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

; 2 g Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. AELEN TROY BENDER - - - - - R. L. BERNARD - - ce-President and Business Entered in Prestdent Manager the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.25 per month By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, §12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, § Bubscri| will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Busines ice of any feilure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for rcepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein T ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. D. CLOSE, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Besttle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gllbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Building preEE faky R e Announcement was made that BRSO pRoils DeOR Y A pick up and take to Yakutat the three months’ mail accumulated here. is keeping the war away from us. We who admire| 3 il their stamina from a safe distance must shoulder| H 0 R 0 S C 0 P E Now briitehdeldsiad 15 the Abprican: Thgibn Wae<0100, W odawid: guspreion tho TesponislbiiiG, T ER 0 e Commander: C. H. Helgesen, First Vice-President; A. C. Fisher, Second element must come into play, ousting the viewpoint “The stars incline { | Vice-President: G. E. Cleveland, Finance; George E. Mann, Adjutant; Enat s ibasedigolely e kS BIG U e ) but do not compel?’. | Ralph B. Martin, Officer of the Day; Andrew Berntsen, Officer of the house. America must serlously ponder the question: | { ! P | Guard: Harold F. Dawes and Homer G. Nordling, Executive Committee. | What will il profit the United States if it keeps its|g__ = RTINS ¥ HUMAN ELEMENT e A | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11| weather: Highest, 27; lowest, 22; clear stai FI T ¥ | Mingied g00d and Vil PIANCIATY | guamssmoememmiroms memoamom oo o e R Britain still stand: Britain will (-oann:m to Tough Job Ahead | influences are discerned in the 4 v ) stand, rebuild and carry on the conflict with in-| GEaEX o horaneope: for today. The Inorning D 'l [ E I h 7 creasing intensity. This is assured even in a so- (Philadelphia Record) [ 1s ,,.Op'n,.(.",\ for merchants. It Is al y eSSOHS |n ng |S W. L. GORDON called war of machines in which the odds are against President Roosevelt is to be commended for his|a forzunate day for shopping. La-| Rl ol e Britain because of a factor too often overlooked— |choice of Rear Admiral William D. Leahy for one | por is under an unfavorable rule iy e IR AT R R e the human factor of the most ticklish jobs in the diplomatic service—|of the stars, | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Why don’t you show more For months military and political experts calcu- | Ambassador to Unoccupied France | Heart and Home: Under this| pep (slang)?” Say, “Why don't you show more ENTHUSIASM?” lated the time—almost to the day—when Britain| 0 Vichy, Admiral Leahy will be in the midsticonfiguration happiness comes by| " OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Sure. Pronounce SHOOR, OO as in would fall. They regimented statistics on air and g,l'l!;“, hf"","';'}::"‘;"([‘\”vf:"":;‘ :’:'rr‘;}:' rez:;";““"\"""l‘fi o "“"‘ 1"'"}“‘ ‘l“““'""* (‘;I,LO(»K man power, on available material and resources m"G,',;X,l,:‘g(sx‘mu;h.;\Ll:: Wil Ba bl r!);‘s;ir(en g‘rém‘hi:,2;,[[:,’:::,"];\.?}‘;?"‘,h:]zl:"drsb;r:::‘m:| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Assistance (help). Assistants Ythose who Their graphs pointed to continued victory for the|orale and prevent German inroads on the F‘rem‘h“pmbmns that may be disturbing help). s By blitzkrieg. Solontal ieimpife [, Bla i tiiens, dn thie hams To6ea SYNONY Comprise, contain, embrace, enclose, embody, include, While these facts and figures were correct the One of his most difficult jobs will be to resolve|should be vigilance to maintain involve conclusions read from them were erroneous. The|the problem of French possessions in this hemi- | cheerfulness and contentment. For| ~ WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us specialists, like the laymen, had been unduly im-|sphere, particularly Martinique. As former Governor the young the winter will bring| increase our vocabulary by mastering one word ch day. Toda word : pressed by the Nazi record «on the continent | of Puerto Rico, he will bring to the question a famili-| poth extremes of ty and lack| BACCHANALIAN (adjective); given to revelry and drunkenness. (Pro- | The the than quantity in equipment. This was demonstrated in the Battle of Britain when flyers of the Royal Air Force fought off and broke up wave after wave of Nazi bombers and fighting planes. The Germans came on in mass formations in the traditional man- ner of their land troops. By sheer numbers they expected to veep all opposition from the sky and give London such a bombing that it never would re- cover. But the R.AF. flyers, comparatively few in number and with fewer planes, knew what responsi- bility rested on. them, They fought and won like free Englishmen. They gained the respite England needed in which to build its air forces, stréngthen its ground defenses and prepare the civilian population for a long siege from the sky. This was po » again only because of the human element. By all hard and cold calcu- lations Britain should have fallen as did_the conti- nental nations. It didn't because what was lacking in equipment was made up for in morale It is this determined frame of mind—and a peo- ple either possesses it because of its character and history or it does not—that England faces the future with high hope. What the men of the R.AF, have demenstrated is but one expression of the feeling of the entire British people. Civilians as well as sol- diers must possess it in a war of this character. This does not mean that undue optimism per- vades the population of the “tight little island” It does mean, in the words of Milo M. Thompson, chief of the London Bureau of the Associated Press, that “they feel they won the battle for survival. They seem to have lost any fear whatsoever of bombing or invasion.” While the British carr men behind machines count for more [ | micrescope to see States could di | bring greater pe: Washinglon Merry- Go-Round er strength to Gri One possibility | sa, keep her out of the Axis. This|The latter is now in North Africa, (Continued from Page One) was the chief reason for the Ou-|and the French troops in that area mansky-Sumner Welles conversa- | would rise to. his leadership over- tack has failed, Hitler has had to ons. They have partially failed, Inight in any attack upon Italian settle down o a waiting, hararssing ue to the fact that all the United | Libya. States on the war they grumble| but it’s also pretty good in a war dance. |man and Ttalian people, give great- can offer Russia is machine free man's right—and rebuild. They know they have a long way to go, but they count “the indications that a day will come when they will be able to give their enemy two for every one he's been iving them,” to quote Thompson further What are those indications? One is the defeat of the Italians by the Greeks, evidence that Italy| is the Achilles heel of the Axis. Another is the ontinued success of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, leader »f Free France, in winning support in the French colonial empire. Then there is the apparent de- fection of Gen. Weygand who refuses longer to obey the orders of Vichy. These compensate for Hitler's paper victories m the Balkans which in themselves are an indication that he has abandoned hope of conquering England by direct attack. But most important of all is the aid which the| United States is making available in increasing quan- | tities. In one sense this is not aid at all, but merely | a right to purchase in American markets, Britain's running low. Lord Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, mentioned it on his return to his post here. He said “Next year, too we know will be long and hard England will be grateful for any help. England needs planes, munitions, ships and perhaps a little | financial help.” | That help should be given. Fetish-bound John- son Acts must not be permitted to stand in its way —any resources are arity with colonial problems as well as an under- standing of Martinique's importance in naval al-| airs. Formerly Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral| | Leahy served in | the Boxer uprL;mz. His wide experience will be | needed as Ambgssador to the captive Government |in Vichy. ‘ S S s LR M o ‘ Not Essential? } | —- | | (Cleveland Plain Dealer) [ It is not enough that Britain's horrors of war| increase from without. The Board of Trade has added to them from within. In one of its priorities| rulings it has decreed that the sale of corsets shall be limited to half of last year's volume on the! ground that the garment is non-essential, That there have been protests is not surprising,| for the ruling strikes at the very fundamentals of | a large and important sector of the populace. Even| the British willingness to take punishment in silence is not enough to cover this case. They can tolerate | physical terror and destruction, but they will admit | |no tampering with esthetic principles. They insist on retaining the symbols as well as the substance of ciyilization. They insist also that the Board of Trade Is not a competent judge of corsets, that be- | cause of its sheltered life it still thinks and speaks' | of corsets in terms that apply to the ironsides grand- | ma wore, of garments that weighed four pounds in- | stead of the modern models that weigh four ounces | and consume none of the steel the board is trying| |to conserve. No four-ounce flimsy would be the | subjéct of haggling in peacetime, but when defense |1s at stake nothing can be overlooked | | The Greek army may look like a ballet team, what the Unit:diln the United Staies on a goodwill short of war—to | mission. This may happen soon. i g e A lowever, the chiel problein 15 101 ably will be emotionally intense ; influence not merely Petaln, Wholg,4 phygically strong. They muy eat Britain Jready has veered away from the have talents of a high order. was to woo Rus- [Axis, but also Marshal Weygand. 2 B ki | However, Weygand, bitter over his | | service for the nation THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. 10, 1940. 1940. DECEMBER 1946 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY | o DECEMBER 10 Trevor M. Davis Gerald Magorty Bobby Turoff H. E. Smith Ed Erstad Evelyn Lancaster Edward S. Johnson William F. Kelly Mrs. D. M. Gallagher Sadie LeMaster Robert Sinclair to study | exacting is well for of amusement. It hard in preparation | Trade should! Business Affairs: the Spanish-American War and| pe good and merchants ShOUIA €11 | dmemsome oo oo o) oo o oo oo o joy fair profits, but labor trou- bles are prognosticated for manu-l facturers and employers in many; lines of business, Warning is given of a serious clash among strike the first of the year. Wise adj ments of industrial difference tween employers and employees will be numerous. | National Issues: Public health is| to assume special interest in com- ing months, for a great deal nxi illness is foretold at the end af winter. Imperative need of surgi- cal instruments and medicines will| be- be felt in Great Britain, as WEll 05 quemoemsses e oo e om oo omsan aoms o subjugated countries where there will be epidemics and great mor-| tality, The care of the poor in our own country should be marked hy| wise and scientific aid. | International Affairs: Italy and Mussolini are under sinister plane- tary influences that bode ill for| the winter. The death of a leader in government affairs may precipi- tate trouble of far-reaching effect. Defeat in naval engagements is prognosticated. The Mediterranean | is not to be dominated by the dic- tator, who is to meet more than one great disappointment in toe second world war, Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of success, especi- ally for those in the artistic pro- fessions. Children born on this day prob- (Copyright, 1940) i ALASKA EXPORT REGULATIONS T0 policy. Such a policy easily can be dis- astrous. For the key to Hitler's political success has been his con- stant uncorcking of victories for the German people. Austria, Czech- oslovakia, Norway, Denmark, Hol- land, Belgium, and France all have been held up as the glorious reward for terrific sacrifice and suffering. HITLER'S WORRY For five months now there have been no new conguests, no new tri- umphs to celebrate. Instead British airplanes have dumped almost nightly death over Berlin, Hamburg and the Ruhr. These, plus their own straitened economic circum- | stances, are the chief things the| German people have had to think about. On top of them have come two other important development One was the re-election of Roo sevelt, whom Nazi propagandist have played up as the great enemy of the dictators. This propaganda has now had reverse effects, and the German people, remembering how the United States turned the tide In the last war, cannot help but speculate ruefully regarding the prospect of the UBSA. coming into this war. Twe has been the unexpected Ital- jan setback in Greece. Probably not much of this has percolated through the censor to the German people, pbut it has to Italy. Unrest is spreading underground among the Italian people, plus growing resent- ment against both Hitler and Mus- solini. AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC AIMS All of these factors have been put under the State Department tools and gasoline, while Hitler can offer India, Persia, Another possibility was to stiffen U. 8. policy {haps by sending ships thue of policing the South Pacific. This would have devastating repercus- sions upon the Axis, but Roosevelt onsiders it risky, so it is being held in abeyance, Third possibility, and the one | actively under discussion inside the State Department now, is to bolster the French forces in North Africa, belp bring them in on the side of the British This has tremendous possibilities. For at present General Graziani is bozged down in Egypt, where Mus- solini has been sending him per- emptery orders to advance on Suez, to which Graziani has replied that has he will not advance until he sufficient supplies. So should Gr iani be attacked by the French from the Tunis side, and by the British from the Egyptian side, it would mean certain defeat and probably the end of Mussolini. Furthermore, it would probably take Italy out of the war. This is the main effort to which American diplomacy is now direct- ed. Pirst step was a plan to send eral Pershing, old friend of Mar- shal Petain, as Special Ambassador to France. To this end, the 80- year-old General underwent a thoi- ough physical examination at Wal- ter Reed hospital. But although anixious to undertake the mission, his doctors forbade it. More recently, the State Depart- ment has been working on a plan to have a prominent Frenchman, | who is close to Marshal Petain, come I treatment during the last days of Afghanistan the war, is sulking. He is not pro- British, though not as violent agall Japan, per-|against them-as the officers of the to Singapore, | French Navy. Recently, certain | taking over the British burden | British emissaries have had confi- dential talks with General Wey- gand, but with no definite resuits. U. S. SHIPS TO DAKAR Another plan which has been con- sidered in Army and Navy circles is for the United States to take cog- nizance of the part which Dakar might play in any attack upon South Americ: The Germans are now developing Dakar as a giant air base under the protection of the French fleet. This is of vital concern to the United States, Brazil, Argentina and the ‘rest of South America. There- fore, it has been suggested that the United States instigate joint Pan-American representations, fol- lowed perhaps by a naval display off Dakar, in order to persuade the French fleet to divorce itself from Germany and neutralize Dakar. This plan does not get much encouragement from the White House and State Department, where it is considered risky. However, it is one of the many ideas which are being mulled over as a means of bolstering the French, swinging the North African army behind the British, and providing the punch which may tip the balance of victory in the war. (Copyright, 1940, by United Ftature Syndicate, Inc.) ——t ‘The Daily Alaska Empire has th largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper, | REMAIN UNCHANGED, New regulations providing a sim= pler export declaration on Alaska shipments will apply only to goods shipped into Alaska, Assistant Col- lector of Customs M. S. Whittier explained today. The regulations on goods shipped from Alaska to the States will re- main unchianged. The)y are al- ready in a form much simpler than the import regulations will be even after the simplification on January 1. e, — | MRS. CAUTHORN ‘ RETURNS AFIER | VISITING NURSES; After visiting Public Health Nurs- ing Services in Interior Alaska, Mrs. Mary Keith Cauthorne, Advisory Nure of the Divion of Maternal and Child Health of the Territor- ial Department of Health, returned to Juneau on the steamer Baranof. Mrs. Cauthorne reports the new laboratory of the Department at Anchorage to be very busy. — e ATTENTION ALL OG.E.S. MEMBERS Regular meeting of Juneau Chap- ter No, 7, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Business and election - of officers, Bring packages for Christ- mas Pound Night, Refreshments. adv, Subscribe for 'The Empire. from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 10, 1920 promoter who in the the ap- R. E. (Dick) Ryan, former Nome ad been Couth for the preceding two years, was reported to he seeking pointment of Governor of Alaska under the new Harding Administra- el tion. Miss Carol Beery was expected fo arrive in Juneau on the steamer Jefferson to replace Don Ball as organist at the Palace Theatre. Ball had left for the State: The Catholic bazaar, which opened the previous day, attracted a large crowd. Voting for the most popular lady was heated with the Misses Beatrice Benson, Rose Flabbi and Julia Stragier contending. Agnes Ritter led the smaller girls and James Golding and Walter Foote were neck and neck for the young men’s popularity contest. Miss Blanche Mashin, Juneau teacher, and Lester D. Henderson, Com- Education, were to be married in the evening at the home H. L. Faulkner. missioner of of Mr. and Mrs Roy Rutherford arrived on the Chichagof and was registered at the Circle City Hotel the steamer Admiral Watson would A a sin BACK, second A as in ASK un- “Even bacchanalian nonce bak-a-na-li-an, first stressed, third A as in NAIL, accent third syllable) madness has its charms."—Cowper. o 1 . 4 4 § MODERN ETIQUETTE ® posgrra LEE EGUNSSRSSS—— Y Q. hould subjects of conversation that are likely to start intensive arguments, ever be mentioned while eating A. No, nor following the mral either, it it can possibly be avoided Q. Ts it necessary for a week-end guest to arrive exactly at the time specified by the hostess? A. Yes. He should be neither early nor late in his arrival Q. Shouldn't a hostess pay for a guest's long-distance calls, when the charges are very small? A. Never; not even if twenty-five cents. by ,; A. C. GORDON | ) 1. Which is called the most interesting organ of the human body? LOOK and LEAR . ) - ) 2. According to Shakespeare, what were Julius Caesar’s dying words. | 3. How many postage stamps does the U. S. print a day? 4. What is a “gourmet”? 5. Which American colony first raised a military force to oppose the British government? ANSWERS: 1, Thet n. 2. “Et tu, Brute!” (“Thou also, Brutus!™), implying betrayal by a friend. 3. An average of 60.000,000. 4. A connoisseur of foods. (Prononce goor-may, OO as in GOOD, accent first syllable). 5. South Carolina. ~ Bomb Fell Through (rib — Mrs. Ann Haltrecht, clasping her 14-month-old son Courtland Dyson Haltrecht, as the British liner Samaria arrived in New York, said that before she, left London a small bomb went through the baby’s crib 33|, andexploded after it had passed through the floor below. “The house was practically demelished,” she said, “but neither of us was injured.” * Drs. 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