,its original moti- vation was not diplomatic but economic. On August 30, Henderson sent the President a memorandum strongly | urging a “complete embargo on ex- | ports of all grades of iron and steel | scrap.” He advised this on two grounds: (1) to meet the rapidly | mounting demands of the defense program; (2) to combat a sky- rocketing of prices. Roosevelt agreed with Henderson on his arguments, but held up action | in order not to offend Japan. _ Aware that the Axis was secretly peasement policy was futile, did he turn to Henderson's proposal and crack down on scrap iron shipments. AXIS STRATEGY The new strategy of the Axis pow- ers is to concentrate against British forces in the Mediterranean during the winter months when gales lash the shores of the United Kingdom. Mediterranean moves probably will take the following lines: 1. Hitler will occupy the rest of France, which will give him important French ports on the Mediterranean, such as Toulon and Marseilles. Acting in cooperation with Spain, Hitler and Mussolini will launch a drive against Gibraltar and probably will be able to take it. Italian forces will bomb the Suez Canal from the air in an attempt to damage it suffi- ciently so that British ships cannot pass through. This would bottle up the British fleet in the Mediterranean. Italian and Nazi forces will attempt to drive through the Near East, cutting off British oil supplies in Mosul and Iraq. While U. S. observers abroad have pretty good information that this is the Axis program, the question of ether it will succeed is another matter. The proposed operations in krance, Spain and Gibraltar prob- ably will be successful, but the drive on Egypt and the Near East is not 50 olimRla 8o far the Italians have not shown housetops, but actually the British defeat at Dakar was just about as much of a defeat for the U. S. A. At first glance this may sound like an extreme statement, but the rea- son for it is that the Germans had planned to use Dakar as a jumping- off air base to South America. For several weeks they had been working feverishly in co-operation with the Vichy Government of France to improve air facilities there, and had concentrated twenty large transport planes capable of making the transatlantic flight to Brazil. Supposedly these transport planes were to carry German mer- chandise being sold to South Am- erica. However, they are the same type of plane which landed troops in Norway. One glance at the map will show why Dakar is so important to the United States and the Monroe Doc- trine. It is on the bulge of Africa which juts out farthest toward the bulge of Brazil. An airplane flight between Dakar and Natal takes about half the time of an airpane flight from New York to Brazil. NOTE: Two factors contributed to the British failure at Dakar (1) General De Gaulle had shown them confidential reports from French- men at Dakar that they would go over to the British the moment the British ships appeared; (2) the Brit- ish had allowed three French cruis- } ers to slip through Gibraltar into | the Atlantic and down to Dakar, | and it was these powerful vessels THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, OCT. 12, 1940. [SoW oo e [ weo [ | | [ [1]2[3]4] OCTOBER 12 William J, Baldwin James Sey P. R. Bradley Mrs. Robert Rice Mrs. George Getchell Thomas L. George Jr. OCTOBER 13 Capt. James V. Davis John Michael Gray Beverly Arline Powers Charliene Arnold Roman John Sullivan Jack Newmarker Robert Rice Billy Spaulding Emmett B. Connor Mrs. M. O'Malley Albert Schramm oOlavi Wahto | Wilbur Kusistio — % HOROSCOPE “The stars incline . but do not compel” -— — SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 This is an unimportant day in planetary direction. In the morn- ing, there is a benefic aspect most encouraging to sound leadership. Later, adverse influences are ac- tive. Heart and Home: This is a day favorable for heads of families. The young will listen to advice and make the best of good counsel under this sway. It is promising for church work in which there will be a stimulation of interest. The clergy will assume extra duties in the coming winter which will bring into close relationship mem-| bers of many faiths who will extend | practical aid to the unfortunate. | Much illness in coming months will increase demand for nurses. Business Affairs: Autumn trade his week should be brisk. Con-| densed foodstuffs will bring foi-| tunes to American inventors who will provide sustenance for starv-| ing persons in Europe and China. Need for warm clothing should be | recognized early. Merchants should profit through dealing in woolens, also furs which will rise in price. National Issues: Radio will be| the medium for personal attacks on political leaders. Libel suits will cause rules even more stringent than those followed by the dictar tors who restrict air comments,| Words will continue to flood the| listening public and to cause an increasing desire to measure can- didates by deeds instead of prom- ises. Warning is given that the choice of members of Congress| means more than in the past,; as| the nation prospers in a world of chaos. International Affairs: Sabotage will be responsible for a disaster in the United States affecting the manufacture of machinery em- ployed in war implements, Agents of Germany will cooperate with a fifth column composed of young radicals. A newspaper chain will encourage hatred of the British in a manner that enlists many sup- porters. Well-meaning women will promote enemy plans by advocating peace and opposing conscription. Persons whose birthdate it 1is have the augury of a year in which they will encounter difficulties, es- pecially in domestic affairs, They should be tactful with their in- laws. i Children born on this day prob- ably will be good-natured and ex- tremely intelligent. They may lack self-reliance and should be taught independence. MONDAY, OC1UBER 14 Adverse planetary aspects are ac- tive today, It is not a date for success in launching new projects. While the mind may be exceeding- ly active and the energies alert, the an impressive numbers of letters from persons who believe that the tin problem can be solved by mining tin ore in the United States. They describe rich tin deposits in South Carolina, South Dakota, California and Alaska. The answer is that the Govern- ment is very skeptical about such resources. Bureau of Mines says: “The outlook for U. S. production of tin is dismal. Even with a price of a dollar a pound (which is twice the present market price) we could not expect more than 550 tons in the first year, and 3,000 tons in the third year. Two-thirds of this would come from Alaska.” . This is a trifling amount com=- pared with the U. S. requirement of 75,000 tons a year. ol 3 which caused the British retreat. The cruisers had been allowed to Meantime, both the Bureau Mines and the Geological Surve; from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO QCTOBER 12, 1920 The storm the previous night carried away the light and dolphin | from which it was suspended at the Sheep Creek bar just below Thane, |and the light had been reported as being out to the Lighthouse Service at Ketchikan. The Juneau troop of Boy Scouts listened to a splendid talk made by W. T. Lopp, Superintendent of the Bureau of Education in Alaska, {who arrived here from the Westward after an inspection of possible rein- deer feeding and forage grounds. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Selfridge left on the Jefferson for Seattle. They were planning to take a long vacation trip to the East before returning to Juneau. They were accompanied by their two children. Mrs. James Golding and young daughter were to leave on the Prin- cess for a visit to Puget Sound. R. E. Murphy, of the duPont Powder Company, arrived on the North- western after a trip to the Westward. The first nurse to graduate in Alaska was Miss Josephine Scott, {who had completed her three-year course of training in the United States Government Hospital in Juneau. A large number of local people were expected to attend the Columbus Day exercises of the local Knights of Columbus. Weather: Highest, 44; lowest, 37; cloudy. e e S < i Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon - < DD D el - S oS WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “My father forbids me from going.” Say, “My father FORBIDS MY going,” or, “FORBIDS ME to go.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Muskmelon. MUSK, not MUSH. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Bawl (to cry out); not BALL. SYNONYMS: Unseasonable, untimely, ill-timed, inopportune. 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: MISANTHROPE; a hater of mankind. (Pronounce mis-an-throp, O as in THROW, accent first syllable). Pronounce first syllable B Y o - e e e s e ) Q. Should the host and hostess always supply new decks of cards for a bridge party? A. Yes, always, and for a poker party too. To throw out a soiled, dilapidated deck of cards would be about tfe same as if the host were unshaven and wearing a soiled, wrinkled shirt. Q. When a player makes a mistake in a bridge game, is it per- missible for another player to call his attention to -it? A. No. Criticism of one player of another, in any game, is not good sportsmanship. Q. Please name six or seven things that a person may eat with the fingers? A. Bread, crackers, cookies, candy, salted nuts, olives, celery. e 1 O R Ao 1. Which is the simplest of all machines? 2. Who was elected Vice-President with President Coolidge? 3. What is the name of the largest order of insects? 4. Who referred to a certain lady as “A rag, a bone, and a hank of hair 5. What waterfall in Africa is claimed by many to rival Niagara? ANSWERS: 1. The lever. 2. Charles G. Dawes. U WE 3. The beetle. FoF TEEY 4. Rudyard Kipling, in “The Vampire.” 5. Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River. judgment may be untrustworthy.| prises or investments should ke avoided. Women may be unlucky in love affairs. Children born on this day will probably be well ordered in their lives, intelligent, talented and per- fectly poised. They may have splendid powers in criticism or an- alysis. Prejudices sown in propaganda may | warp common sense at this time. Heart and Home: This is a day for routine tasks. Under this sway gossip and scandal will flourish. The wise will guard their speech. There is a sign encouraging decep- tion and even treachery. 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The products of war include hate, deceit, lack of respect for authority, contempt for proper- ty ownership, mental distortion of wrongs into rights and other fail- ings that undermine character. Business Affairs: Fair activity in many lines of trade is presaged Fall buying should be generous! wherever average needs are to be satisfied, but there may be a de- cline in the sales of luxuries. The wealthy will have opportunities to purchase many old-world products that will increase in value, for many arts and handicrafts in Eu- rope have been wiped out forever and precious things of high future value will be offered at low prices. National Issues: Individual dif- ferences of opinion regarding pre-. paredness will cause various states| to demand attention, as fear for the future spreads. The Pncmc’ Coast will require special considera- tion while evil continue to cause alarm for island possessions. Training of men for war service will be speeded as de- fense weaknesses are exploited in Europe and Asia. International Affairs: Astrologers foresee for Hitler a decline in world power, His lucky month of March will prove unfortunate in 1841, it is prognosticated. Although hisonce favorite seer, Martin Huber, was sent to a concentration camp be- cause he predicted that the l"ueh-l rer would be murdered by his own troops, ,other seers have dared to! .prophesy a tragic fate not far off. 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