The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 18, 1940, Page 4

ily Alaska Empire | Dai a Empire | Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. AELEN TROY BENDER - - Aiiiei e R. L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matger. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: { "SPRE‘AD bF THE WAR from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 18, 1920 Thawing weather with a hint cf spring and a breath of Chinook wind in the air was being served the people of Gastineau Channel and The Belgian Congo considers itself at war with Italy, the ‘Governor General has announced, accord- Presjdent | INg t0 an Associated Press dispatch from Capetown, Manager | nion of South Africa BROTHERS IN THE AXIS Professional ' Oastineau Chanmel Directory + B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 Drs. Kaser and r, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; | hristmas "shoppers were out in full force. P. M. one mx’r:‘m advance, $1.25, { @ PP Freebur er Visiting brothers Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify The Canadian Press reports that German and AT 9 welcome. H. E. SIM- mir?u:;":fiiuogfimr:r any fajlure or irregularity in the de- | yiayiay prisoners of war in Newfoundland have been Charles Goldstein, of Juneau, owner of the missing boat Diana, re- DENTISTS MONS, Exalted Ruler; Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. separated to avoid trouble, The Germans were re- | ceived a message from Henry L. Bahrt, United States Deputy Marshal m"’;!};g;vgufldm( M. H. SIDES, Secretary. ¢ — 56 —_— at Sitka, saying that a fishing boat was due to leave Sitka to search for the craft along the outside of Cape Spencer and the shores of Chichagof Island. ported jeering at the Italians because of Greek vic- tories. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for cepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein MOUNT JUNFAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth \ Monday of each month G\\@ in Scottish Rite Terple H %,,‘ '\ beginning at 7:30 pm RALPH B. MARTIN Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, becretary. | GUY SMITH e — ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Represent tives, with offices in_San Prancisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gflbert A. We 'tngton, 1011 American Bank Building. F. W. Ketchmark, President of the Independent Gold Mining Cor- DECEMEER 18 | poration at Windham Bay, was in the city on business. William Bosch | Mrs. M. J. Lynch Dr. A. W. Stewart L DENTIST | | 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 468 Dr. Judson W How Much Aid To Britain? (Philadelphia Record) | England calls for ships. More ships. We have| traded her 50 destroyers. It is not enough. Larger, more modern vessels are needed. Maybe cruisers, even a battleship. Needed quite as much are merchant ships, to fill grim gaps in the ranks| of those convoys which bring food to fighters and| y Mrs. K. R. Elmore, sister of Gov. Thomas Riggs, was expected to Mrs. Alice Eliason arrive in Juneau on the steamer Jefferson. Her home was in Washing- William H. Neiderhauser PR | John B, Marin ton, D. C., and this was her first trip to the Territory. * Frank Foster T. F. Patterson Carl Drlica, of the Sani Northwestern for a busines y Plumbing Company, was to leave on the | er civilians alike. W, Mrs. Leroy Steffin | | In our own shipyards, amid the clatter of“the Alice Pomeroy e CHIROPRACTOR D R U G S ‘ riveters and drone of the welders, men watch great Dr. J. M. €loan, formerly of Nome and for four years at Seward Drugless Physiclan ( " { D 'HOROSCOPE || “The stars incline ;! but do not compel” % Dr. John H. Geyer Weather: Highest, 44; lowest, 37; cloudy. DENTIST 3 1 Room 9--Valentine Blag. ’ 2 H PHONE 762 "“T-morrow’s Siyles | Today"” HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery vessels take form, then reflect that they can be and are being sunk faster than anyone can build them | British sea losses have been terrific. Nineteen ships| down in a recent week, Others missing, as Hitler shifts the sphere of the war to the sea with his subs and marine bombers. | The black news out of England these past recent |days merely means that the censorship has been| partly lifted. The real news has been black a long! while. And terrible as the strafing of British cities has been, the Admiralty minces no words in putting| |sea losses as the greater threat to England’'s power | to carry on. ) 1932, the nm? : We, in America,‘ must soon decide what we're| |going to do about it, We have chosen, for our defense, a policy of| helping England “short of war.” was to come to Juneau, on the Spokane, for a short visit before con- tinuing to California to locate. Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. ORI LRy PHONE 667 W. D. Gross and wife moved from their apartments over the Coliseum Theatre to their new_home, the Wettrick house on Distin Avenue. Nellie Cashman arrived on the Northwestern for a visit here. L THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 EIGHT Y e oo Benefic aspects today conflict| i i | with adverse planetary influences. D . . E I' h Y In the morning hours the mind may | ally Lessons In Englisn w. 1. corpON be open to perplexities and it may| S be difficult to make decisions. There is a promising sign for persons in| ARS OLD am. to 6 pm, on December 12, iington Merry-Go-Round column e in just six newspapers. - et e < WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “In what line of business pearar ——— ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. ; i ] Last week, December 12, 1940, Drew Pearson and| But how far short? How far to go? And how|authority. Public officials should| Graduate Los Al : | 4 | ? ? | y. e A E ngeles Collge Robert S. Allen published their 2923rd Washington | jong dare we delay and ponder? benefit. | are vou mgvaged? Omit LINE O_F- ) i of Optometry ana i | Merry-Go-Round column in just 613 newspapers, What we must decide, very soon, is whether we| Heart and Home: Women loday} OFTEN MISPRONOUNE’?- H“;“f;; Prgm’“me xr]ia-mn?{ {)‘1'5 A Opthalmology scattered from coast to coast and with a circulation are going to give England enough to win—or whether|are under planetary influences|as in ASK unstressed, secon as in , and accent first syllable. of 15,000,000 | we're not! which may increase nervous tension.| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Likelihood; observe the ELL j7G N iRiited | Lenuon Giround J ' ! When they started, Pearson and Allen were un-| SO far there have been no serious problems. We|Weariness from undue activities in SYNONYMS: Painstaking, assiduous, diligent, particular, careful. uneau’s Own Store H ] ik oumiic. 0,“[ ¥ et C'“_C]e which recognized| DaVve given England out of our surplus. The 50 de- | holiday preparations may cause u‘-l WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us|™ 3 d i s '“'1 o r:X'\nm\.l':.al;lllnru pay be“_wmng‘slmyers were laid up; the 25 merchant vessels -were | ritability. Self-control should be ex-! jn reace our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: |1 ot G d ; hit book p f’ 1931 idle. But we're near the end of that rope. ercised. Girls nee_d not expect yOUNg| n\yapsTRO; a master in any art, especially music; a composer. (Pro- The Charles w caner‘ nghan Metry-fAo-Fnid, i Pk g 24 We approach a point where every additional{men to be sentimental. The stars| =" o AT L e Bacin BET, O as in OBEY, accent second . " v 32, and of “More Merry-Go-Round. ounce of help to Britain means an ounce less of |encourage an intuition which re-| 00 U X The Rexall siore Moreover, they were broke. Their candor in| defense on the home front—may finally mean actual |veals carefully concealed faults. Thls‘ 4 3 Momm | Your Relinble Pharmacists telling tales about political bigwigs in their books sacrifice, Yk _ |is B Sntinnie day for serving lhf|°......._m S Pourth and Pranklin Sts. | Butler Ma had resulted in the loss of their jobs. Drew Pearson I we zi;e England 2 shlx:JI it wnil be a Shlpineéldj;ne\'i kel . i by PHONE 136 ure was dismissed from The Baltimore Sun, Robert S.|Which, some day, we might need ourselves. I s Bete s 5 MODERN ETIOUETTE poniigrarpgamd C‘hrmx 2 Science Monitor of Boston,| Natural reaction for Navy men is to ask witexe 16 Iurgmet 1elabion slows up for holi- ROBERTA LEE i Dmg Cc Alien Pron Ee AAESUKL S e » § |day enjoyment, the outlook for the | | But they to their “Merry-Go-Round” gum:v»e would be if England went down and Germany . b x 2 =13 Dt s line vears. They had toCaptured not only the British fleet but part of ofira {Enkira whiEDy Brigli i sis DUt 0 9 iy . <, PRESCRIPTIONS { through the ea ntruz‘g ing years ey las well? Some even advocate war on the theory.'rh“ should be a fortunate date for | Q. When running for a streetcar or bus, and the motorman or Jone’.slwe“sh - create 2 new fashion in journalism, but they created | |signing new contracts. Under this flp il g B e " o that we would better serve our interests by manning| 5% ar N " | driver waits for you, is it necessary to say “Thank you"? LADIES'—MISSES’ it. They were the first to break through the fog of our own ships and keeping them under our control.|Planetary rule there may be a ten-| A. Some people may not think it necessary, but it would be rude S P e e press agentry that protects people in high places, to That's just one side of the picture. We must|dency to exercise caution in assum-| S5k Ho a0 s " - { ERADY XO.WEAR Pos‘ oflice subslahon‘l throw politics open to the public gaze, and show the also think of the possibilities if we fail to give|!n§ 8reat commercial obligations. B¢t €00 |\ L ens : { feward Sureet Near Thim actual daily workings of American government. England help, or fail to give enough. }’/or»ux{lialiel_\r m:rac 8 e st e pc;)-‘ R ot ‘\‘l R a iiiten” o Tanadlh Skt “hides sibrndl NOW LOCATED AT Because of the forthrightness and fearlessness| England faced much that problem with France.| OW8ec 1 tactory cxpansion i Whe = P Ho. ' SHOUIG be Wien By A S S HARRY RACE . th son-Allen brand of reporting, which other Many believe Hitler would not have France under i) {SINCOEe MALIT WK A - o7 the Pearson-Allen bra o po! g, ciers are to cooperate whole-heart-| S 1 a2 Wi v - glove hen attending a I hy correspendents were obliged to emulate, the Ameri- his thumb had Britain not held back in its aid to ;dl\; i anikitions TR Q. Should 2 woman remove her gloves when attending a luncheon AM DRUGGIST can public today knows more about its government|Reynaud. 3 | National Issues: Safeguarding of pesty? 1 J ES c. COOPER “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” F 4 = hatore Y Aor 8 ) Whatever we do means gambling. It meant 3 % ¢ ] A. Yes. | P. 3 ! than ever before. They have made Washington news ol B e rincQl s % | the public health is to warrant at- C.P.A, and fascinating, no longer the stuffy “uf-;fmd mm‘me Fin o el i e yHc Ty :;\u B ——— —— Business ' Counselor | b bore it used to be. his full resougrces were r‘net by slhe. hall;-;vezl;urc?uzi 40.cArLY. patta (OF e ‘coURIEY b COOPER BUILDING “The Stere for Men"™ e, aidy, Seurolie: {n the’ circtligtion -6t Tt Saes sources of cnitgren shoutd be carerully i | 0OK and LEARN % ; 1 o2h watched as the winter advances. The A. C. GORDON i ey e SAB'N’S Washington Merry-Go-Round from six newspapers| On the other hand, our own Government must er 10,000 percent, is one | respect public opinion, It cannot simply haul off ribution which this column| and give away ships right and left. It would require It is noteworthy also|some heavy legal interpretation even to seize the' ships of foreign Powers interned here and hand them over to England. Yet we realize this much: given thus far is not enough, seers foretell that colds and influ- - enza may be prevalent in esppcmlly" e severe forms. Relief of the nation’s| 1. How many automobile accidents annually are attributed to drivers needy should be generous as well| falling asleep at the wheel? as scientific. Nurses and physicians| 5 1n what play does the character “Caliban” appear? are to be overworked next month, 3. What was the most famous national festival of the Greeks, which it is forecast. International Affairs: A new day, has been carried down to the present time? to over six hundred, e e - - ndication of the vital co made to U. 8, journalism t all of the original subscribers (except one which has suspended publication) continue to publish The Merry-Go-Round after eight solid years. These original six subscribers were the Buffalo or ¢ | PALARERSLET IR A A A DR | L. C. Smith and Corona Front St—Triangle Bldg. ¢ TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at 8 That the aid we have T ~ |command are prognosticated. The | United States is to pay a penalty A plhre i e N R We don't know the answer. There's no sure| will dawn for China, but the win-| 4. What }mppenod»lu Napoleon after the Battle of Waterloo? Satistied Customers” m BARA“OF 1) News-Index, Huntington (W.Va) Adver-|®®'" : ter is to bring terrible experience| 5 What is the capital of Kentucky? | | ston (I e s 8 Y e But our instinct tells us that there's not much|to her people, who will lack suf-| ANSWERS: [ \ tiser, Scranton (Pa.) Republicant (now the Tribune-| . jeft—just as it tells us that eventually we will | ficient food and shelter. Japa;q is| 1. About 70,000. | DR- H- VANCE corm snnp 4 Scrantonian), and Portland (Me.) News (suspended). gecide we must give and give generously, sacrificingly | subject to evil portents that are| 2. “The Tempest,” by Shakespeare. OSTEOPATH H The Empire, which publishes the ME"Y'GO"and unstintingly; not just to help Britain win, but read as including a major disaster 3. The o,ym,,m’ 'c,an',e; ! Consultation and examination Round daily, wishes it and its authors a happylm crush the malignant monster which Britain fights | perhaps an earthquake. Changes in 4' He was exiled to [hp Island of St. Helena. | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; FINE birthday and many returns. and “m?.h, we will facf ifVB.ntaln loses. the government and the military 5. Frankfort. } 7 to 8:00 by appoinment. Watch and Jewelry Repairing Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. .Phone 177 a2 o | ousy between the Army and the Company which noticed the omis- at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN | range for refreshments at the in-! MRS. POST RETURNS Washinglon j Defense Commission. ;slonmand called it to the attention|in the Orient for long ignoring the B Mation - Fampieed bt Torn Mrs, Eli Post returned. home. on | 4. Toward the end of the elec-| of the Army, which then ins work of spies and the sal R . & 2 : e e Me"y- i el and o s Dot the’ ause. £ S| m © of WA ion, Mrs, Engstrom, Mrs. Goetz, Mrs. | the Baranof after a six weeks' va-| | MCNAMARA & WILDES S. FRANKLIN STREET | 50 Round fense Commission’s staff, cor;xeposcdj Thia erxmlx.se of the Army regard- ’ Pers;‘ns whose birthdate it is ‘:‘;‘;"95 A’:n?)tt)ig?d'c :n:rdni?t[:i. cs:r:;)o]::; zz;‘“":!;{é@"ds";:;' A“;’;‘g;gm:he‘;’l:;f Registered - { iz largely of Willkie boosters, became ing its failure to put labor specifi-|have the augury of a year of pros-' 2 R e g 5 % ! | engulfed in a vacuum of uneasiness cations into these contracts, is, perity. All opportunities shuulg be|Of Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Bonner and|where relatives reside and ;“ rax:x%ly‘ cl“L E“GINEERS H s GRAVES (Continuea from Page One) and uncertainty. Apparently they first, that it is working at break-|wise developed by men and wome\Lers' s‘.’“m was named to secure | reunion was an :";’l“‘ °_‘r er “&'! Designs, Surveys, Investigations “'i'ho i!lot.hln. £rigey were confident that Willkie would| neck speed; second, that the vari-| Children born on this day will, necesary data on dishes and silver- | He? tinerary took her a3 far o VALENTINE BLDG. | 2 jor respect. The one man, above Win, and some of them have not| ous labor laws already are the be forceful and vigorous. They " C "E‘_C 9F the Japicn. TR i i Room 3 Phone 672 HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER all others, who should have heard yet recovered. }law of the land and no speciallshould have strong bodies and keen $ e — & MARX CLOTHING it was not present. | Real fact is that facing each| contract is required for compliance. minds, Brave to the point of reck- SENDS GREETINGS Long-abandoned coal diggings are He is the President of the Unit- other across Constitution Avenue | This, however, is a point which|lessness, they may be difficult tor Greetings to all who remember her | being" worked again in Switzerland| 3 | ed States, who has the responsi- are two great mushroom military labor does not appreciate, and there| direct. are contained in a Christmas letter | because of the country’s difficulty ! Arche B. nens 2 2 i bility and the power to act. growths, One is the Army, the has been more and more grum- (Copyright, 1940) received here this morning by Mrs. |in importing coal. i | A When in Need of N Lol normal agency of defense, which of bling because labor safeguards have| ——o—— //Bd Bach from Miss Helen Lyons. —eeo—— ' PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT i DEFENSE W NESSES late has added personnel by the not been written into Army con-| _ {The latter was primary teacher in NGTICE [ Bookkeeping Tax Service DIESEL OIL—STOVE OIL The President is fully informed score, The other is the Defense tracts, In fact, already there is {Douglas about 17 years ago,. and| AIRMLIL ENVELOPEES, showmy Room 8, z;lenti'n’eenufldinl YOUR COAL CHOICE | of what is going on abroad, and Commission, a sort of super-pre-|talk of a strike against the Ford DOUGLAS that she still remembers Douglas!ir route from Seatile to Nome, n e ! {he weaknesses of the Defense Com- paredness council. Butno Tng knows | ::om‘pan}; Y:::E;luh of its hnew con- people is evidenced by her letter. sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv, GENERAL HAULING i mission have repeatedly been called which of these is the real boss. | tract an ailure to live up to R —————————— i £ i am,mm,pby officials whom And even within the Defense Labor Relations Board rulings. | NEWS T e e T R o e Hel W. Albrechs STORAGE and CRATING l be trusts Commission itself, there is no| During the campaign, the Presi- Mercy Fli; ht t Chil eicne w. rec OALL UB Briefly summarized, here are some boss. Relations between commis-|dent met all inner circle com- g o ’ € PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS : of the -majur defects in the Na- sioners are on a purely personal plaints about the Defense Commis-|LILLTAN BONNER IS NOW Phone 778 J““I rr“”.r tional Defense Advisory Commis- basis. Knudsen and Stettinius hap-| sion Wwith assurances that as soon NEW WORTHY MATRON Valentine Building—Room 7 Phone sion and its cooperation with the pen to be good friends, so each as the election was over he would FOR DOUGLAS 0. E. §. 45—Night Phone 481 Army which have been called to knows exactly what the other is give his whole attention to the | e A Y e v Roosevelt’s attention: doing,. Other commissioners who Dmh)l\e‘;n and there would be far-| At the annual election held here B AT R 1. The Defense Commission is don’t happen to be close don't al-|reaching reorganization. But weeks last evening, Mrs, Lillian Bonner an ADVISORY body. It was creat-| ways know what the rest are doing.| have passed and so far there is no|was chosen new Worthy Matron for J““]l ldo‘y l‘l" BUY PROTECTION ] ed by executive order and has no ::‘dlcnttion that any action is im- 1?41 by Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order R for Your Valuables statutory status, no real powers. LABOR GOODWILL nent, of Eastern Star. ! and Electric Appliances SEE THE ts chief functions are to ensure| One int made by Bernard (Copyright, 1940, by United Fea-| Other officers elected were: Rob- | :aw materials, help find factory| Baruch ?no his talk bef:;e the De-| ture Syndicate, Inc. ert Bonner, Jr, Worthy Patron; snmlw G’un"shop. SHATTUCK AGENCY production, guarantee labor stan-|fense Commission was the neces- —r——— Mrs. Bertha Goetz, Associate Ma- | _Oftice—New York Life tron; Albert E. Goetz, Assoclate Pa- | —_— Y dards, and protect the consumer. But the Army and Navy can ig- nore its advice—unless the Presi-| dent personally intervenes, and ob- viously ,it is impossible for him to keep an eye on everything. 2. Even within the Commission itself, the organization is nebulous. Each of the seven commissioners is = independent of| the others. Labor Commissioner Sidney Hillman can put through a set of labor principles and even have them accepted by the White House, but these principles may be completely ignored by Production Commissioner Knudsen. 3. Much of the Defense Com- mission’s organization is duplicat- ed by the Army, which aiso has set up a huge supply machinery. Part of this probably is necessary, since the Defense Commission only passes upon orders over $500,000, but unquestionably there is jeal-, Defense | | with Ford exactly one day al sity of having the goodwill of la- bor. Without this, he said, speed was impossible. Roosevelt made a good start on| this when on September 13 he sent| Congress a special message outlin-| ing labor standards which were to be followed in letting government gontracts. However, it was not un- til ten days ago that the Army ac- tually wrote these standards into its contracts. Meanwhile many of these labor standards have been ignored. | For instance, when the contract’ for airplane engines was signed, fter | election, it caused a terrific furore in labor circles. But what labor did not know was that when the, Army first prepared the contract it even forgot to insert a clause requiring the Ford Company to comply with the Walsh-Healey Act. Secret fact is that it was the Ford ! HELP 4 ALASKAN Telephone 713 or write I The Alaska Territorial | Employment Service | for this qualified worker. tron; Mrs. Roberta Johnson, Secre- tary; Mrs. Jessie K. Fraser, Treas- urer; Miss Jessie Fraser, Conduct- res; Mrs. Thelma Engstrom, Asso- ciate Conductress; Sam Devon, Trustee for three-year term; Mrs, Elvera Spain, Trustee for 2-year term. Appointive officers will be an- DECKHAND-SEAMAN Man, single, age 45, born in Norway, years of experience as deckhand,! seaman, all*boat work. Call for ES o | DEATH ON DAYLIGHT DURHAM, N. C, Dec. 18. — It costs a little to be buried l!ter“ 4:30 pm, here, The City Council' decided to charge the extra fee to pay overtime wages to cemetery| attendants kept by late funerals. | i nounced later by the new Worthy Matron. ening, January 7, in joint session with Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, F. and A. M. The committee appointed to ar- DOUGLAS COLISEUM | TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY | “ADVENTURE in ! DIAMONDS" l [ NS SR Installation of the newly-| elect is scheduled for Thursday ev- | | Carlos Davila, former president of Chile, comforts his ailing wife, Herminia, aboard an army flying fortress at Mitchel Field, N. Y., just before start of flight to Chile. Senora Davila was given permission to Use the giant plane by President Roosevelt. Physicinns: believe the elimate of her native land will help speed her convalescence PSR 4 W R N Ry TELEPHONE—S51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS » CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Vational Bank AU—ALASEA A