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

5 : X Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. ELEN TROY BENDER - - & - AELERERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Entered in the Post Office in Juneau s Becond 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; President Manager | THE DAILY ALASKA EMP]RE. THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 1940. District was created. Capt. Ralph. C. Parker was appointed Commandant and was given a warship, the gunboat Charleston, to serve as his floating headquarters. Juneauites hoped fondly that Captain Parker would make this port his base—hoped and nothing more. The Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce has written. radiograms and letters to Navy officials asking that they “inspect Ketchikan and determine what part the city may play in national defense.” A special committee of the Chamber has suggested from 20 YEARS AGO T%% empire DECEMBER 12, 1920 At a meeting held in the A. B. Hall permanent organization of the Alaska Territorial Medical Association was “perfected,” with Dr.’ Daniel S. Neuman as President. 190 DECEMBER 14 SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THUR Directory B. P. O. every Wednesday at & Drs. Kaser and Professional Praternal Societies Oestineau Chanael ELKS meet sne month, in advance, $1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ne Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- ivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. to the Commandant of the 13th Naval District that Ketchikan facilities be "used to “repair steel MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for Slication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- credited in this paper and also the local news published vessels” for the Navy. Captain Parker has been in- by | expansion program.” As a result, all Ketchikan ship- building firms, machine shops, mills and other in- dustrial plants received questionaires from the 13th Naval District requesting detailed information on heir facilities. And Juneau still hopes this will be the sector’s headquarters. We're not, criticizing Ketchikan, LASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. "ORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Representa- ith offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland “hicaro, New York and Boston /TLE REPRFSENTATIVE—Gflbert A. Wellington, 1011 | Bank Building. | far from it. sive community spirit as an example. There is 10thing underhanded about the way Ketchikan goes after new establishments for the city. In fact, the Zetchikan method is remarkably straightforward. etchikan doesn't have to cover its efforts along this ine. No other community seems to be very much interested in any of the valuable things Ketchikan is winning for herself with such regularity. Failure of an Axis Campaign (Philadelphia Record) WHAT IT TAKES for weeks to cover the shotgun wedding of Germany KETCHIKAN HA But the story that begins to emerge is that the brides aren’t showing up at the altar. Definite announcement comes from Berlin that Bulgaria won't join the Axis, that no other nations are expected to join at present. The Italian press adopts an “of course” tone, explaining that Bulgaria ‘won't join because that might provoke Turkey into hostilities against the Axis. There was no “of course” about it a few weeks ago. Then, the Axis policy was to isolate Turkey and Greece by inviting all other Powers into the “new order.” It is hard to believe that the Axis efforts were devoted solely to the end accomplished by bringing Rumania, Hungary and Slovakia into an alliance that This week a new fisheries technological labora- tory, a building costing 8,000, was dedicated by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Its location is Ket-| chikan Last month U. S. Coast Guard headquarters inl Washington announced the site of a new $250,000 communications station to keep in contact with cutters on the North Pacific. The site: Ketchikan. The Army is building one large airbase in South-| east Alaska, a job which will probably take five | vears, Barracks are being constructed already for a permanent force of 775 men. The base is being built on Annette Island. Daily boat service connects| the base with Ketchikan. Last week word came from Washington that the Juneau District of the Coast Guard had been | renamed the Ketchikan District. When this separ- ate Alaska section was set up a year ago, the orders| from Washington were to establish headquarters| at Juneau. When the new Commandant of the| District arrived in Juneau, he couldn't find office quarters, He moved his office to Ketchikan “tem- porarily.” Last week’s order permanently changmz" the name of the District said “the change was made| to avoid confusion. The Juneau District was so named when that city was originally intended for | the location of the Coast Guard’s main offices in| the Territory.” Commander F. A. Zeusler, returning from Wash- ington last week, said the Ketchikan Coast Guard dock would be enlarged and that a third story would be added to the Coast Guard depot. He said bids R Fal]ed .immltd‘vamy e q.llarter-mi]lion Hitler's conversation with Franco also failed to dollar radio station which is to be built just north iy .."ono giscernible fruit. Nor have Laval's con- of Mud Bight. All construction is to be in concrete.| yergations with Hitler resulted in any further co- There will be one large building for receiving, “d'loperatmn between France and the Axis. ministration, a laboratory, an auxiliary power house,| Why were these conferences so highly publicized last three countries constitute a logical, if vicious, alliance against the democracies. And these three| countries, plus the rest of Europe, would be tre- mendously impressive, But a tieup of Germany, Italy and Japan with Slovakia, Rumania and Hungary comes conspicuous for the nations it leaves out. The Axis had its three “new” partners in all but name before the negotiations began. The “new” alliance lacks diplomatic symmetry; it looks like an un- finished job. Another bride who hasn’t turned up is Soviet| Russia, The Molotoff visit to Berlin is now defin- itely in the past—and nothing apparently has come| |of it. Hitler was supposed to have asked Molotoff to bring further pressure to bear on Turkey. If it| | was brought, there is no sign of it. The Turkish | press is increasingly unfriendly to Italy. The Turk- ish Government has declared martial law in the | northwestern provinces, a separate power supply and transmitting hulldingl‘m advance if nothing was meant to come of them? | and large residential quarters for petty officers and Meanwhile there are reports of serious Nor- assistants who will staff the station. The site is a weglan sabotage against Germany. The Oslo- mile wide and two miles long to allow for future| Bergen railway has been blocked in 10 places by development, |avalanches apparently created deliberately. Within the past year Ketchikan has been given| No real revolt the Coast Guard District headquarters, the Iisheriesica“ be expected until Germany is in trouble else- But sabotage can be expected to act as a laboratory, the big new communications station nnd]wh”e' prestige. Army airbase | barometer of waning German an se. ; In the same period of time Juneau | gt = has been selected as the site of the following ne\v1 There can be no concealment of the diplomatic enterprises: none. !setbacks of the Axis since the beginning of the Italo- This peculiar disparity is not just happenstance. Greek war, The Axis road to Suez and Axis control Observe how Ketchikan works on its prospects: | of the Mediterranean now seem further away than Recently an Alaska sector of the 13th Naval|at any time since Italy jumped into the war, bone of contention within the can- ning industry. has a dual distinction. In addition to extending civil service rating to and wooden ships and to construct smaller wooden | vited to “evaluate the actual and potential facilities| which Ketchikan can contribute to the Navy's) We are pointing to that community and its progresJ Correspondents in Germany have been preparing | to most of the remaining nations on the Continent.) | already included Germany, Italy and Japan. These| immediately be-| in German-conquered territory | HAPPY BIRTHDAY !.......-..-.—.. DECEMBER 12 Mrs. John Ahlers Eric Henning O. G. Culberhouse i Rosie Meler ( Mrs. William Paul | Mrs. A. J. Goodman Lanore Kaufmann Emil Zengler Mrs. Dorothy Day James B, Decker Mitchell Dabo i o | HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” | | * FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 | | Although this is an unlucky date/ according to supersition, there are | few evil portents in the horoscope for today. There is a sign read as presaging disappointing news affecting business, but trade today should be brisk. Women are under| |a threatening sign. | Heart and Home: As holiday preparations proceed women may, {have to change the usual plans| | for family celebrations, but they | must accept disappointments philo- fsopmcs)ly. In many parts of the | country bad weather may interfere | with social programs, With the| | motto, “The best time is now,” | there should be an effort to make | each day . memdrable. Readjust-| | ments in social customs are pro- | phesied for the future. These |changes must be faced with de- . | | - | termination to make the most of American freedom. | Business Affairs: Stimulation of | many industries now will presage |a new year of prosperity, but vast governmental expenditures will in-/ | crease taxes. The trend toward | self-sufficiency in communities, small and large, will be mnrked} before the end of 1941, a year in| which many lessons in economics‘ | must be learned. With the infil- tration of refugees many farming (regions as well as many small |towns wiil expand. Speculation should be prevented as progress 'is made by means of slow but sure methods of trade buildups. National Issues: Schools will find, it imperative to alter courses of study and to train the rising gen- eration for a world that is changed. | In a period of national ecrisis, practical patriotism which enables every man and woman to contrib- ute to the progress of the nation must be taught. Perils in the pur- suit of pleasure will be recognized as the results of careless spending are seen, Work must be substituted for play among young and old. International Affairs: Spain is to be a pawn in the Nazi game until! the day when dictators vanish. M'l though Hitler has enjoyed sudden, victories over peace-loving natioms, his eclipse will be slower than his Miss Carol Beery, new organist for the Palace Theatre, arrived on the Jefferson and presided at the organ with a concert of varied numbers which was well received. Twenty-seven enlisted men passed through Juneau on the Jefferson enroute to Fort Willlam H. Seward. Among them was a number who had been serving in the German Army of Occupation. Bruce Moburg, conducting the Princess Sophia hearing, arrived on the steamer Jefferson and registered at the Hotel Zynda. Attorney Lawrence Bogle, who is appearing at the hearing, also arrived on the Jefferson, registering at the Gastineau. Cash Cole returned on the Jefferson from Ketchikan where he had been for the last ten days. A coasting party at Douglas included Virginia Laughlin, Goldie Halm, Peggie Meggett, Etta Brown, Elizabeth and Mamie Feusi, Catherine Mc- Cormick, Lydia Carkanen, Ideal Hendrickson, Martin Gallwas, Ray Mc- Cormick, Harold Gallwas, Alex Sey, Dick McCormick, Sinclair Brown, Emil Palmbolm, Joe Garn and Art Nelson. Weather: Highest, 32; lowest, 26; cloudy. L Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon B e e e ] WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am sure you will make good.” Say, “I am sure you will SUCCEED (or BE SUCCESSFUL).” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hiccup or hiccough. Pronounce hik-up, not hik-koff. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cedar (tree); AR, not ER. SYNONYMS: Depict, delineate, picture, portray, represent. 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: FULGENT; dazzling bright; shining. “Just as the sun’s slow orb forsook the fulgent west."—Tasso. Lo MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprrra rEE z Q. When meeting a friend you have-not seen for a long time, should you greet him with, “You aren’t looking so well"? A. No. If you cannot truthfully tell him that he is looking well, say nothing Q. What is the proper way to eat an apple when at the table? A. Cut the apple into quarters, then peel it. The pieces should be conveyed to the mouth by the fingers. e . e e I Q. May a bride call her parents-in-law by their first names? LOOK and LEARN Y ¢ corpox i A. Not unless they have requested her to do so. e - e e e e ] . S - - 1. What queen said, “I fear the sermons of John Knox more than all the armies of England”? 2. What is the difference between a “short” ton and a “long” ton? 3. Does the President of the United States have the power to adjourn Congress? 4. What name is given animals that are equally at home on land or in the water? 5. Where is the Gobi Desert? ANSWERS: Mary, Queen of Scots. A short ton is 2,000 pounds, a long ton is 2,240 pounds. No. Amphibians. Mongolia, China. 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You'l Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jeweiry Repairing at very reasonable rates ¢/ashingfon rise to the midheaven of power. “Is it here that they sell those largest paid circulation of any Al- - modest quarters in the Hibbs build- | more unclassified government em- ployees than any similar law in his- R d | tory (about 150,000) it also required 50' Oun | longer to sign. | The long-drawn out signature (Continued from Page One) | was because the President had e | promised a pen used in the signing jet him know that they do not ceremony to each of the three peo- consider him the party's boss. | ple: Representative Bob Ramspeck | of Georgia and Senator Jim Mead BRITISH INVASION |of New York, co-sponsors of the The British are coming to Wuh-‘blll: and Representative Jennings ington at a rate that almost | Randolph of West Virginia, ranking amounts to a second invasion. Even | member of the Civil Service Com- in 1814, when the Redcoats burned | mittec. the Capitol, their force was scarce- ‘ 5 This meant splitting his signature ly more impressive. into three parts and using a dif- Actually there are 430 represen- | ferent pen for each. The three tatives of the British Governmemivens were placed on his desk when in Washington today—130 members | he was ready to sign, but when he ierry- Army purchasing chiefs also are! working on a plan for centralized buying of the enormous quantities of canned goods, meats, vegetables and other perishable foods which the draft army will need Behind this is the desire to avoid a situa-| tion where various Army quarter- masters would bid against each other—to the enrichment of spec- ulators and expense of the tax-| payer. NOTE—Procurement experts es- timate that in some types of canned goods, Army purchases will amount to 15 per cent of the total pack. MERRY-GO-ROUND Milton Kaufman, executive vice- president of the American News- Through the winter there will be’ revolutionary impulses that spread,| {but delivery from the tyranny ‘of | the Nazis will come through the, | final triumph of Britain, the seers | prognosticate. Strange new pacts and alliances will form. Treachery| will contribute to the downfall of the dictators whose weapon it has‘ | been. & { | Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of falr-! |1y good fortune. Unexpected favors: {from new connections are indicat- |ed Children born on this day prob- ably will be high-strung, restless and changeable. They should be talented and lucky all through life. (Copyright, 1 40) fish?” ¥ aska newspaper. VANISHING ™ AMERICAN | CIVIL ENGINEERS Designs, Surveys, Investigations VALENTINE BLDG. Phone 673 | Helene W. Albrech PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS kit ! PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET e - H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING — When in Need of DIESEL OIL—STOVE OIL YOUR COAL CHOICE GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING of the Embassy staff, 300 members |looked for the inkwell, it had mys- | Paper Guild, denied that he ghost- of the British Purchasing Com-}terious]y disappeared. After sev- :;Olt:hn L. Lewis' report to the » CLlr i mission and British Air Commis-|eral minutes, White House Clerk convention which condemned sion. The figures includes every- Rudolph Forster finally produced |Roosevelt and the defense prosram-;SAmRDAv pl(ml! J“e.' Tm" cne—officers, clerks, messengers and | the ink. Other CIO authorities credit Kauf-| - Phone 48—Night Phone 481 | Then as the President was half- iway through his signatre, the sec- ond pen splattered a large blob of ink en the law, This required an- chauffers. The British Embassy and Chan- cery now is the largest diplomatic | but man with being the author of the report as well as being a leader of Lewis' inner council at the con- vention . George Washington’s PROGRAM POSTPONED The Saturday morning prmrah; Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances The Daily Alaska Empire has the establishment in Washington, bl p §t is mot large enough. An annex | other pause; while the President|Statement on national preparedness ‘S’ch;’éfx"l‘:;esm“'};:s;};‘;mo:‘m{'hzmI Next us)mu Gun Shop- largest paid circulation of any Al- has been added to care for an | painstakingly mopped up the smear|¥as as follows: “If we desire to Church for young S i Zont Second Street Pt e overflow of coding clerks and of-| with the corner of a blotter. Fi-|8void insult, we must be able to|gen of suidny sy o Empire Classifieds Pay! ficials of the office of Economic nally the signing was completed, ‘Warfare. 3 having consumed ten full minutes. Meanwhile the two British Com-| “T'll bet,” grinned Roosevelt, missions occupy space in four oth-|“that’s the longest time any Presi- er buildings. They started out in dent ever took to sign his name.” ing, expanded to the entire top| repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerul instru- ments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.” . . . It was no accident that Gardner Jackson, two-fisted crusader and outspoken been postponed. It will be an- nounced later when these programs are to begin, HELP AN HE SHOOTS THE WORKS The whale gets the point. TELEPHONE—51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS . . | REFORM VIA ARMY critic of floor of the Willard Hotel, added ; i of Representative Martin further space in the Adams build- | 'The Army’s greatly expanded food | Dies, preceded the Texan in his _ T fog. and most recently have taken r:'qmrem{er\fls may become the|conference with the President. Roo-| | < A N AP Feature Service sutzl as :;o w‘;xs;l‘mg & e CAPITAL—$50,000 5 g n’ Jd apart- means of forcing long-sought labor |sevelt purposel, i ears as a Seat bullding :‘(e;l:a Macsachucetts TfOMms in the canning industry, |ing list il ::ngf:m:: b Telephane 713 or write ° EUREKA, Cal. — Though the| pmerican industry. Today it is SURPLUS—$125,000 which is noted for its low labor |Jackson at length while Dies cool. The Alaska Territorial United States is the largest petrole- | represented by the little 140-ton * Avenue to accommodate the Air Commission. These are the British in Wash- ington alone. In addition, the New York office of the Purchasing standards, particularly among small plants. In the past, the Army bought canned goods chiefly through local Jjobbers and wholesalers. But with ed his heels in the outer office. (Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) ! | | | Employment Service | for this qualified worker. EQUIPMENT OPERATOR—Man, married, local resident, age 36, two um producer in the world, there still is enough demand for a spec- ial kind of lubricant—whale oil— to keep the cry of “Thar she blows” sounding on the California coast. SS Gleaner which takes finbacks, humpbacks, sperms and sulphur- bottoms. The latter, known in the Atlantic as blue whales, are the largest in the world. 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES : plmus mwmmmh;gvewl .umamt ;o‘x;sumpuon increasing hundred- e BUY PRW years of high school. Experienced| The only whaling station in the| The gunner on the steamship . the country testing the . e A plans fo sidetrack for Fele Voldics as bulldozer operator, LeTournean|United States is located just south| Gleaner uses a 135-pound explod- - k ment &l ! Jobbers and go_direct to the apd hydraulic lift blade; shovel|of Eureka. It is a attrac- | ing harpoon. attached to a cable t N fl & | Dlanee,’ which Vaze® AT Ry ; SEE THE runner, truck driver, mucking 'tiomy’ with passing paying which in turn is regulated by a artion ank | . in the United States. his opens the way for requir- | SHATTUCK AGENCY | chine operator, hoist man. Call for|admission to see’the The oil| winch, When there is a catch the f . ) the canners to comply with the | Office—New York Life ES:22. . ... is used in expensive face creams| Gleaner’s crew of eleven is reward- a : | TOREE-FEN SIGNATURE . |Wage-Hour anc Wait-iesey Act, Phane 245 P ee e e w20 o0 i b i fom 933 JUNEAU—ALASEKA . ‘Try d classified ad in The Empire.|as & lubricant for mechanisms to $25. ! \ .