The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1940, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY BENDER - - President R L BERNARD - - Vice- _President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month, By mail, postage pald, at the following rates. One vear, in advance. $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; e, $1.25. Bubscribers will © a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of eny failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. nes: News Office, 602; Bu tness Office, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press lusively entitled to the use for republication of all news atches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. National Newspaper Represents Los Angeles, Portland, GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc. tives, with offices in Sap Francisco Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE- Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 | American Bank Building s SUPPORT—AND IT IS NEEDED When The New York Times says it's going to support Willkie for President, it means it. Witness The Times headlines on the story of the latest Gallup poll, gauging the opinions of voters as of October 1. The Times, in small type on page 45, puts this head over the Gallup story: Lead Mounts in Survey. Gallup Him 499 Electoral Votes to 32 for Will- BUT RACE IS STILL CLOSE.” Brother, that's what's meant by support On the same page of The Times, Republican National Chairman Joseph W. Martin is interviewed in an attempt to offset the legitimate Gallup story. Martin attacks the Gallup figures as ‘“preposterous” and says private figures sent to him by “Republican organizations and independent sources” show Willkie | leading in Oregon and Minnesota, which were among 42 States awarded to the President in the Gallup survey. Dr. George Gallup, kie. whose election predictions since 1936 have proved to average less than four percent in errors from all causes, says in issuing the new figures that ‘“‘despite Mr. Willkie's opening campaign tour, which took him through a large| part of the West and Midwest, President Roosevelt is slightly stronger in cirrent institute tests than he was in mid-September.” At that time the Gallup poll showed the President with 453 electoral votes| and Willkie with 78. On'y 266 electoral. votes are| necessary election, > In the latest Gallup poll, started September 20 and concluded October 2, representative groups of | voters in all States were asked: “If the Presidential election were held today, would you vote for Willkie or Roosevelt?” The President got 56 percent of the popular vote and all States except Nebraska, Maine, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota and Kansas. ‘The Times is not the only old and distinguished newspaper prostituting itself this fall for the Willkie “cause.” The number of papers and magazines which have turned their backs on the tenets of| objective journalism in order to give their all for the Republican candidate is enough to make any newspaperman a little ashamed for his profession. The reporters of The New York Times, Time maga- zine, Life magazine and The Seattle Times, among for many other journals, m they write the stuff they have been turning out of late for their big business overlords. \ The Seattle Times, of course, was never nowd‘ for its fairness. It is now publishing every day on| its editorial page the most vitriolic and unreasoned column of editorial comment ever to come to our notice, Everything that happens in the nation or abroad, everything, is turned into either a smear for Roosevelt or a halo for Willkie. The Republican candidate’s very obvious downhill slide in the esti- mation of the people of the United States is first denied as propaganda, then blamed on the under- handed conniving of the Democrats, who, as all readers of The Times know, are just about four notches below Hitler and Mussolini. The open defection of Time and Life magazines b is sickening to thousands who have placed all but unshakable faith in their objectivity over many years. The method of Time now whenever it receives a| letter taking it to task for its Willkie slant is to| publish the letter alongside another calling it down | for favering Roosevelt, We don't accuse Time of manufacturing the latter class of letters, but we do/ accuse Time of selecting, as any provocative journal of nation-wide circuation must select from its bulg- | ing mailsacks, only those which serve its purpose| of clothing a virtue which is gone. We weep ror Time and Life, for we respected them highly. course Russell Davenport, editor of Fortune, anotht-r‘ magazine of the Time family, is Willkie's manager.| In this connection, a letter of Editor Henry Luce of Time, in which he admits he is sold on Willkie, has| recently come to our attention. Sic transit gloria. | Practical Results (Cleveland Plain Dealer) That the good neighbor policy produces practical | results is seen in the current visits of Latin Ameri- can military leaders to study the United States’ de-| fenses and to engage in staff talks. This is one in- dication, but a highly important one, that the idea of dealing equitably with our neighbors is not con- fined to fine phrases. Before the European war South Ameri men looked to Germany and Italy for ins Almost every nation was host to an army, a num] or an air mission from one of the totalitarian states. | American missions were as scarce as hen’s teeth. The war changed all that. But this would not have| been possible had not years of effort gone into the building of confidence in the United States’ inten- tions. Suspicion of the “colossus of the north” was gradually evaporated. Today there is an American military mission in every republic south of the border. Already Latin American army men have reached an understanding | on how their forces will cooperate with those of the| United States in time of trouble. Young officers| who formerly went to Europe to acquire, not only a knowledge of tactics, but something of totalitarian politics as well, are now sent to schools in the United States. Not only do they gain a first-hand| knowledge of American military methods which is invaluable in coordinating hemisphere defense, they‘ cannot escape absorbing something of the American | spirit of freedom and democracy. Latin Americans have no more desire to be| dominated by the Nazis than have the North Ameri-| cans, Greater inroads have been made by Italian nd German propaganda because of the economic de- | . ndence of those republics on the European market w that this is shut they are rapidly breaking the tdlitarian grip. Uruguay, in the trial of the Naazi| tlers, is performing a service to the whole hemis- shere. throughout the continent. Each day sees the bonds | | between the United States and its neighbors strength- | ened physically and politically. | The history of the United States might have been somewhat different had Senators Clark, Holt, ‘Wheeler et al. been on hand to explain that Paul Revere was guilty of “little short of treason” in his attempt to stir up “war hysteria” in his ride from Boston to Lexington in 1775. Our choice for the picture of the week was the| photograph showing a group of National G\mrdsmcn, with a motorized 155 mm. gun. Stencilled plainly on the gun was “Danger, Air Brakes." Senator Taft says he “shudders” at the words “total defense.” More people, we venture to say,| shudder at the words “partial defense.” | ‘ the Meditteranean, Washingfon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) Spain ‘k(‘ep their ships ranean instead of i to Singapore. tions, a plan was evolved whereby the United States, Britain and However, it the Nine Power Pact guaranteeing|aration for the the sovereignity of China. Back- | three British merchant vessels near and causing the British to| So the long distance naval block- |ade was suspended. BRUSSELS CONFERENCE was revived again France invoked the peace chhln-‘.l month later after the Mediter- ery of the League of Nations and‘nnmn crisis had calmed. In prep- President Roosevelt delivered sinking two or Germany and leader of the appease- ment clique ‘inside the State De- partment. Also Jim Farley had | been worried over the political re- ‘pmcu&sions from the quarantine speech at Chicago. Whether the President knew about | the change in policy never was es- | tablished. He had been off the 1Cah[orniu coast—fishing. in the Mediter- sending them on PANAY INCIDENT The plan of a long distance naval blockade against Japan was revived once more before war broke out in second attempt, his ust hold their noses while| | trade Her daring action is indicative of the feeling |, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1940. 1940 OCTOBER 1940 | | Lo O OCTOBER 17 Pauline Shanklin Evelyn De Forrest W. T. Wilkinson Ernest M. Davis Mrs. J. F. Worley Alida Lee Warner Mrs. Charles W. Hawkesworth T. F. Murphy —_—— HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compat" \ ‘ - ST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 Good and evil planetary influ- ences conflict today in a manner that should encourage caution in| | important affairs. The stars smile upon merchants and | manufactur- ers and seem to promise much lo‘ | from THE EMPIRE o s s 20 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 17, 16 The main body the del tion of Juneau Elks Lodge which in- vaded Ketchikan the week previous and took into their corral a large number of baby Elks from Ketchikan, Petersburg and Wrangell, returned here on the steamer Alameda rrpollmg a satisfactory “roundup.” of John W. Frame, editor of the Pathfinder, who had been in Juneau and Sitka for several days, left for Valdez on the Alameda where he was to superintend the publication of the Sitka number of the magazine. With weather conditions perfect for the contest, Juneau people went to Last Chance Basin where the Juneau High School and the Douglas Fire Department elevens clashed for gridiron supremacy. | B. F. Jelick, former proprietor of the Arcade Cafe of Juneau and | later owner of a restaurant of the same name at Ketchikan, was in the |city. He sold ‘his interests in Ketchikan and was to remain in Juneau for a week. E. C. Roberts was to leave on the City of Seattle for Petersburg to install a linotype machine for the Petersburg Report. Mrs. E. B, Sparling was leaving on the City of Seattle for Kétc 'lu join Mr. Sparling, who had been in that city for several weeks. lowest, 33.1; | Weather: Highest, 42; cloudy. Q | Daily Lessons in Engllsh W. L. GORDON G e e e < - S D S WORDS OFTEN VHQUSED: Do not say, “I have a HUNCH (slang) that he will be elected.” “I am confident (or, have confident assur- ance) that he will be elected.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Culinary Say, Pronounce ku-li-ner-i, U as M;;‘L::L and Home: This is a day| in CUBE, both I's as in IT, E as in NET, accent first syllable. for promoting important matters OFTEN MISSPELLED: Protege (masculine). Protegee (feminine). connected with the family wel- SYNONYMS: Congenial, compatible, kindred, sympathetic, harmon- fare. It is fortunate for initiative.| jous. /| Girls will find good luck in what- ;| ever contributes to professional or iness advancement. It is also| auspicious for love affairs, but let- ters should be written with cau- tion. There may be labor troubles affecting women employees. National tes: Rescue work f 1\ o | war victims will meet obstacles, but perity will be enjoyed in this coun- try which will benefit through wise agreements and new com- mercial outlets. International bank- ing will: cause new problems. Amer- ican financiers must exercise great foresight. Self-sufficiency among governments and peoples of Nofth and South America must be at- Persons whose birthdate it is | have the augury of a ful deals but hasty decisions should be avoided. Children born on this day prob- ably will be lucky all through life for they will combine fine personal attributes with great talents. (Cpyright, 1940) same issue has arisen in Washing- ton. At this late date we have | fi- nally cut off scrap iron and high test gasoline, and the big question inside the Cabinet is whether:to go further and embargo all of Ja- pan’s war supplies. (opyright, 190, by United (Copyright, 1940, by United M- ———— year" of | good fortune. There will be success- | bone of the plan was a long distance | famous Chicago speech in which he naval blockade worked out by the warned the American people that Admirals of the U. S. Navy and the | the time might come when they Britsh Admiralty. Under this plan | would want to impose a “quarantine” British warships at Singapore and |against an aggressor nation. U. 8. ships along the California Shortly thereafter, a conference coast and Panama undertook to|of the Nine Poowers which had starve out the Japanese military |guaranteed the sovereignty of China machine by cutting off scrap iron,|—a treaty initiated by Charles Ev- copper, cotton, fuel oil and gaso-|ans Hughes and Warren G. Hard- line. |ing at the Washington conference Japan, absolutely dependent upon | in1921—was called at Brussels. Nor- these raw materials, has to get them |man Davis, who headed the Amer- either via the United States or via ican delegation to this conference, Singapore. And because of the long stopped at Hyde Park before he distances between Japan and Cali- sailed. The President told him to fornia, and between Japan and Sin- |go the limit in moulding public op- gapore (seven days sailing) it would | inion and putting into effect the have been impossible for the Japan- | original peace machinery against ese fleet to attack either the Brit- |Japan. ish or American navies. In conformity with these in- The element of distance was the | structions, Davis wrote the first essence of the plan. And Admiral draft of his speech while on the Leahy, who helped conce it and steamer en route to Brussels, and was head of the Navy at ths estimated that the Japanese machine would be starved out three months without the United States or Britain losing anything save a few gunboats on the Yang- tze. time, war in radioed it back to the State De- partment for approval. He was amazed to receive back a complete- ly rewritten version from which all the teeth had been extracted. So his opening speech sounded like a Sunday School sermon. With some misgivings the State Prom t poir’ on, every move Department finally OK's the idca, Norman Davis attempted at Brus- _ and the British detailed four ba!- | scls was stymied by the State De- tleships, twelve cruisers and twen-|partment. The British once again ty destroyers to sail through Suez|proposed the plan of cutting off to Singapore. Japan’s war materials, but Davis But just at that moment— the had to reply that his government summer of 1937—the Dictators of had changed its mind. Europe,. playing just as close ball| ‘When he returned he found that with Jw , started uup- h nm been rewritten b; submarine Europe—at the time of the Panay incident in December 1938. At that time Admiral Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, the President that the Navy was better prepared than ever before and could cut off Japan's fuel oil, iron, copper and cotton almost without the help of Great Britain. However, the British, who had a gunboat sunk by the Japanese si- multaneously with the Panay, were anxious to cooperate. | The decision as to whether the | embargo-blockade would be revived again was made in the effice of Secretary Hull one Sunday after- noon. Admiral Leahy was present; also Hugh Wilson, who believed in appeasement toward Japan. | Leahy argued that the Japanese were bound to cause trouble sooner or later, and that the United States had best starve out her military machine now, when conditions were favorable and before the British be- came involved in Europe. Hugh Wilson, on the other hand, paced up and down the room argu- ing that such a move meant war. up that he had to lie down on Hull's couch to rest. The decision finally went against Leahy. And now, two years later, with the British fleet fighting a desperate battle in European waters and unable to help in the Orient; | with _the French defeated and _French naval bases in Indo-China “virtually in the hands of Japan, the reported to| In the end he became so wrought Legion Chaplain- Brigadier William G. Gilks | Brigadier William G. Gilks, Salva- tion Army leader of Dallas, Texas, s ihe new national chaplain of! the American Legion. He was sels at tne Legion convention in Boston. - > Subscribe fo1 The ll!:;m!. “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Toda word: INCHOATE; being in the first stages; just begun. (Pronounce in-ko-it, O as in NO, accent second syllable). “Each one of use has the prerogative of completing his inchoate nature.”—J. H. Newman, WORD STUDY A - 0 2 T -~ < - 1 . MODERN ETIQUETTE * goperra rER many will be overcome. As food| problems grow serious, there will| |be surprising cooperation: . that| Gmcesseveasvansansmssanemnsansas s e’ e promises ' to _relieve dietators . of Q. Ts it ever permissible for an employer to take his woman secretary |odium as well as heavy responsi-| g ..ono | »s. The power of the democ- p : ¥ ?:cl:‘":r ”l:v :Jm\ed States will be A when strictly a matter of business, but not in a social way | fllustrated in ways that reveal Unless he is willing, if seen by friends, to have his act misinterpreted. | minor weaknesses to be corrected Q. Shouldn't a girl give her order direct to the waiter when dining under tests. The nation is to un- Withar 2 dergo severe experiences, if the A. No; she should tell her escort what she would like and let him | stars are rightly read, place the order. Business Affail Continued pros-| Q. Is it necessary for a man to rise when being introduced to another man? A. Certainly, uniess he is ill, crippled, or a centenarian. .g.-.-...-...__._‘.-u-,-.... a1 e e o 0 ' LOOK and LEARN | A C. GORDON et ], tained as far as possible without' 1. Who said: “With malice toward none; with charity for all"? delay. 2. How many different grounds for divorce are there in the United International Affairs: Secret plans States? | affecting the United States are 3. What name is given to the kitchen of a ship? to be carried out, but they will not 4. What state capital, of the Union, lies farthest west? confortn 'to. any ofi‘the 'guEsts 5. What language furnishes nearly all the expressions used in music? made by expert news interpreters. NSWERS s SR 53415 Surprises, so long predicted in war il moves, will continue to aid Hit-| 1 Lincoln, in his sccond Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865. ler’s policies, Some sort of lruhe‘ 2. 37 legal grounds. or compromise will be negotiated | 3. Galley. as a screen for future aggression 4. Salem, Oregon. on this hemisphere. | 5. Ttalian. ST PAUL'S ALTAR WRE(KED This is the ruined high altar at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, which, the British announced, has been struck by a German bomb. 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