The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 15, 1940, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER R L BERNARD - - e Pm-t Office in Juneau as Sccuna chu ul*r. Sesheey s W UBSCRIPTION RATE: i od by Arite S Soatin s Donetan foe SIEB R wieits: By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: year, 1a hdvance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; , $1.2 it & fayon it they will promptly notify of any fallure or irregularity in the de- s Office, 602; Business Office, 374, slephones: New MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS exclusively entitled to the use for ies credited 1o it or not other- ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. National Newspaper Representa- Los Angeles, Portland, RGE D. CLOSE, Inc. offices in_Ban Francisco, ttle. Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE-Glbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Building. diate purpose, which is to blast the Channel ports and thus break up an invasion before it begins. How much real damage, in the military sense, have the German and British raids done? or how many historic buildings have been smashed to rubble. British officials have just given an answer from their side. Only two percent of Britain’s oil reserves, they said, have been destroyed; only a single aircraft factory has been seriously damaged; only one major gas plant in the London area has been wrecked, and rail transport, surface and underground, goes on with only slight inter- ruption, These statements, it should be remembered, have been endorsed by the uncensored reports of our Government's trained observers in London, who| night, paired, Their reports, said Secretary Stimson, “are much more optimistic today than was the case six | weeks ago.” , The effect of British raids in Germany is more, obscure, partly because the censorship in the raided| areas is stricter than in Britain. It can be accepted | that severe damage has been done in Hamburg,| Bremen and the industrial Ruhr, and that British| raids elsewhere have been widely scattered but not| nearly as intensive as the German raids against| Britain. Reports reaching Washington suggest that oil is becoming a serious problem for the Axis Powers, | perhaps because of British bombings, perhaps because of low imports from Rumania. A correspondent of The an-| swer is of more importance than the knowledge of| how many civilians have been killed on a particular| have found the British war effort relatively unim-| THE DAILY-ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 15, [0 OCTOBER o ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY OCTOBER 15 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wukich Mat Worden Mrs. Ida Leighton Olaf Eikand Edward Atkinson Tom Popovich Albert Simpson Anna Sheldon el i el | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline 940. from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO > . ) OCTOBLR 15, 1920 Miners in the Govenment coal fields in Alaska were threatening to strike unless demands for an increase in wages of $1.50 per day were between Juneau, the States and the Interior. “School Days,” a farce pres ented by the junior class of the high school, was reported a success. with the following junlgrs taking the part of teachers: Iloe Slade, Venetia Pugh, Helmi Janiksela, Kathleen Ward, Jessie Mock and Irene Nelson. Everett Eckhlom, a first grade boy, left for the south. Niles Blad, a fourth grade student, was reported doing nicely. fell down and broke his arm. He Tom Shealey and John McWilliams left on the McWilliams boat for Shelter Island to harvest their vegetable crop. advocated the formation of an Aero Club as a means of communication The class played the part of the students, B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 Drs. Kaser and met before November 7, according to advices received here. F P. M. Visiting brothers reeburger sl welcome. “H. B. SIM- Actual development work, including blocking out of ore, was to start DENTISTS MONS, Exalted Ruler; |and continue through the winter on the property of the Alaska Endicott Bl~ ;gg‘nguafl‘dhu M. H. SIDES, Secretary. | Mining Company at William Henry Bay. M—-%_OUNT e 2 P R AU LODGE NO. 147 Speaking before the Alford John Bradford Post No. 4, American ::‘m,‘d "’"’ ;“‘"”' Legion, Burt M. McConnell, Associate Editor of the Literary Digest,| ( OFFICES OF O in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p.m RALPH B. MARTIN Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. (DR.A. W. STEWART will be re-opened in the 20th Century Gross Bldg. OCTOBER 1ST | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, the Iron Age reports that the Ruhr, which used but do not compat” : _— to provide two-thirds of Germany's steel output, is Weather: Highest, 44.1; lowest, 34; partly cloudy. l now t.urnmg .out less than 20 percent of the German WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 o e e . e Dl’. John H. Geyer Army’s requirements. ‘ ) M 3 by DENTIST This would seem to indicate a terrific dislocation| Benefic aspects dominate today, D I L E gI h of Germany’s steel industry. It may, however, be|although in the morning there al y €ssons In tnglis W. L. GORDON | “””3;3;‘;“%‘{; e less the result of air raids than of prudent measures irsc:s" adverse inkl:ufince,“_which "7'; TIMES R RS i e ! Hours: § am. to 6 pm, # 5 i _| fe men in high offices, an :Z:f;: besfz"r;rhemzagifi" r:f:s"::y::i::‘ B:‘m?:‘ financiers. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not write, “I have your letter of ) Tomorrow S“ SIY les A + industrial nation cannot be paralysed from the| . Heart and Home: Women are un-|October 1, and contents noted.” Omit AND CONTENTS NOTED. The i TOdaY “ SR pOCIRE . L ; | der changeable pianetary sway and ‘fact that you are answering is evidence that the contents have been | | air by adfo;!:;nght'sla.ssm‘;lt, evennrlzrhthe :nozt Lx:ten;1sho“]d make the most of the ""‘”Y‘noted 3 | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. i sive kind. e rival air forces wi ave to batter at| pours of this day. There may be ¥ i " < F | ‘Graduate Los Angrges Coll H PAY FOR SELECTEES their “military objectives” for many weeks and| g sense of depre:sioxx among Lyhose OFUEN R O QUG i, ERaE o T, T8 dh i ‘ of Optometry and iy | T months of uninterrupted raiding before they cah|of middle age who foresee changes ARG ULBLIPed v Rk L TEA, i last syllable. Opthaimology 4 Those chosen for a year's military training under| hope to win decisive results. affecting family life and estab- OFTEN MISPELLED: Surveyor; observe the three vowels. Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | | | ‘ the selective service act are referred to by the Army lished programs for living. Girls are SYNONYMS: Massacre (noun), butchery, carnage, slaughter. { H ‘ not as draftees or conscriptees, but as “selectees” warned that romances may be hec- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us after the name of the bill. The Succulent Crab s tic but of brief duration. This 'iv| increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: AN & Juneau s OWH store | Whatever they are called, every one of them is P |a favorable date for meeting young| DRASTIC; acting vigorou: extreme in effect. “Drastic measures were : I € going to give up a lot when he gives up his career (Seward Gateway) |men, but there will be many part-|necessary to insure safety. The Charles W. Carter| and his private life to serve a year for Uncle Sam. Thc‘rc is nothing much nicer to eat than the|ings qr lovers in coming days. ¥ & Lo One of the great sacrifices most such men will giant king crab found in assor‘Led places along the| Business Afralrs: Spegdmg UD O | Gearcmeancamens stiom oo romonn oand S e Mo san s so s —— Mom make is that of glving up a well-paying career job :lsskxn conrsL For Rd long nm: thtil;e haf tk;]een‘m:'n‘umlcub]urmgr :nd mcrealfe in MODERN ETIOUETTE by ary "Th B u si i iscussion of ways an means o etting al ese | many es ol usiness wil pro- ¢ Avy lire at §30 b month, Even Wis smbll 901 g ahd tumm; them into a cannged priduct, | long prosperity, but there are por- ROBERTA LEE thp.;gn?&nn i ¥ eh".e'fa ot compense is the highest Army pay in the world for It is good news to learn that an expedition|tents of war entanglements thal e e privates. But selectees will find it difficult to keep|gcientifically sponsored and financed, supported and|affect investments. Capital will be Bufler-Maur( themselves and in some cases families and depen-|encouraged by the Fish and Wildlife Service, is now|cautious this autumn, but will reap Q. When a young man wishes to ask a girl for a date, is it all right - dents going on a dollar a day. in Alaskan waters equipped to carry on the job of | profits through partnership in gov-|to lead up to it by asking, “What are you doing Thursday evening”? Have Your Eyes Examined by Employers throughout the nation are rising to|locating crabs and to stow them in cans, ernment projects, The small "busi- A. No; this is a very crude approach. Be outspoken. Tell her w ' ’ the occasion with offers to make up the difference Our Asiatic neighbors have for years been help-|ness man will find it difficult tc|you would like to take her to a show Thursday evening. Dr. Rae L. Carlson : oF { between the Army pay of their employees who may(INg themselves to shellfish out of Bering Sea areas|borrow money and collections may Q. Should the invitations be formal or informal when giving a theatre OPTOMETRIST I ” ' be conscripted and the regular pay drawn by the|°f Water and it has long appeared that American MNS",’W- - 4 .| party for a debutante? Blomgren Bldg.——32nd Flese el young men now. The New York Times is going to mdus}fl has befin m‘:smgk? g b? x: ?D-t muo:{- nee:“z?alunli:i:eséflgi ltr;lp;r: t::q A. Either., This depends entirely upon the circumstances and the Front Street———Phone 636 R o e sl b L make up half the difference between Army and news- | g our e resoutse. L e arations for defonse will | fe| PeFsons concerned. Post Office Substation paper pay. The Lehn and Fink Products Corpora-| p¢ may be learned from the study of economic|realized by thinking citizens of the Q. Is it permissible to have an all-white wedding, allowing the |fe--—u 4 NOW LOCATED AT tion, manufacturers of Lysol and other drugs, makes| experts that the giant king crab cannot be commer- | United States. Many a well-mean-| bride’s attendants also to wear white? JAME the most generous offer which has come to our|cialized at a profit, but it is certainly welcome news|ing person may be a traitor un- A. Yes; if one wishes to do so. S c COOPEB HABRY RACE attention. The company’s Board of Directors have|that governmental and scientific agencies think awares because of peace policfes . C.P.A. DRUGGIST voted to pay everyone who has been in the firm's|enough of the prospect to take a fling at it. that prevent hearty support of gov- Business Counselor “The Squibb Stores of Alaska™ employ for six months or more and who is called R ernment plans for preventing ag- LO 0 K d LEA RN COOPER BUILDING Jile . for military service the full difference between Army America’s Home Town Papers Sression byifotelEn powers. Political a n A. C. GORDON ‘ pay and wages drawn normally from the compan ———— ambm(_ms will interfere with lrie - ’ Sedplgdadid S 4 | patriotism AmONgE CANIAALES WHO | - amramams e oo oo e amo mpomss apomss ascasomemdd “The Stere for Men” The offer is made for the full year of training, Editor and Publisher) put self before the general welfare, is subject, the company announces, to extension One and inseparable with small town America After election day there will be 1. Fow many rural post oHflcs mogtes b g Lo Ui B ol pi e R SAB'N,S after the 1940 call to service, are the community weekly and non-metropolitan fewer moneky wrenches thrown into 2. What book has for its subtitle “Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy”? TYPEWRITERS Selectecs give up much to answer the mation's|daily. Old, respected friend with every one of the government machinery. 3. What is a “pocket veto”? | Sold and Serviced by Front St.—Triangle Bldg. razing to see indust Iso williz mmunity they serve, they reflect every smile and — International Affairs: The closer 4. What famous English statesman was a Jew? J B Bnrford & co ¥ e orrow-—from birth to death, relationship with Canada will bring 5. Into what body of water does the Nile River flow? A - There is no more intimate form of journalism. apout memorable events before the ANSWERS: ;Qur: Dooratep Iy Worn by MET ¥ i St z What happens in New York—in Washington—abroad: new year. The stars presage alter- 1. Approximately 33,000. Savhling, ey VILITARY DAMAGE BY BOMBING | _fijes second place to what happens in “Our gy f long-established to » gl 5 GASTINEAU CAFE Town.” There is nothing more interesting or impor- ‘:heonmfimal ie:eflt oregggnfifigh_ 2:n i Wb Eoies Aay; Aloolt. + e {r he inten i tant to the resident of the small town than news | bors, The brotherhood of Englsh- 3. Retaining a bill unsigned until after the adjournment of Congress DB‘ H. VANCE | i st fe t. but its | about himself, his relatives and friends, neighbors speaking peoples will be recognized ©F ¢ Lesislature. : OSTEOPATH i ) [ « d. | and uaintances—even his enemies, if he has any. in a union of aspirations and ac- 4. Benjamin Disraell (1804-81). Consultation and examination This o Hipplin nys| R | for ‘word, line by line, page by page, (ual realization of bonds of last- > Mediterranean Sea. tree. Hours 10 to 1; 1 t0 8; | i ! {by fa subscribers, the community paper has| ing strength. 'lw&:o')bylppoln'ment. 5 1 Vit ¢ ans is to wreck the & DPass- along circulation that is truly amazing. Au-| Persons whose birthdate it is| Gastineau Hotel-Annex " 3 .nts and communi- | thentic readership surveys show an average of four| have the augury of a year of good KIDNAPER E South Franklin St. Phone 177 i tiok ce Hh besn ihe Belak: War effmueadms per copy as against two or three for city|fortune. Success through initiatfve o i ——— P! e iimedinte ‘sl ssems: to’be | dailies. No medium is so well read—so fully believed.|is indicated. 8 4 o British ivilians and this hreak their There are more than 10,000 community news- Children born on this day w’lll | S S 1o vaatet | Papers published in the United States. Week in|be keenly observant and exceeding: J“ean “elody nou. LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES Th hief 1 % b Plssitos 5 | and oxf[. year after y_ear, these papers in|ly clever. They should have unusu-| e chief long-range objectives of the British ijai cun quiet and unassuming way do a job of|al powers of anaylsis and ability Musio and Electrio Appliances | ¢ ou-storage plants, railroad junctions, fac- jowrnalism that any publisher anywhere would be|to win their hearts' desires. i Nextw'rmudeué A . ; p Hitgey ctives” in Germany | 1;oud of, They serve the re nd advertiser and (Copyright, 1940) [ o Ehep 1 the oce! rritories; there is also an imme- ihey serve hlm‘w.lle Hevam e 3 i i Sesond Bemet Fheae & Whh e o 24 g T |ficant facts about McCormack’s| DIESEL Ol FROFE ON, Washinglon B e e T A s et MEfl'" ticket?” — personal friend of the President;| | Archie B. Betis PENERAL NAVIENG Furm Bureau membership is MAJORITY LEADER and the other that he was elected | | PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT STORAGE and CRATING 50-ROIlnd split widely between Democratsand| It is a striking symptom of the| with Southern votes. | Bookkeeping Tax Service e Republicans, so O'Neal is taking f‘i«:u;;i of p(ub:: p::::zuwtrl‘vema;o;\m h:;:Cormac; is nudllplaxlnatband not i Booml,;;lmu;: Building | S election o n|a slugger. e Wi rule - lone ¢Continued from Page One) :fioi‘;”;fls x:o]mzalc:fimm;nfi“;;: McCormack of Massachusetts as|suasion, not the strong-arm),, ge;m J“.'. Tl‘llll!fl' o | sevelt has a high regard for his|Majority Floor Leader attracted lit-| does not mean that he is a pussy~- Phone 48—Night Phone 81 Knudsen, The two men carry on.judgment. This is what O'Neal|tle more than passing notice. footer or softy. He can fight and IT COSTS SO LITTLE a running fire of ribbing. told him: Two years ago, before the war|hits hard when he has to, as the TO DRESS SMARTLY Jones was quick to seize such &| «marmers generally appreciate cries both the event and the man|House well knows from experience: AT chance during a stud poker game| ;.. Vol hiave ‘dfne’ for Abam. K would have been top head front|But MecCormack’s instinct is to n 2 %2 . the other night. Finding that he 1ot " them think you have done|PPE¢ DeWs. And they would have|talk softly and use the gloved n E v L l u ' s F A M I L Y had aces back to back, Knudsen|poreror tne farmer than any other | ¥arranted .it. taud: ] bet a dollar. With only a deuce President. The New Deal record ‘In the legislative machinery of| This trait of standing firm for SHOE STORE in the hole, Jesse shook his head on"tnat s clear and the farmer the House, the Majority Leader 1s| what he believes, without arousing “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- [ sadly. “Bill” he said, “you oo figure it out for himself. Bu, a key pin, Through the power he|personal animosities, may arise shouldn’'t have done that.” and .this is extremely slgnu"lcmt‘ wields both open and undercover,| from McCormack's early condition- | 3§ n.l‘n‘ w. mm “Why not?” T found that ‘farmers generall}; he can decide the fate of bills.|ing. He came up the hard way. PHYSICAL THE | “You know as well as T do that grenw so much concerned with this | MOreé than one strong-willed Ma-| McCormatk is a teetotaler. He's Phone RAFEUTICS you can't afford to bet that much. "‘ “Uppermost in their minds is the jority Leader in the past has been|/a boon companion, but his only Valentine “What do you mean, I can't af-| i iemational situation. That's what|the virtual boss of the House of excess is cigars. He is rarely with- Sy ? Try The Emplre classifieds fa ford to bet tflat mu‘cm You don't they thinking about. By and Representatives. |out one clutched in his teeth. Two results. know what I've got.” Jarge ey are satisfied with the No President can hope to get| other additions are corned beef “I wasn't thinking about your cards,” replied Jesse with dead- pan seriousness. “I was thinking of your salary. You're betting a whole year's pay on one card. Thai's way you have handled the defense program and believe you are sin- cere - in keeping war from our shores. So my advice is, keep plug- to first .base in the House without the good 'will -of -the - Majority Leader, ' and' without a Majority Leader who is smart. Otherwise the| White House incumbent is sure to and cabbage, which he will eat y time of the day or night; and mals. McCormack and his wife, a Met- ropolitan Opera star in the early| TELEPHONE—S51 | downright reckless.” g igh ;‘ry‘hfbo::""f:“ (wontlbe in constant hot water putting|20's, are inseparable. Childless, they COMMERCIAL AND i NOTE—Knudsen resigned a $300,- | oo, through the legislation he wants. |are deeply devoted to each other SAVINGS ACCOUNTS " 000 job to come to Washington, now 4 i In addition to all this, McCor-|and in the 18 years of their mar- Py » gets $1 a year. He insisted an _O'Neal also told Rn?sevelt that! mack's election was a political| ried life have never missed an eve- CAPIT. | night shat he was “just learning the Justice Department’s anti-trust| mjjestone. He is the first New Eng-|ning meal together. Their romance 'AL—$50,000 the game,” but wound up winner of Prosecutions against big COrpora-|jang Democrat, and the second|is famous on Capitol Hill. SURPLUS—$125,000 360. 1::;"‘5 wer; ";"’:m&; m:n:e‘dmn::; northern Democrat, in the history| After McCormack's election as o ] TS, an a Y Wi of the House to achieve this post. | Leader, a of friends, am - FDR'S Fm ADVICE de{ense industries in the West and| uyntil McCormack’s victory, every them Bpea:::uglm Rayburn, wh:: 2% A O.N SAVINGS The President got some smart, | South. advice on winning the farm vote] NOTE—When Secretary of Agri Democratic Majority Leader in the McCormack succeeded, gathered in » 152 years existence of fhe House—| Rayburn’s office for a pow-WOwW. Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich (center), kidnaper of three-year-old | from Ed ONeal, brainy head of culture Wickard spoke recently at|with one other exception—had been The Speaker reached for the tele=| Marc de Tristan, Jr., is shown as he entered San Quentin Prison to the American Farm Bureau Fed- | the Indiana State Fair, he had an'a Southerner, Naturally this had! | phone, announcing he was gaing| begin serving a life sentence for the crime, At left, just behind Muhlen- m ”fl told him: “Stick audience of several thousand. But 4 pronounced effect on the ma-to break the good news to #{ broich is Sheriff James J. McGrath ¢f San Mateo County, Cal, who $o tyour Mm mmb,-wbgmn he’ finished a, !t* of them of the chamber. And in'McCormack. T garned his prisoner over to Warden Clinton Duffy lrlcht), at the T ONeal ; walked ~out. ' Grinning, he told| the House, with 435 mgmbers, e “Let John' do m;&h L prison gate. & an_ extensive four of farm states 'ziends later, “I sure am glad I Mlneryu all impogtant. " one of the group. “You' i and his wife are still sweehhes ‘ f I’hero isno suhfluu:e for Newxpape: A SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES mmmumnn (fltmmmmnw&m There are two other very signi- ture Syndicate, Inc.) (Copyright, 1940, by Unifed