The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1940, Page 4

'] Daily Alaska Emplre Published every evening except Sunday by the | EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. AELEN TROY BENDER - Presjdent R. L BERNARD - - vm President and Business Manager Socond Class Matter. | for §1.25 per month. word “and,” while in four= valued | 14,348,907—and so on. Still sounds to us like a reductio ad absurdum logic there are SCIENCE IS WONDERFUL Entered 1o the Fost Office {n Juneau SUBSCRIPTION R. Delivered by carrler in Juneau and Dou By matl, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, In advance, §12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25 Bubscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of thelr papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. We can’t get out of our minds the vision con- | jured up by Dr, William J. Robbins, of the New York ‘Bo[anicnl Gardens. He's figured out what we might {look like if we wanted to absorb air, water and sunshine direct (like trees) instead of indirectly through eating plants and meat from animals that |have eaten plants. We would need, he says, ears extending branch- like some 25 feet, or lips extended into a semicircle !some 35 feet in diameter or fingers 30 feet long | webbed with thin green tissue. We are happy that nature devised the present system; that we don't have to worry about tent ca(erpn!mrs in our ears and that we can take roast | beef, rare, through our mouths. 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. " ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. " OEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, Natlonal Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in_San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, | Beattle, Chicaso, New York and Boston. " SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE-Gibert A. Wellington. 1011 American Bank Building. The Deadly Bayonet (New York Times) The Italians complain that the bayonet, used|, = 4 so effectively by the Greeks, is a barbarous weapon. !cllildren. as Italian bombs have. Disinterested ob- | servers will wonder whether it is anywhere near as ;bnbnrous as most of the death-dealing devices of | modern warfare, After all, it only kills one man at ja time. ‘ Certainly, it is a primitive weapon. The bayo- Inet is only a spearhead fixed on a rifle, and does not differ greatly from the spears the classic Greeks used ages past to repel invaders. The name bayonet [IS supposed to have originated in the French tdwn of Bayonne about the middle of the seventeenth cen- Jtur}z Troops from that locality thrust wooden It is somewhat like carrying coals to Newcastle hafted daggers into the muzzles of their muskets so to vemind anyone in Juneau that this is still the| they could meet attacking pikemen on even terms. seuson for buying and using tuberculosis Christmas| Of course, that prevented the guns from being seals. The cheerful little health-restoring and health- | fired, so the ring and clasp bayonet was devised protecting stickers have become so much a part of| to meet the difficulty. Even now the weight of the our national life each December that those who! bavonet tends to affect the rifle sight, so troops neglect to place them on all letters and packages| | trained to depend on it are constantly working for- ward to come to close quarters. Perhaps that is mailed between now and Christmas are bound w‘what Il Duce’s soldiers really dislike about the bayo- feel self-conscious about it | net. In every age cold steel has been a powerful per- However, just in case some are not aware of guader, the true significance of Christmas seals, it is well| to recount once again the reason for them. For most of the time since 1906 the chief sup- port of the agencies which have been fighting the “white plague” has been the proceeds from the sale| of the seals at a penny each. That it has been a| vastly profitable fight is evidenced by the fact that the management of thé Matanuska colony and those while in 1912 there were 125 tuberculosis deaths for|cetvjers who refuse to make payments on their farm each 100,000 of our population, that death rate has|properties, under the terms of their contracts. now been cut to below 50 per 100,000, and such mpxd‘ 1t is evident that some of the colonists are doing progress is being made in the battle that it is now‘quue well and that others, partly as a result of possible to predict the day when T. B. will be only|having undertaken too heavy an indebtedness, are a memory. having rather serious difficulties. OPPORTUN NITY FOR PATRIOTS Alaska’s Problem (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) It is difficult at this distance to pass satisfactory judgment upon the merits of the dispute between So far it has not been employed against women and/ In fact, the length of time until this comes to pass depends almost entirely on how much the this purpose, since, as the Alaska Tuberculosis Association points line of defense,” the cure of ‘tubgrculosis 4is” a; direct: contribution ‘to the nation is willing to spend for “Health is our first in our expenditure out, crease for defense program. Thus, this year the purchase of Christmas seals is not only an expression of the Christmas spirit.| It is one way in which his country. It is also a patriotic duty. everyone can do something for PROGRESS OF SCIEN A new system of logic that provides billions of simple words and challenges the absurdum by Professor J. Barkley Rosser, of Cornell University, | the American Detroit, instead of the traditional instance, he explained, are 256 distinct meanings of the new meanings for principle of reductio ad before a meeting of Society at Wayne University, many-valued logic, valued logic. For vulued logic there Washmglon ik Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) such a rate that the British will have spent three billion dollars in the second twelve months of war. This will drain British funds in the United States pretty low, but even so will by no means entirely exhaust them. For huge gold flood arri daily at Fort Knox, Ky., comes from the British Empire. Our gold im- ports from British countries alone, during the first year of the war totaled more than three and a hall billions. This gold hoard, incidentally, i one reason why the British can be sure of our financail support — even including the repeal of the Johnson Act. For should Hitler win this war, Fort Knox's golden treasure would be useful chiefly for dentists’ fillings. Gola as a basis for trade weuld virtually disappear. Meanwhile, the British are taking 65 per cent of our entire exports, or four times what we ship to the entire continent of Latin America. All of which indicates how com- pletely intertwined the American economic system now is with Bri- tain's fate, and how- entirely likely it is that the next Congress will per- mit loans to Great Britain. (NOTE — Certain high Adminis- tration members suggest that inas- much as Britain is our first line of defense, we shouid send her air- planes and cther war supplies with- out any payment. IRATE U. S. DIPLOMAT Some State Department diplomats secretly admre the burst against Roosevelt fired by FPerdinand L. Mayer when he resigned as Ameri- r to Haiti. is a career dlph)mm. with And S Ans ritory were to d prevention and manent military cation in general periment. developments it self-government was expounded cated. And the 2 could take towar: Mathematical |51 gigriculties He calls it two- | in three-|should have the (not such relatively insignificant | posts as Minister to Haitl. However, shortly after the elec- tion, Mr. Mayer sent a fervid cable to the State Department in which he said that the outcome of he November 5 balloting was not in Zeeping with American principles of sovernment, so he felt it necessary to resign. MERRY-GO-ROUND Real author of John L. Lewis' re- Jort to the CIO convention con- lemning Roosevelt and the defense Jrogram was Milton Kaufman, left- ving Executive Vice President of the American Newspaper Guild, who ollowed Lewis' lead in bolting to Villkie . . . Nazi organizations in the Jnited States are boosting the lat- 2st book of Mrs. Anne Morrow Lind- sergh, wife of the appeasement ad- 'ccate, in which she expounds her husband’s theories . . . Senator Hi- am Johnson is a rabid isolationist, out for many years the aged Cali- ‘ornian’s household servants have seen two Chinese, who pad around he house in native attire. UNRECONSTRUCTED REBEL Unlike the Supreme Court, Sena. or “Cotton Ed’ Smith doesn't fol- ow the election returns. The hot- empered South Carolinian is as selligerent as eger against FDR, lespite the Demoeratic landslide. When a reporter asked him re- sently if he intended joining the Republicans in maintaining a “loyal opposition” to Roosevelt, he roar- >d back: “Of course. Why should U change my colors now? New Dealers are trying to make me and Jack Garner kiss the hand that ‘mites us, but I'll be i 1 do it." Smith added as an after-thought ‘hat he would support the “greater part” of the Administration’s for- #ign program, including aid to Bri- tain. “Great Britain hasn’t a bet- ter friend 'in Congress than me,” he .declared. “You,say you faver the greater part of the New Deal policy,” sai the reporter, “bul how do; you oncile that with your vote .g.i.f"; the conscription bill?” sible under present regulations, | Matanuska strike us as one subject on which we The Alaskans themselves are in a better position to determine where the blame lies, and to seek suit- able adjustments. And it would be well if the residents of the Ter- evote some attention to this issue. Many sections of Alaska are experiencing a tre- mendous boom from defense operations. needs a much better rounded development than can| | be provided by either temporary construction or per- But Alaska activities. It needs more diversifi- and more agriculture in particular. The Matanuska project was planned as an ex- To the extent that it encourages future will help Alaska, If it is permitted to degenerate into a failure through unseemly quar- rels it will be definitely harmful to Alaska’s future. Alaska has long clamored for a greater degree of and voices have been raised from time to time asking statehood. We believe that more self-government is indi- most helpful step that Alaskans d this end would be to settle their to the greatest extent that is pos- The problems c? reasoned judgment of Alaska's citi~ zens and the territorial officials. he replied. “One of my sons just married into a wealthy family and the future looked bright for him until the draft. Now he'll probably have to give up his opportunities and go off to some army camp.” CAPITAL CHAFF Since the Russians have taken over his country, Latvian Minister Bilmapis is economizing by moving his legation to smaller quarters. But there is no change in his status as a diplomat . . . In speaking Spanish, Henry Wallace has difficulty with the words meaning “Swiss” and “Swede.” Result is he sometimes refers to his Swiss brother-in-law as a “Swede.” . . . Nelson Rockefel- | ler wanted to send a Venezuelan friend a U. S. magazine subscription by air mail. He found it would cost $135 for a year’s postage . . . Chief amusement of Cordell Hull in his two-weeks holiday was putting on the golf green, with Mrs. Hull as a rival. (Copyfight, 1940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) JUNKERS CROSSING ADRIATIC I‘Con\‘.\nued from Page Oue) sald Greek troops found bodies of hundreds of frozen Itallans in swirl- ing snowstorms to the northern end of the front. It is said the Fascists are retreat- ing from Klisiura, Tepeleni and from the seaport of Palermo on the Adriatic. ————— COUNCIL TOMORROW PECH AT A regular meeting of the Juneau City Couyncil will be held’ 'nmouow night at 8 o'clock: ——————— “Cotton Ed” was temporarily flogred by this one, but recovered. “That bill made me pretty mad,” The Daily-Alaska Empire Hias th uhunnpu THE DAILY ALASKA EMPI 1940 DECEMBER 1940 | THAPPY BIRTHDAY | DECEMBER 19 Betty Reed Gilbert DeVault Gordon Gray Marjorie Tillotson Ely J. Post { Douglas Babcock Elizabeth Thompson J. F. McMasters T. F. MacNider HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compol" e FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 -l- Benefic aspects appear to rule today. The morning is fortunate for completing work of all kinds and for taking stock of what has been, accomplished. The stars smile upon merchandising and manul'ac!urm;,} Heart and Home: The young are under’ stimulating and exhilarat- ing planetary influences. This is a lucky day for all lines of recrea- tion, also for shopping, although stormy weather is forecast for cer- tain parts of the country. It is a fortunate date for making plans or for actually starting prepara- tions for future wok. Parents may be especially indulgent under this configuration. As a changed social world is forecast, the coming holi- days should be enjoyed to the ut- mos. Business Affairs: Fluctuations in| the stock market may be slight at! this time. After February it is pre- dicted that there may be greater | stability. An upward swing for ten| or eleven months is presaged. Raw LMODERN ETIQUETT RE, THURSDAY, DEC. 19, '1940. 20 YEARS AGO 7#% emeir P DECEMBER 19, 1920 Marooned for seventeen days on the boat Diana with a broken tail shaft and rudder off the northeast shore of Lemesurier Island in Icy Straits, while a dozen boats scoured the sea for the missing craft, was the experience of Capt. Ed Jones and John Olson. The ship was towed here by the Dauntless, Capt. Robert Barcley. N A seven and one-pound baby girl was born two days previous at St. Ann’s Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kunnas. Dr. W. S. Stein was in attendance. ’ F. A. Rapp, engineer employed by the Alaska Pulp and Paper Com- | pany at Speel River, left on the majl boat Pheasant for the camp, An innovation in hotel amusements was started when Claude Ericson of the Gastineau Hotel entertaind his guests with musie by a Filipino orchestra. Supt. Elmer Storm, of the Falcon Mining Company property at Falcon Arm, was in the city on the company’s tender Naida. To assemble accurate authoritative information on the Territory, a publicity committee was selected by thé Juneau Commercial Associa- tion. On the committee were Mayor R. E. Robertson, W. B. Kirk and E. S. Hewitt. weeks' John Lund, Game Warden, returned from a four trip to Admiralty Island ; lowest, 33; cloudy. - Weather: Highest, 34 B ] Daily Lessons in English % .. corpon e 4 D < el 0 o WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am going to visit with friends in Pittsburgh.” Omit WITH. Say, “I am going to visit friends in Pittsburgh.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Foundry. IT, and not foun-der-i. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Grateful; not GREATFUL. SYNONYMS: Imperative, imperious, peremptory, authoritative. 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: CONTRAVENE; to go or act contrary to; to infringe, as a law. “Nature is always consistent, though she feigns to contravene her own laws.’'— Emerson. . Pronounce foun-dri, I as in e - e ROBERTA LEE materials may have precedence over security equities. Commercial prosperity is prognosticated as con-| tinuing through the year 1941. National Issues: Demand for| thoroughly trained experts in en:| gineering and mechanics will have| a strong influence in schools and| colleges. Hands and brains will compete for supreme rewards in a changing world. Women are to dex mand equal rights in the broadest sense as they replace -men called to the service of the nation. Fair| play for the young men, who surs render salaries while they prepare for national defense will be an imperative demand, ! International Affairs: The Phil-| ippine Islands will continue to at- tract world attention. aval move- ments by United States warships will make headline news in the press. Hawaii also is to be a center of national defense, Warning s given of an act of treachery on the part of an Axis supporter who occupies a high place in govern- ment work. The stars are read as promising safety for Americans in the midst of perils. Danger lies in secret plans that threaten saba- tage and other acts of perfidy. 1 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year steady good fortune. For the young, happy romance is foretold. p Children born on this day prob- ably will be thoughtful, serious and dependable, Ambitious and in- dustrious, they suycceed in wtu(— ever they undertake. (Copyright, 1940) Bad Morals, | Army Posls WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—80(:!! ‘tary of War Stimson, declaring soldiers have been expolited finan- cially and subjected to bad moral influences in unnamed commun.lh‘ near Fort Benning, Georgia, l!l- nounced today he would create’an: organization to deal with such con- ditions throughout the country. SITKA WILL GET CUTTER, KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec 19— Sitka is to have a Guard patrol boat. : * The patrol boat Bonham, 125- footer, as been assigned to Sitka from Seward and will arrive at its new port some time after the' first of the year. Commander F. A. Zeusler, dis- trict commandant, made the an- nouncement today but said no con= struction is planned for Sitka, The patrol boat Daphne will ar- irive in Cordova about January 1 from San Diego, Zeusler also ah- nounced. The Daphne is a 165-foot| vessel. — - DISTURBER Mark Williams was arrested yes: la¥dest pald circulation of any Al- urd-ybycuymweon-uwd disturbing the peace. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger D Bl ngren PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 460 - | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTUR Drugless Physiclan Office hou! 0-12; 1-5, 7-9 ‘Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 | Hours: § am. to 6 pm. _—m ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 2. How many Israelites did Moses lead out of Egypt in the historic Sold and Serviced by | Exodus? 3. What is the color of the fur of a silver fox? J B Bmfld & cll. Q. When attending a party and someone you expected to be there Jflnes-s’evens shop is ahsent, should you mention this the next time you meet this person? LADIES'—~MISSES® A. No. Do not mention the party. Perhaps this person was not READY-TO-WEAR indiiec : Seward Street Near Thim Q. Isn't it bad manners for a person to ask one who has refused | [ a cocktail, or other drink, why he doesn't drink? o3 A. Yes; that is tactless and ill-bred. Caed | Q. Should one rise from his seat in a theatre to allow another person JAMES C. COOPER (o5 X ST Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING i to pass, or remain seated? A. One should rise | e - e e e e e e et 28 I.OOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON e s ] 1. What was the earlier name of New York City? L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS 4. Is aluminum a basic metal or an alloy? 5. What is the lower house of the British Parliament called? ANSWERS: Doon“ t!g Worn by 3 — 1. New Amsterdam. 4 £ Tun millon, DR. H. VANCE COFFEE SHOP 3. Mostly glossy black. OSTEOPATH MR K R S TR 4. A basic metal. Consultation and examination v n o 5. House of Commons. . . free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; HNE 7 to 8:00 by appoinment. Watch and Jewelry Repairing Gastineau Hotel Annex SONS OF NORWAY ELECT | SEA SCOUTS South Franklin St. .Phone 177 L. P. Sunderland has been elect-: Youths from 15 to 18 interested ed President of the Sons of Nor-|in forming a new Sea Scout ship to way at Ketchikan for 1941. O. M.|pe sponsored by the American Le- Lein was. elected Vice-President gion will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight and Mrs. Hans Nordnes as Secre- | in the Dugout, Acting Skipper Dar- tary. rell Naish announced may O Y McNAMARA & WILDES Registered CIVIL ENGINEERS R 7 : “——— 1| Designs, Surveys, Investigations VALENTINE BLDG. “The Clothing Man” iss Meels First La i T ||y |~ el & MARX CLOTHING PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 Juneau'Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Seocond Street Phone & ——, S E— | 'Helene W. Albrech! TELEPHONE—5] B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers welcome. H. E. SIM- MONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 4 Second and fourth 3 Monday of each’ month A in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 pan | RALPH B. MARTIN k Worshipful Master; JAMES W B LEIVERS, Secretary. 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