The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1940, Page 4

{ { i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 1940. Daily Alaska Em pire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juncau, Alaska. AELEN TROY BENDER - Presjdent fELFBERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Man ser in the Post ce 10 Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postave paid, at the following rates: One year, in advan one month, in advance, £1.2 ©ubscribers the Business Of livery of their paper: Telephones: News “ottice, 602; Bu siness Office, 374. Entered e of sny failure or Irregularity in the de- OF ASSOCIATED PRESS vely entitled to the use for 1l news dispatches credited to it or not other- ulso the local news published The Assocta cepublication of wise credited in this paper ang herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY Olllcfl PUBLTL-\TION " GEORGE D. CLOSE. Ve with offices in ttle, Chicago, New Y SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 lmerlcan Bymk Building. oy $12.00; ¢ix months, in advance, $6.00; | SUITOUNAINES | surroundings permit confer a favor if they will promptly notify | WARNING It is with mixed feelings that we learn Norman Bel Geddes, creator of the Futurama at the New York's World Fair, has started on a two-year moder- nization plan for Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey | Circus, His idea of exhibiting animals in more natural seems safe enough, so long as the customers to feed peanuts to the elephants. But when he talks of abandoning the “big top” for a canvas auditorium without poles, pended instead by portable steel towers—then we begin to wonder, ! The next thing, we fear, will be introduction of a new pulverized plastic for sawdust, vitamin plllsi for peanuts and ultra-violet-ray treated carrot juice; pink lemonade, for That Corridor Across Canada (Fairbanks News-Miner) Washington dispatches report a possibility of the United States being granted a corridor through Canada for the proposed highway from the States to Alaska as a military emergency. The arrange- ment is suggested in case America transfer addi- tional warships to Britain. ! The highway, once built, would serve not only! the United States but also a vast virgin region of Canada both for wartime and peace-time purposes Since the highway long has been mooted and both countries have commissions which have sat| in many parleys on the proposition, it is difficult o understand why the route was not included among | the emergency arrangements as to mutual defense| of the United States and Canada made within the| last few months. Not only the major western high- | 0" 8L & !way route, but an alternative route from mid- ANOTHER LETTER FROM ENGLAND | continent, and rights of the Americans to build| e across the intervening strip of Canadian territory | England, glad for assistance from the only na- from Haines to the Alaska highway connection could tion in the world which has lifted a hand to help'naql) have been provided. And the Canadians could | her in the struggle’ against Hitler, is nevertheless|have been assured their long-sought open port at chanigltiy ner mbtitude toward the United Btates, ' |SEMEWAY. or elsswhere on the Alaskin coast for| A letter received recently by Burrass Smuh, their hinterlands of Yukon and British Columbia. | = It is not too late to go into the matter, whether Juneau a\'iauon mechanic, from his father in| ithe highways be deemed advisable for present con- England points up this growing feeling that the| struction or in the distant future. Defense and de- people of the United S big about this thing as they might be, the| well as land routes good news -continually coming from £ | B 80 ites the elder Smith, “but I wish it came/| for a bett reason. They agree, and thank British Navy for eping the sea open and the Ger mans in check and send us no end of material help' h putting it down|Is going to need a vast new tonnage of American- and then they rather spoil it by as being given to help the British keep the Germans| out of America and so that America won't have to the| tion actually fight. This is not a very praiseworthy reason and I don't believe it represents the real| feeling, U.S.A. should help us for the simple r on that we are endeavouring to do a decent thing and| continent to function in unison. they as decent folk have the same reaction to bullies| and brutes who lie and cheat and beat and rape and steal and kill and seek to enslave whole peoples. “That, I should think, is their real wishing to help us and I" don't believe their men don’t want to fight with the guns they make. Those who came over in the last war had grit and guts then, so why not now?” The feeling of Mr ith and other Englishmen is a natural one, They are in the midst of the most ruth tack in history and dislike seeing other people who believe in the same principles having so much easier a time of it. But the decisions this nation has made to safe- guard itself against involvement which would mean reason for | tes are not being quite 0| yelopment needs of Alaska and Canada are identical | and will continue so. This applies to air routes as Since the projects never without getting down to a give-and-take re- iprocal agreement, why not bring the matter to a| ead while both parties are in the mood. Britain| built shipping, almost certain to be sought in the| | immediate future. Here's another good chance to open and press the reciprocal arrangements, whether they be exercised today or in years to come. The way to open and defend a continent from| | center to circumference is for the people of that | If ever there was| a time and opportunity it is now. Sabotage and Accidents (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Scarcely a day passes without its story of ex- plosions in armament works. Almost without ex- ception the explanation offered is sabotage. Of a measure of sabotage in plants working on: government orders, and of efforts by subversive! groups to impede the progress of rearmament, there is, of course, no reasonable doubt. It would be too much to expect that in a world which has been so much under the influence of fifth columns in the last year or two, this nation would be entirely free i L |of their activities. war for the United States are wise safeguards and But it should also be remembered that large are favored almost unanimously by the American|,,mpers of inexperienced persons are now em- people. What we are doing for England at the pres-pioved in the production of high explosives. In ent time is all we would be able to do for her if| many cases the processes are new. By the nature we were actually at war with Germany. If England|of the task before us, a great deal of experimenta- is not satisfied with that and if Er nd doesn't|tion is necessary, and where inexperience and ex- feel we are doing it largely because we have the|perimentation get together in the business of making same reaction to bullies and brutes as she has, we're sorry. Mr. Smith and other Englishmen should re- member that the United States, much more than 3 Engiand, is a political democracy. The argument|Snemies of rearmament. that what we are doing for England is done for self-protection is one which has to be made in crder to bring our isolationists and our ists around to a state of mind where they are will~ ing to go along with the “decent folk” of the United States. Incidentally the argument happens to be a gcud one and true. Washington Merry- Go-Round | | order [ ing planes. since windshields on. opposition- | to offset the great cold of | high altitudes—20 to 30 below zero— | heated the interior This proved a mistake, the interior heat frosted the and prevented Thus, French aviators, armaments on a grand scale, accidents are all but unavoidable, The Department of Justice should not relax in the slightest in its campaign against Reds and other It should not act, however, upon the presumption that where there are industrial accidents in these days there is sabotage and other fifth column activity, The publication of the fall Berlin-Rome time table has been cumstances over which control, edition of the delayed by cir- the publishers have no It really happened recently, and amazing as it sounds, there were no casualties, nor was it necessary even to call out the Coast Guard. The strangely assorted quartet in- cluded Jim Rowe, young adminis- trative aide of the President; Ted of their fight- clear in- it out with the can come to a realiza-|S | winter progresses. (Continueda from Page One) On his previous British mission, Doncvan traveled as the personal representative of Navy Secretary Knox. The only hostile note he en- countered in London was from an American — Ambassador Joe Ken- nedy,, who made it plain that he disapproved of the trip. PRESIDENTIAL HUG Aided by three bright-eyed young- sters, the President had the time cf his life when he officially launch- ed this year's sale of tuberculosis Christmas seals. This is an annual ceremony, as traditional with Pres- idents as tossing out the first ball for the major league baseball sea- son. Roosevelt's gmall visitors consist- ed of a boy and two girls, one be- ing attired in boy's clothes. This prompted some teasing by her com- panions, but’ finally the other little girl turned to Roosevelt and said seriously: “Mr. President we're only joking. She isn't a boy, she's a girl.” Roosevelt laughed, picked up the boy-girl in his arms. “Are you real- ly a girl?” he teased. “You make e fine looking boy with that hair- cut.” “Oh, I'm a girl"” she replied, “put Il let you call me a boy if you want to. It's worth it to be hugged by the President.” RUBBER FLYING SUIT A new type of rubber suit for aviators, to keep them warm while flying six miles in the air, is being tested by the Air Corps at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, How important this is in battle | was learned when the French, in‘ stead of fighting German invaders, had to turn tail and fly home. The American remedy is to pro- vide the fliers with equipment that will keep them warm without heat- ing up the plane. The Germans used a silk underwear arrangement which was wired for warmth from the plane’s generator. The proposed rubber equipment ncludes suit, gloves, and boots Though rubber ordinarily is an in. sulater, it can be made to transmi electricity and throw off heat in he precess. This is the principie o he self-heating suit now undergo- ing tests at Dayton. WHAT BRITONS READ WPA’s library service made an nteresting discovery in a survey tc ascertain what the people of war- strafed Britain are reading these days. One fact uncovered was that the long, dreary hours of blackout, with 10 outside recreation, have greatly cevived interest in household arts and handicraft. Books on these sub- fects are at a premium. Also, the ®lassics are i heavy demand, with Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens and Kipling as the favorites. But the one subject in whici iritons are most interested is the hor of their affliction. The most videly-read book in England, ac- cording to WPA survey, is Hitler's ‘Mein Kampf,” | EXILED IN ISLANDS When two red hot New Dealers find themselves on a small island with two equally red hot Republi- \cans, right after a stormy election, Church, radio director of the GOP National Committee; Dick Sanger, leader of the Young Republican Clubs; and Tom Eliot, newly-elected New Deal Congressman from Mas- sachusetts. By chance the four men and their wives vacationed together for two weeks after the last campaign on Guana Island, a tiny spot in the British Virgin Islands. There was no one else on the island ex- cept the caretaker of a clubhouse. The island was big enough to hold the four couples only because of a “council of peace” on the first day, at which it was agreed that anyone who mentioned politics dur- ing the vacation would have to buy 3 round of drinks. The edict didn't have to be enforced. “All we did was fish, eat, swim, vlay tennis and climb a moun- tain,” relates Church. “However, the Republicans did manage to get In a few licks against the New Dealers anyway. Jim Rowe and T bet a rum swizzle on who would catch the biggest fish. He had tn pay off twice.” (Copyright. 1840, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) - JOINT DEPARTMENT Mrs. Dora Sweeney and Mrs. Edna R Swap have resigned from der‘(‘hID((IDE"IAl S"E % positions with the Office of Indian Affairs to accept employment in the Territorial Department of | Health. i ————— | CLITHERO IN | Russell Clithero, manager of the| Sitka Hotel, came in by Lockheed with Shell Simmons this morning vou have all the ingredients for a thrilling murder mystery., and plans to visit briefly here on business.’ e 140 DECEMBER 14 MON | TUE w:ijrm m 5T | 293031 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY DECEMBER 16 G. E. Cleveland F. P. Mathiesen Mrs. Elmer A. Friend Dorothy Tuckett Lois Allen Dorothy Cox Jack E. Schmitz Everett Larson T. D. LaVelie Virginia Stanwood E. J. Standish 20 YEARS AGO DECEMBER A camp fire which burned on the vicinity of Funter Bay the previous ni, ook I3 T THE EMPIRE 16, 1920 beach of Admiralty Island in the ght afforded a gleam of hope for the safety of the crew of the gasboat Diana, fifteen days out of Juneau and to this date unreported. To attend the annual conference of the passenger traffic department of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, R. F. Richardson of Juneau, general agent in Alaska of the company, left for Quebec. J. M. Maguire, of the Alaska Steam Laundry, was to leave on the Princess Mary enroute to Minneapolis where he was to visit with friends and relatives for two months, A. Hellenthal, w were to return on Mr. and Mrs. J for several months winter here. Harold H. Post, cashier on the Princess Mary after a vi Mr. and Mrs Mary after spending several months HOROSCOPF | “The stars incline but do not compel” | i + TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 Benefic aspects rule today. The morning should be most favorable | ¥ for intellectual work and lucky | for making plans regarding the future. Whatever promotes pleas- ant ventures in the way of recre-| ation should be lucky. Theaters should proft Heart and Home: Women are under the influence of kindly stars which encourage hospitality, ho'i-| day preparation and Christmas shopping. Girls may expect much romance, for suitors are to be many among young men prepar- ing for service in the army, navy| and aviation corps. and hasty marriages may be nu- merous this winter. This is a fa- vorable sway under which to discern Quick wooings | the true character of men and women. Business Affairs: Public health | should concern employers, stars presage much illness as the Trade will be brisk following the holiday sea- son. There will be a widespread de- mand for men and women trained in mechanical vocations. Unem- ployment will become a dead issue as those who are not able to work are accepted as charges to| be iwell supported from public| funds. Science is to make progress in caring for the unfit and pre- venting the increase of the men- tally weak. ‘ National Issues: Foodstuffs are to be in great demand for war vic- tims in Europe and Asia. Relief policies will be widely dhcuswd from opposing points ‘of view, but | care of helpless children is to be| advocated by Americans of all classes. Canada is to be even more| of a good neighbor in the friendly relations maintained with the Unit- ed States as unity of democratic aims is recognized. Distinguished visitors from abroad will be enter- tained in Washington. Foreign Affairs: Russia continues under a sinister rule of the stars. The chart of Moscow places Nep- tune in an aspect believed to re- move foreign points of view from the possibility of sympathetic un- derstanding. Stalin has an ill omen in his horoscope, This may presage illness or accident which inter- feres with the secret plans of the, dictator who should not be trust- ed by Uncle Sam. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of average good fortune, but it will be wise to obtain longer rest and to refrain from worry. Children born on this day prob- ably will be strongly individual, ambitious and intuitive. If born in| the morning they will be especially| fortunate all through life. (cupyright 1940) * Blrthday Luncheon Yesterday Honors Patricia Walther Patricia Diana Walther, seven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Walther, was honored yes-| terday with a birthday party at the | home of her parents. A 12:30 o'clock luncheon was served and guests spent the remain- der of the day playing games, tell- | ing steries and singing songs; Assisting the honoree’s moth- er during the party hours was her grandmother, Mrs. Sigrid Merritt. Asked for the occasion were Mrs. Arthur H. Walther, Miss Velma Blocm, Julia Lee Walther, Patricia ‘Waugh, Patricia Crozier, Donna Jean Olds, Claire Folta, Gladys Ug-| | | igen, Paula Kay Cook, Jcan Hermle ! |and Joan Lesher. BEING GRAVELED Where the Occidental Hotel stood now a free parking lot—or there wfll be by tomorrow night. A City Street Department crew | SQUALID: dirty formerly purser of the Juneau Ferry ar A formal bridge luncheon was given at Gladys Rowley of Treadwell. l were won by Mrs. Tohrpe and Mrs. Smith. Duggan of Thane in honor of Dr. Weather: Highest, 32; lowest, 30; c! | | b s - . < e Daily Lessons in Engli WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, Say, “I have a plan to PROPOSE (offer) OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Buo; BOOK, IS as in IT. OFTEN MISSPELLED: to money). SYNONYMS: Regular, ural, typical, habitual. Monitory usual, norm WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering ol through neglect; of the Firs t to the States. filthy. | “Uncombed his locks, and squalid his attire.”—Dryden. from Juneau to spend the ho had been away the Prineess Mary st National Bank, was to return Frank O'Brien were to return here on the Princess in the south. Mr. O'Brien was nd Navigation Company the home of Mrs. E. J Honors lear. by sh W. 1. corboN “I have a plan to purpose.” y. Pronounce boo-i, OO as in (warning). Monetary (pertaining nal, customary, conventional, nat- Let us ne word each day. Today's word: (Pronounce the A as in AH). @.‘-—a—m;-«._«.w-‘““_-——‘“‘- ! MODERN ETIQUETTE for the “-n.-r.----—-m-m_ Q When a gi 1 introduces a you d girl to eay, “1 be more t Q. at a friend’ opens the door, should one gr A. Certainly. Q. riage engagement? A. No; but long engagements are ago. hou cet, him? One should say vleasantly Is there any rule of etiguette that gov: by ROBERTA LEE e e e ) girl, ‘isn‘t it Jane has ung man to another am glad to know you. tless. 2 se, and a servant whom you know w do you do, Edward?” ns the length of a mar- not so common as they were years I.OOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON o - ) 1. How much more gasoline would a car consume traveling 60 m. p. h. than ong taveling 30 m. p. h. 2. Who was Simon Legree? How many white keys are there What is “therapeutics”? o e ow ANSWERS: 20 per cent more. Seven. R application of remedies for diseases. 5. Maine. in an octave on a piano? Which is the “Pine Tree” state? The cruel slave-trader of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and Directory Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr ngren Bulldlu PHONE 56 { Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST | 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 = *. Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 | Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 pm, —_—m | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. | | Graduate Los Angeles Collge | of Optometry and | Opthaimology \ ( | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter‘i Mortuary \ Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 | Jones-Stevens Shop | LADIES'—MISSES’ i READY-TO-WEAR | « Sewara Street Near Thim | 2l 2 JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING e ‘Worshipful L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfied tomers” DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appoinment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. -Phone 177 1 filled the lot with rock on Satur-| day. Gravel will be spread tomor- MRS. WHITE RETURNING Mrs, E. J. White, of the Alaska row, according to Street Foreman Museum, who has been visiting in Bert Lybeck. ————— the Pacific Coast States, especially California, where she spent some time with her daughter in Los An- The Daily Alaska Empire has the| geles and son Stroller and family in largest paid circulation of any Al- Fullerton, is a passenger for Juneau | aska newspaper. aboard the Baranof. Terror Threatens Their Rule ~— ‘ McNAMARA & WILDES Registered CIVIL ENGINEERS Designs, Surveys, Investigations | VALENTINE BLDG. ! Room 3 Phone 672 ARy B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at § P. M. Visiting brothers Wwelcome. H. E. SIM- MONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO lfl Sewond and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Templs beginning at 7:30 pun RALPH B. MARTIN Master; JAMES w LEIVERS, Secretary, GUY SMITH DRUGS HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery “T-morrow’s Siyles Today” ] 1 Juneau’s Own Store | i ) The Rexall Store” | .4 Your Relisble Pharmacists Butler-Maurc Drug Co. | | PRESCRIPTIONS M —— Post Office Substation| , NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” s Front St—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE | Watch and Jeweiry Repairing [ at very reasonable rates ] PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING Archie B. Betis Queen Helen has I FOR p‘RKING lOT Queen Mother Helen and K\ng Michael for almost half a century, there 1_sr after this picture was taken, the streets spitled by Iron Guardists -uhnz Tevenge ‘When in Need of DIESEL OIL—STOVE OIL YOUR COAL CHOICE GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building Phone 676 T —— Helene W. Albrecht OALL U8 1Y PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone Juneau Transfer Valentine Building—Room 7 P &y — D — Lo — BUY PROTECTION for Your Valuables | Junean Melody House Music and Electric Appliances SEE THE Next to Truesdell Gun Shop SHATTUCK AGENCY Second Street Phone & Office—New York Life —_— TELEPHONE—51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES (cenm) are shown in this last picture taken of the;n in Bucharest. Lc{:,di: Pl';ll(’l;lfl GQH!.::;I r:ntg::.fl; reaking down, accordin erman T el i £ ofgnumnin ran red with blood for the deaths of their leaders. ‘and Bucharest brands as false rumors ichael is prepum‘ to quit.