The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1941, Page 4

| all the delay. Picture a German mother Dml v Alaska Em plre « except Sunday by the | A RINTING COMPANY shot out of the sky over Britain the day before, If Streets, Juneau, Alaska. o ont | Germany is really as strong as the Fuehrer declares, Publithed every ¢ EMPIRE ¥ HELEN T 4 il K. L. BERNARD Vice-President and Business Manager | the mother must resent prolonging the war of attri- Entered in the Po ieau as Second Class Matter. | tion which is killing Germans, as well as English- SUBSCRIP Delivered by carrier in Juneau a | men, every day. Her son was a needless sacrifice to the whim of the Dictator, if as he says he is just | playing with England as a cat plays with a mouse. If German strength is indeed a thousand times that which seized Norway, crushed Holland and Bel- s;ium and defeated France in a few weeks, Hitler is wasting too many planes, factories, submarines v §1.25 per month. vance, $6.00; f they will promptly notify ire or irregularity in the de Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS e \e Assoctated Press is exclusively entitied to the use fot b republication of all news dispatchies credited to it or not other- | and explosives. Wise credited in this paper aud also the local news published | herein. | T TR | " ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER Three Navies for Three Enemies THAN THAT OF | ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | | GEORCE D. CLOSE, Inc. Nationil Newspaper Representa- (Philadelphia Record) tives, with San Franc Los Angeles, Portland, | Beattle, Chicago New York and Boston. | When Germany, Italy and Japan formed their SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gibert A. Wellington, 1011 | AXIS to establish the “New World O.rdor they an- American Bank Building | nounced, in effect, that the United States was their e BE ~ | enemy. | Indeed, Japan's adh ice to the Axis was ac- | companied by the specific threat that if the United States continued to help Britain, Japan would put |the heat on us in the Pacific President Roosevelt’s reorganization of the U. Navy means that we are now in a practical position to answer that threat. We formerly had one fleet land two detached squadrons. The fleet was based on Hawali, one squadron was in the Atlantic and‘ one was in the Far East. Under the President’s order, each of these squad- |rons will have the status of a fleet and will be built |up to the strength of a fleet. To begin with, the Navy will be augmented by 42,000 men, bringing each ship to its full wartime strength., The Navy gets a new commander-in-chief and Secretary Knox says that we are concentrating Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who visited Point so intently upon building .up our Navy that we can- Barrow and Nome a few years ago ‘when he flew not even give any more destroyers to Britain. Every sign indicates that our fleet is being put with Mrs. Lindbergh to the Orient, had a few things ;, shape to withstand and counter any act of aggres- to say about Alaska in his testimony the other day gjon from any quarter. on the lease-lend bill Some may ask why we need a fleet in Asiatic Although he emphatically declared air invasion waters for defense. The answer lies in the nature of the United States would be impossible “at this of ships as fighting weapons. If our Navy was time or any predictable future,” the Colonel asserted simply supposed to anchor at the three-mile limt off he believed the nation should “wage war with all our coasts, it would be simpler and cheaper merely our resources if an invasion of Alaska or any other to build forts portion of America were attempted.” | 'Iho_ essence of naval strength lies in mobility But the flier who years ago, before planes were and striking power. If the Japanese refrain from what they are today, iopped easily from Nome to attack on us it won't be because they know we have | . * o J" s a better than even chance of beating them in U. S.| Tokyo by way of Siberia, says “a sudden air IVasion | w.rorc: it will be because we would prabably be abic | { this country by way of Alaska is out of the ques- |, damage Japan in Asiatic waters, at least to the. tion. The conquest of Alaska would necessitate the extent of keeping the sea-lanes open so that we| movement of troops and supplies by ground and sea, can send aid to China. | own forces and the establishment The United States does not accept the "N!:W" of enemy bases Order in Asia” meaning Japanese conquest, nor do| “Even if that could be accomplished,” he said,|we accept the “New World Order” meaning German: “there is little likelinood that the wilds of Canada conquest. could be crossed and the United States invaded by This country has three enemies. Three navies in army based upon remote Alaska outposts of Asi- aren't.too much to cope with them. . The: sooner'ship or European powe construction brings them to full strength, the safer| We hope the Colonel nemibby 8. LINDBERGH ON ALASKA o the defeat of our atic s right and that the States could never be invaded from an Alaska base. But even that isn't quite the reassurance we would like. Me and Hank Greenberg | We want defense bases in the Territory which will T prevent any invader getting a foothold in Alaska (Cleveland Plain Dealer) | It isn't enough to say that of course the United|, Baseball is to be admired for not seeking draft States should fight if an’invasion of ‘Alaska were|‘¥emption for its players, even the outstanding stars. g ¥ g5 & i SpAs = A The major baseball draft news to date is that Hank | attempted. We don't want this Territory ‘to be & Gieenperg star outfielder of the Detroit Tigers and battleground. We hope Alaska defense Will be 50|p.oct valyable player in the American League last| strong that it will serve as more than a shock ab-)year js to be called early in the summer, sorber between Asiatic hordes and the 48 States. We = Baseball has long been a noble inspiration for | will be so strong that an invasion of the Territory would be re- the very thought of American youth. It will continue as such if its stars| —even Bob Feller—march off to serve their nation hope it attempting pugnant to the grabbers acr the North Pacific. in time of stress with the same spirit they show on —_— SR the ball diamond. , o e . 5 SF A g This spirit will pervade the entire defense army WHAT, THEN, IS HOLDING YOU BACK, |s0 long as the least of boys can say “me and Hank Greenberg.” MR. HITLER? Hungary has canceled all passenger trains. It a thousand times greater than what has been shown, apparently didn't like the ride it has just been taken | he did yesterday in his anniversary speech, it on. | When Hitler speaks boomingly of Nazi sirength ure to report is a violation of the law and carries heavy pefialties, ‘ Washmglon Minister Sentenced yr‘nuxv make more than one German wonder why then ' whose son had been THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1941. HAPPY BIRTHDAY | JANUARY 31 J. E. Fowler Elizabeth Terhune Eulalie ‘Bockmore Mrs. Harold Campen Mrs, Elvina Marrow 8. P. Raymond Cecile Cashen J. B. Warrack Peter Melseth HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” —_— 4 | | clder members of the family will be heeded under this sway which en- courages industry in the home, thrift and initiative. This is a prepitious date for starting new interests or planning new activities. The fact that a changed order of life must be accepted should encourage read- | Justments in which persons paxt, |youth must surrender many long- } Business Affairs: Industry comes | under a configuration which en- courages cooperation with capital. | Large industries will be started,| |established beliefs and customs. A = e general removal of social and fin- Testats ot the Wil e LGS i Mortuary ancial bars is forecast for the fULUTE. | Guameamsmmvem e cas o Pourth and Franklin Sts. | MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ popgrra 1 20 YEARS AGO F#% EMPIRE JANUARY 31, 1921 With the arrival of Otto Schombel on the Admiral Watson, the local U. §. Navy Radio Station was to have its full complement of nine men and was expected to be able to handle the increased business that was anticipated during the spring and summer. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS C. W. Cheatham, Superintendent of the Alaska Division of the Bureau Bl agren Building of Public Roads, was leaving on the Admiral Watson for Kodiak on an PHONE 56 {inspec!ion trip of road work. s TR R 2 T W AR T ! Mayor R. E. Robertson, who went to Washingtn, D. C., on legal ibusiness before the Supreme Court, was expected to soon leave Seattle Dr, A_ w_ Siewart with Mrs. Robertson. 7 DENTIST Major E. J. McClung was to leave on the Northwestern for Western 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Alaska to make a tour of the United States Army posts in the capacity I Office Phone 469 of dental surgeon. — W. G. Thompson, oil operator, was to leave for Western Alaska on the Northwestern. | Dr. Judson Whittier k. CHIROPRACTUR T. M. Hunt, of the Field Division of the U. S. Land Office, was to Physician leave for Skagway on the following trip of the mailboat Estebeth. —— ‘Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. Within a few weeks there was to arrive in Juneau a 98-foot yacht| PHONE 667 whlch was to be assigned to District Forester Charles H. Flory for use . by him as headquarters ship for the Alaska National Forest District. Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Dr. John H. Geyer Weather: Highest, 15; lowest, 15; clear. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 DENTIST | S D D O O S This is not an important day in| ‘ P . 9 by Room ;;g;l;n%e Bldg. planetary government. The morning | § D I I- E I h 5 may be fairly good for trade and al y essons In ng |S W. L. GORDON Hours: 8 am. to 6 pm, commerce. Later hours favor per- N b e e et - il A o sons in authority, bankers "and statesmen WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We shall go providing the Heart and Home: The counsel of | weather is favorable.” Say, “We shall go PROVIDED the weather is | | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry and ‘Opthalmology | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground { favorable. ' OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Charlotte russe. Pronounce shar-lot roos, A as in AH, O as in LOT unstressed, OO as in ROOST, accent first and last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Phase; S, not. Z. SYNONYMS: Worldly, earthly, mundane, carnal. 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: VOLITION; exer of the will. “In choice and volition we have the two The Charles W. Carter PHONE 136 while those well established will be expanded. The stars presage for the| develop to a serious extent this month. Congress will be the scene of sharp criticism of Administration | policies. Assurance is given that the | stars seem to indicate close linking of President Roosevelt ‘to the des- | tiny of the nation and the guidanut‘ is indicated as necessary for the| Dominant theme of the scurrilous literature is racial and religious GO-ROIInd | prejudice. More than 60 percent of ; | the committee's exhibits harp on % | | this, 10 percent played up the war { tinued from Page Oue) issue, and 15 percent leveled foul 1 e "‘ personal attacks on the candidates. All but two of the latter were di- ected at the President and mem- bers of his family. Several contain Merry- nt triumphal visit to Megico when pulled a run-out powder. This as when he was invited to wit- s a bull fight staged especially n his honor. Among the Mexican notables Wal- ace met was Maximino Avila Ca- macho, influential brother of the President. Maximino took a shine to Wallace and invited to visit the historic State of of which he is Governor. ace accepted, but when he heard he was expected to stay in Puebla no less than three days, and that Maximino was rounding up his best bulls and bull-fighters! for the occasion, Wallace changed his mind. He had no taste for wit-| nessing a bull fight | So Waliace resorted to finesse 2ig him bl He announced th: a change of plans made it necessary to move up the date of his visit to Ma mino n he made a quick ru to Pue lunched with the Go ernor, retreated t same day,; before the I d the bull- fighters could be assembled SCURRILOUS LITERATURE Sensational feature of the forth- coming report c the late cam- paign fund inv ating commit- tee will be an expose of scurrilous literature disseminated in last year’s hectic presidential battle. A soo- page “scrapbook” of exhibits has| been assemble Bu 4 committee in from all over the cour | While partisans of hoth candi- dates resorted to this type of litera- ture, more than 80 percent of Buckles' collection is antiRoosevelt Also of 466 typical exhibits, one half are wholly anonymous or only vaguely identified, and are sponsored by obviou night organizations. The committee lists 135 such groups, of which 111 were pro-Will- kie and 22 pro-Roosevelt. Only :ix one h of the 135 filed reports of their contributions and expenditures wiih the Clerk of the House. This fail- | are | during the | bill photographs of Mrs. Roosevelt re- cuched so as to give her a ne- groid appearance. These were wide- y distributed in the South, Several thers printed pictures of the Presi- dent retouched so as to give him a Jewish cast of features. | Oddly, despite the furore about bossism' during the campaign, less than five percent of the exhibits deal with this subject. Also, only our percent raise the dictatorship issue and only six percent attacked «he third term—both major battle- zrounds in the campaign. NOTE — Committee investigators of the private opinion that not less than $10,000,000 was spent for the printing and di tribution of scurrilous material campaign. MERRY-GO-ROUND Sam Pryor, ball-bearing-tongued itional Committeeman from Con- necticut, is pushing lame-duck Gov- ernor Baldwin as successor to Na- tional Chairman Joe Martin. Some time ago Pryor had his own ambi-| tions for the job, but was stopped d by a blunt warning from Mid- western leaders - For the fourth | time running, Representative Wright | Patman, husky Texas crusader, |into Spanish, switched and began pped the honor of introducing| speaking Spanish himself. But the' he first bill at the opening Dr\ln[erpre',er reversed himself and ress. ‘As on the other three| tranglated the Spanish into English. cccasions, the measure was his| Cordell Hull hates embargoes,' hotly controversial chai-store tax pyt State Department guards are Second honors went to Flori- so assiduous about keeping people da’s bustling Joe Hendricks With out of the building that they actu- an anti-sabotage proposal -'ally made Hull's chauffeur register National Youth Administrator Au- in a book before he could get in. Williams has a bow coming' Franklin Field is a famous ly effective defense job.|football gridiron; also the name of 1 60 days he added 50,000 youths' s man who urges more Good lo the NYA's program of training Neighborliness through private avi- Arle Brooks An ordained minister, Arle Brooh 31, was sentenced to the peniten- tiary for a year and a day. in Phila- delphia, for failing to register under the selective service act. Federal Judge George A. Welsh. passing sentence. praised Brooks’ “strength of character,” but declared the lav must be obeyed. | | | I I | [ mechanics for deferise ~ industries, ' aiion. | al present has 123,000 in shops all| (Copyright, 1941, hy United Fea-' over the country. . Henry Wal-' tyre Syndicate, Inc.) lace, annoyed by an interpreter A Who stood beside him and translat-| The Philippine Islands have 15,- ed his remarks, phrase by phrase, | 000 lepem - i United States. The Hawaiian Is- lands will focus interest. New naval bases will be hastily established. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a happy year. Domes~ tic felicity and financial success are | prephesied. Children born on this day may have unusual artistic talents. Me- | chanical geniuses also belong to this decan of the month. (Copyright, 1941) MEN WHO ARM AMERICA: 5 DONALD M. Donald M. Nelson is Uncle Sam'’s| No. 1 “doughboy”—he’ll spend bii- lions under the armament pro- NELSON gram. Purchasing’s his job. He's got 10 have supplies and material on; hand for factories to translate into arms when it's needed.It’s old stuff to him, Nelson made a career of buying wise. Had charge of Sears- Roebuck purchases. Saved them so much money tkhe made him execu- tive vice-president. He’s literally from Missouri, Born at Hannibal, | November 17, 1888. Hollywood would cast this baldish, bespectacled buy- ing wizard as a shrewd, blue-chip business man. A IR At S Subscribe to the Dally Alaska Empire—the paper with the I paid circulation. of benefic planets. B Jea s mport “Our Doorstep Is Worr by International Affairs:: Adverse“sat | 4. How many passengers does a Pan American Atlantic clipper Satisfled tomers” pects affect Manchuria, Korea and | 2ITY? the Philippines as well as the East 5. Which states are known as the “Keystone State” and the “Nut- | #=———————————y Indies. Naval movements of great|meg State’? DR H VANCE significance are forecast. A provoca~ | ANSWERS: 'om-o tive incident may lead to decisiVe| ;A perennial lives for several years; a biennial lives and dies| conguital PAm'rlnm. action likely to affect Japanese ams~ 2 : 3 i it ek B e on bitions and plans. Increased defense RUID ST o Yok, free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to §; 2. Saint John. g 1 to 8:00 by appoinment. Jones-Stevens Shop Q. Should the hostess wear a hat and gloves when entertaining Ijnr’l""dn S(“L"‘? plr_olmcleld domxrna—‘ with a luncheon party? LADIES'—MISSES® l::_( jr)](.“u“rg:}'zo :;‘:fm‘;m‘:‘l‘;:“n:_ A. The hoctess does not wear a hat when entertaining in her own ¢ READY-TO-WEAR bé /strong , but prpthd vesisted. home, but at a restaur or club she usually wears one. She does not ‘. Seward Street Near Third {Women have a future of increasgl Wear loves. | opportunities in trades and the pro- Q. It is necessary to send engraved invitations for a wedding that fessions. They Should be care[ully‘ is to be very quiet and simple? * !trained and educated. | A. 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