The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1940, Page 4

'] Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, AELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President Presjdent and Business Manager any Entered 1n the Post Office in Juneau ns SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dougla By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; One year, in advance, one month, in advance, § Bubscrivers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or ir iivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for cepublication of &ll news dispatches credit wise credited in this paper and also the herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION G THAN THAT OF ANY O] GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., Naf tives Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. American Bank Buildin HELP ENGLAND NOW Up until recently Germany hasn’t had very much to say about American aid to Bri aid is a big factor in the conflict factor weighing directly zmmn:,l'lhllm-'.x chances of success, The pronouncement from Berlin at this time that it would be unbearable things drift further for ARANTEED TO BE LARGER with offices in_San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 and the threat that the Nazis Becond Class Matter. of war needed. s for $1.25 per month. Tegularity in the de- England PRESS ed to it or not other- local news published LICATION. paper Represen tain, though that and, of course, a Italians have Germany to let The neutrality law also should be amended to permit American merchant ships to carry goods to Why keep up a pretense of being neutral when we are not neutral? pong that is going on across the sea, but a de- structive and brutal war, we are vitdlly interested. it, and we know now that if England does not win| it we will be the next victim of Nazl aggression. = | DECEMBER 23 If we want to give England some real help, the| least we can do is to see that she actually gets the implements of war which we are able to produce and are willing to sell to her. Now that Britain is trading air blow for air blow with Germany, now that Britain has the Italians on the run in Libya, now that the Greeks have the Italians on the run in Albania, now that the British blockade is putting a real pinch on Germany's sup- | plles and foodstuffs, now that England is rapidly| | completing a war machine to match that of the Nazis, now is the time for us to act decisively. Let us | maintain no fictions of neutrality or friendly rela- tions when we act, Britain” mean what it says. Battle of the Bulletins (New York Times) General Forrest's recipe for military success was| to “get thar fustest with the mostest men.” Germans invariably put on a wonderful performance |in that regard. Their Axis partner, Italy, has not been so fortunate, either on land or sea. is one department of current warfare in which the proved supremely alert. communiques covering Mediterranean naval engage- ments they have consistently got there first with the most claims. This is by no means so unimportant as it seems. i DECEMBER o] If the prudent con-| to England, then American| to the country where they m‘e‘ It isn't a game of ping-| ;a HAPPY BIRTHDAY -— in the outcome of which We want England to win Dean Allen Willane Shirley Roff Mrs. Grace Picken Anna Lois Davis Robert Carothers Janice Corinne Bloduc Emitt A, DeWitt Chris Huber Hans Johanson HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” | + Let us make “all possible aid to! Wt TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 Conflicting planetary aspectsrule over this day before Christmas. The stars seem to stimulate happy plans under which memories and fears are prevalent. Labor is sub- ject to adverse influences. Heart and Home: While there may be obstructions to plans, small worries and seeming disappoint- ments early today, the clouds will roll by. The stars presage honors and favors from employers and The But there In issuing { THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 23, 1940. should be used to convoy merchant ships to Britain|' | That is the next logical step in our program to aid England by all means short of war and it could be put in operation immediately, | servation of our naval resources forbids the release of more destroyers warships should be used to insure the safe delivery| supplies from 20 YEARS AGO THE EMPIRE e et Tt s < il - 0 ) DECEMBER 23, 1823 Chairman George A. Parks, cf the Interdepartmental Alaska Board, was to arrive in Juneau soon, according to advices received here. The Juneau Public Schools closed this day for a vacation until January 3. - Walter Lund, brother of Mrs. Claude Ericson, recent arrival here from Tacoma, was acting day clerk at the Gastineau Hotel during the illness of Manager Glen Bartlett. Henry Roden, who had been to Ketchikan on law business, returned here on the Jefferson. | E. M. Polley, former Street Commissioner of Juneau, who for several i months had been employed by the W. P. Mills Co., at Sitka, arrived here in the Jefferson. Mrs. P. S. Early, of Thane, accompanied by her son Rex, returned on the Jefferson from a visit with relatives in the States. E. S. Hewitt returned to Juneau on the Spokane from a business trip to Ketchikan. Venetia Pugh returned from Ketchikan where she had been for a month visiting her mother who was connected with the United District Court party. Weather: Highest, 25; lowest, 25; clear. e oo e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon R e —— ] WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The details are as fol- low.” Say, “The details are as FOLLOWS.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Crucial, in TOO, A as in SHALL unstressed. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Respectfully (as relating to each). SYNONYMS: Eventual, final, ultimate. Pronounce kroo-shal, OO as (regardful of) Respectively B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8§ P. M. Visiting brothers ., welcome. H. E. 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Women are well di- rected in their work of spreading would look upon as a warlike act this nation’s turn- 1t is true that thus far the claims of Rome have ing belligerent ships over to the British, as has been | simmered down to practically nothing and that the suggested by the British Minister of Shipping, are British fleet still roams “Mare Nostrum” at will. | 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: signs that our aid to Britain has Germany worried. best argument for| the moment. |the lagging British news. doubt even over here where we have learned to trust | the statements of the British Admiralty. attitude what is the Shipping Germany'’s our doing exactly Cross asks us to do, though the act is admittedly an unfriendly one toward Germany the Nazis is not one of friendship. no secret of our dislike and contemn know well by the actions out of is a feeling which is warmly recipr Since we don’t want Germany since we are all convinced that Britain's fall would be the worst kind of catastrophe all the things in which we believe, what are we wait- ing for? Newspaper columns and air wi with speculation and comment on the next step which should be taken by the United States to aid Britain. There has been a growing realization that the Battle of Britain is our fight as much as it is England that our security and institutions if England falls. And there appears to he increas- Minister Ronald Our feeling for | We have made npt for them. We Berlin that this rocated. friendship and even more. | for blurred by for America and aves are crowded will be in peril selling her munitions and other supplies for cash on submarine, the barrel head at some Atlantic port. | Speeding up our production to make available| all possible supplies to England is essential, but it is We should see to it that the goods we| not enough. sell are delivered safely to some English port, ‘What benefit can be accomplis] cargo of munitions to England on torpedoed and sunk before it gets there? Guns lying|wp; at the bottom of the Atlantic can |a news | hitch-hikers for ! light? hed by sending a| a ship which is| never be used to fight off Nazi raiders which nightly bring devasta-| tion to London and the Midland manufacturing cities. | True, we have collected cash in ad vance for all car-| Gen, cause of democracy or ourselves, Those cargoes might better have been left at home t own defenses. Merry- Go-Round (Coniuius = Washingfon ‘ | | Page One) They had discussed this question, | behind the scenes, for some time. In thes¢ confidential conversa- o strengthen our tration trial balloons. Inside fact is that New Dealers are just as vig- orously opposed to repealing the Johnson Act as the isolationists— though for different reasons. FDR PRESS CONFERENCE A little lady named May Craig, reporter for Maine newspapers, is one of the few women who regularly attend White House press confer- tions ectlhet l;‘:nfl";/l fgin‘i:n W;iss t:f\-' | ences, and one of the most irrepres- Dot p i ratet Hhal | iz corspmndnule mosleCor 15 the United ~States should turn| ghe and the President broke up important, there wa.vs no question 'saaid n:;_r m:_‘;“y ;m;::gs,e:ma:g that the British must get help from | others, would pave to be shelved as the United States. In other words, Great Britain would get what she wants from the United States either through out- ! right gifts or swapping for bases. But loans, with their post-war head- aches, were ruled out. At a recent ‘White House conference the gift-or- swap plan was vigorously advocated on the following grounds: (1) That.if the United States really means what it says, namely that Britain s the first-line of Am- | erican defense and is fighting the 1 battle of democracy against “totali- | tarianism, then the only honest thing to do.is to give Britain the planes, ships,. arms and munitions. she needs to wage this struggle. (2) That the American people. would far prefer such a straight- forward policy to the back-door meti.od of repealing the Johnson Act and putting financial assist- ance on a commercial basis. (3) That World War history proves war loans leave a heritage of dissension, which must be avoid- ed after the present conflict if peace is to be built on a lasting founda- tion. ‘These views highlight the little- noticed fact that no Administration leader of consequence ever has ad- vocated tampering with the Johnson Act. Several repeal bills have been in- not essentia] for defense. “Mr. President,” said May Craig, “in that case, what happens to the parking shoulders?” » “ ‘Parking shoulders’?” said President, plainly puzzled. “The project,” said May, #for wid- ening parking space for civilians, so the military can get by." “You don’t mean necking, do you?” shot back Roosevelt, and the meeting adjourned. K the AMERICAN RUBBER ‘When a government bureau moves fast, that’s news. A bureau of the Department of Agriculture, hegin- ning last August, has completed ‘a survey ' of. potential rubber produc- tion in eleven Latin American coun- tries and ‘is now moving into two more. ‘“But mfore important than speed, the survey is the first step in an important long-range plan to make this country independent of East Indian sources for rubber, and in- crease trade between the Americas. Edrlier this year, Congress appro- priated $500,000 to the Department of Agriculture “to develop rubber production.” o First objective is to establish two permanent experimental stations, one for Central America, the other for South America. It is almost troduced in Congress and aroused certain that they will be loeated in: the rhetoric of isolationists who Costa Rica and Brazil. y have sought to make it appear that | Brazil originally produced most of the measures were secret Adminis- 1me world’s rubber, but the seeds | But each Italian communique serves the purpose of | Each serves ian people, starving for glad tidings, must feel it The Italian bulletins are naturally issued, not | our benefit, but for home consumption. im‘e quickly and carefully framed to create an im- pression of success which can be no more than later war lives on victories, it must use ersatz ones until the real ones develop. |1 Duce is in an extremely tight spot just now. Cracks |appear in the Fascist morale. | something to boast about. if, after his ships had blundered into the Brm.shl and scuttled for port, doubtful hits became “certain” | in his communique and splashes in the water mas- | querade as “extreme damage.” to sink the Ark Royal is not a very original touch. | The British carrier has gone down and returned to,‘ ing sentiment that we should do more than merely|the surface so often that she must be an undercover | United States parachute troops will carry bicycles, report says, A cheering thought is that after Germany is | pped, we can make honeymoon islands out of the i »H\ air and naval bases we got from England. The recent deal between Hitler, Mussolini, ana eral Franco's brother-in-law apparently was a goes lost at sea, but that doesn’t help England, the case of Suner said that done, Hitler evidently is waiting for the Greeks to get! the Italian army out of his way before attempting The time has come when the American Navyto march on Suez. sential product. abroad helpful service of many| kinds. Girls need not think of ro- mance under this configuration, but there will be many social pleas- ures. As changes irP the world are| reflected in the United States, the| best possible holiday season should| be enjoyed. National Issues: of the stars | to cast a little doubt on| We feel that momentary The Ital- Under this rulef the brotherhood of] man should be recognized in the prayer for good will to all. In the United States, suspicion and prejus dice should be dismissed as realis zation is given that war has been! the game of ruthless dictators angd! not the venture of the people who | it sacrifices. This Christmas sed+| son is the happy prelude to a| | great national- drama, astrologers' forefell. They | modification. A dictatorship at| If it can’'t have real ones, He desperately craves It would not be strange ONEROQUS; burdensome; oppressive. e . MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra rew | PRSI S € Q. Should a man who is walking with a woman carry her pack- ages? A. Yes, if the packages are of considerable size. If the packages are insignificant in size, a few spools of thread, a tube of toothpaste, or a library bock, it is not necessary. Q. When a man and a girl are dancing, and another man wishes to “eut ' is it perm. ple for either the girl or her partner to refuse? A. It is exiremely rude to do so, and very embarrassing to the other man. Q. Is it all right for the host to carve at the table, when the dinner is informal? A. Yes Still, another attempt 5 International Affairs: In Pales- tine the clash of men of varyipng| faiths will “assume unusual forths and cause far-reaching effects; Mo- hammedan and Christian tholy days! will cause outbreaks of serious po-| tentialities, if the stars are rightly| read. The British ‘government §s' to have grave complications of peps plexing problems. Persons whose hfrthdate ‘it S have the augury of a year of ex- acting experiences, but Why not train service, experienced the so they can travel be of more than avefage promiisé| and fulfillment. Children born on this day prob-| ably will be temperamental and highly gifted, Self-control should| be taught them early. (Copyright, 1940) by A. C. GORDON s et o s e o e o ‘100K and LEAR 1. How many species of insects are there? 2. What is tensile strength? 3. What Biblical character lied to Peter regarding the price he had received for a piece of land, thus making his name synonymous | With liar? { 4. In a gas engine cylinder, what is the connecting rod? 5. In what town is Sing Sing prison located? ANSWERS: More than 500,000. The power to resist stretching. Ananias. It connects the piston with the crankshaft. Ossining, N. Y. E—— IS WORST GALE FOR 20 YEARS were smuggled out of the country by the British, who set up their own rubber plantations in Malaya. The present drive is to restore to Latin | America her birthright in this es- CAPITAL CHAFF Justice Frank Murphy’s recipe for keeping fit at 50 is to walk to and from the Supreme Court, and ride horseback every afternoon. Ju.stlce‘ There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising - v 0 pay this oner Ql(‘b."“ ! vant to pey fhis enerews €0 | phe Charles W. Carter Joey Garrett Has Murphy walks the long way round to his office. going first to the| Washington Monument, then up,to‘; the Capitol . . . Tough-hewed Sen- ator Sheridan Downey of California, No. 1. Congressional Townsendite, keeps in shape by walking five miles daily from -his home to the Capitol . . . The 250,00 government workers who daily lunch in government res- taurants in Washington consume | annually 187,000 pounds of ‘butter,|and then eventually blew itself 187,000 dozen eggs, 135,640 pounds of coffee, 2,446,336 bottles of milk, and | 43,266 gallons of ice cream. (Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) e e Second Birthday The second birthddy of Joey Gar- rett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Garrett, was marked with a party yesterday afternoon. Favors and balloons were present- ed each of the guests and Jim O'Neill was present to take indoor pictures of the festivities. Young friends of the honoree in- vited for the occasion were Johnny Two Elecirocufed — Ship Disabled-Power Lines. Fall in Shambles (Continued from w2ge One)" Fuca, roared inland with velocities' up to 85 miles an hour, ripped through the major Northwest citigs into impotency against the harri- | cade of the Cascade Range. ' Western British Columbia re- ceived its last force early Sunday. The two known dead are Ray-' mond D. Hartog, 20, of Sumas, and his brother, 17, whose name officers could not supply. Both were electrocuted when a high tension line fell on their car near Mount Vernon. Included in the injured were' three persons struck by a tree that crashed into a crowded rura} dance hall near Kelso. - Methfiis‘i Dinner; Program Tonight Bailey, Joan Ecklund, Douglas Campbell, Jr., Jerry Shearer, Sharon Day, Carol Cameron, Juanita Gra- ham and Christine Lindquist. Grown-ups present for the affair | were Mesdames Etta Garrett, Beulah | Sund, Roland Lindquist, Wayne Graham, Norman Cameron, Howard | Day, Lazzette Shearer, Douglas Campbell, Paul Ecklund, Roger! Bailey, Jack Stanyer and Mert Har- rison. | Try & classified ad in The Empire. | The annual Christmas din of the Methodist Church will hé held tonight at 6 o'clock, the affair be- ing pot-luck. } Following the dinner the Sun-' day School program will be given under the direction of Mrs. T. F. “The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists PHONE 136 | Butler-Maurc | : g Drug Co. Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Thim Post Office Substation | NOW LOCATED AT #———————|| HARRY RACE /| JAMES C. COOPER sy “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING ———t “The Stere for Men" SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Rldg. L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. 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