The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1941, Page 4

Dml\ Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMP. Main Streets, Juneau, Alas! President Vice-President and Business Manager Entered In the Post Office In_Juneau s ‘mcund Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douglas for §1.25 per month By mail, postage paid, #t the following rates One year, in advance, $12.00; ance, $1.25, six months, in advance, $6.00 3 1ll promptly notir ny failure or irregularity in the de Subscr the Busines t papers. New Office, 602: Business Office, 374. 0CIA PRESS “entitled to the use for credited to it or not other the local news publishec herein, ALASKA cmf‘[ 'ATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORCE D. CLC itions] Newspaper Representn tives, w wcisco, Los Angeles, Portland Beattle, “ton. 01 A. Wellington, clude deaths from influenza and other diseases. There is good reason to believe that the corresponding losses in the present war are painfully higher. By the end of November, 1940, nearly 20,000 had lost their lives in air raids. How many were drowned at sea is not known, on the Continent. alone reached an estimated 50,000; Northern France 40,000 refugees died; Rotterdam’s 8 lead are placed at 30,000 To what extent German 4 ind Italian towns have suffered is not known. Onlvl | ragmentary data exist for losses among noncom- atants in Belgian and French cities which were| HAPPY B|RTHDA sombarded or bombed. The estimate of 100000‘ ivilian lives lost is probably too low rather than 00 high : FEBRUARY 6 Civilian deaths differenfiate this war from the Gov. Ernest Gruening ast. From 1914 to 1918 the ratio of civilian to mili- R. F. Powell ory deaths was 1 to 75; in the present war it is| Mrs. Hollis Triplette ¥ ready 1 to 3. But the worst may still lie ahead.| Millie Mllter iot only may we expect mor vy casualties in Jackson We B)orey ities as the direct result of bombing, but we have| L (F)' g‘:fi’;’gm till to reckon with the dreadful possibilities of Charles ‘O, Stone pidemic diseases, associated with crowding in shel- Mrs. D. S. Hughes ers, malnutrition, the breakdown of sanitary facili- F. D. Lacey | les, the pollution of water supplies, infection by in- T, and rats, and the weakening of resistance by and cold. wunger Funny Nose Flies High (Cleveland Plain Dealer) I The Army is going back to air-cooled motors for | sursuit planes, according to late information out of Washington. For two years the Army had considered he liquid-cooled type to be superior. The heaviest loss of life among civilians occurred The number of Warsaw's dead in Belgium and -t e - A. Shoucair, HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” + — FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 south. That, Capt. sions. { his home with illness. been on business. FEBRUARY 6, 1921 who for five years had been associated in the manage- ment of the Leader Department Store, disposed of his interests to his prother-in-law, Mike George, and was to leave on the Alameda for the A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. McDonnell at St. Ann’s. Both the mother and her baby were doing nicely. Mr. McDonnell was Alaska representative of the American Paper Company. H. D. McLeod and Willis Roff, crew of the gasboat Juanita, were on their to Juneau in a Columbia River boat was the news | brought here by Capt. Dickinson of the Santa Rita. The Rev. James Hays Condit was to leave on the Estebeth for Haines |enroute to Klukwan on business connected with the Presbyterian Mis- { -Sim Frieman, Chief of the Juneau Fire Department, was confined to J. F. McDonald arrived on the Estebeth from Tenakee where he had R. F. Richardson, Alaska agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, | was scheduled to arrive on the Princess Mary. He had been attending |'a convention of general agents of the company at Quebec, Canada. Weather: Highest, 38; lowest, 35; cloudy. i e . S D - D D O 50 YEARS AGO TODAY i < in the private planes which hover about the little Fifty vears is a long time in Alaska, and rare | irPOrts scattered all over the land. . indeed is the northern firm which i3 able to look The automobile driver probably wonders why air back over history of half a century. The B. M g | pours water into his radiator. The reasons are Behre ik today Lecomes oue of those rare few Islmpl(‘ b 3o i ank dest as a ts| Behrends Bank, oldest in Alaska, had i | Because the automobile crawls along the ground in the frust which the early miners of |a¢ 1ow speeds a blower, working on the motor, was aced in the community's pioneer merchant, !“\(‘p\\'”.\v vends. Alaskans, engaged in hard work{the power, which meant a loss in efficiency. in this new country. would leave their savings at In an airplane the strong air currents remove the Rehrends store for safekeeping. Eventually the|the need of a blower. Since speed is the prime con- B. M. Behrends Bank de'cloped to fill the need which | sideration in military craft, the efficient motor arose in the Juneau mining camp. I . B till a2 lively and| ooling nearly twice' as much power has been o ‘tastinBnidl o . tha loped as with the other type : s, The reason for this is simple als &her ‘c¥le th nder and the ability and or {0 14 siobip S o er Gl ot 5 he vy hart ]mw nder temperatures can be utilized with air cooling| inte :“U o A05€ R Y, |than with liquid. Commonly used in an airplane| death. ‘x,\vll)lm is a chemical which boils at 387 degrees, The Empire foday extends congratulations to|which sets the upper limit of operation. this pioneer institution on its 50th anniversary. WAR \‘\l) ’I‘HI‘ (l\ ll TAN Long Germ: freely before ir and that Cities hav in another war waste. bomba Y than are the arned for —but as yet the prediction: fulfilled. What the future foretell, combatants in the far greater than in figures are not yet ment gathered enough to indicate are may bring present available, to date about 300,000. 1014-18 pmh'{bl\ did not exceed Wa'hmglon Merry- Go-Round \Oonunuea from Page Oue) and Immediate repercussions in South America . He warned thal local Nazi-Fascist parties mm to seize power in at lecs lozen countries, robably resulting in civil war which Hitler wouid exploit to the limit And where totalitarian regimes daid succeed in gaining a foothold, Hull pointed out that Hitler would im- mediately csiablish bases for mili- tary operation to strike at other parts of Latin America and the United States. Hull mentioned no names and was’| ot pressed for any. In fact, the two isolationist warriors present Nye of Noih Dakota and Clark of Missouri, ha led hi ith kid ses throughout the nroceedings Hull was pr d to meet their af tack head-on, they didn’'t give him a chance to work on them. Bott Senators were respecifu! and cir cumspect in their questioning. FDR Last year end Confectionery ode | annuai | rthilay BIRTHDAY CAKE vhen the AFL T Workers ssenta o conveying kery Unior 1 0f 2 President it tc is year it was not the cake but ident who “broke down.” He had been put to bed with a cold when AFL President Bill Green plus confectionery union officials called at the White House with the 5-foat, 300-pound cake. So the presenta- tion had to be postponed until next day, when Roosevelt returned to his desk. “It’s your best job yet” he com- plimented Italian-born Clement Maggie, a Washington baker who makes the cake cvery year. Plucking off two candy leaves, munch them. Green with the announcement that this year, as usual, every AFL intern tional union would contribute a s able check to the President’s Birth- political buddy, Wendell Willkie, is | dsy Ball infanatile paralysis fund.|in London in behalf of the measure. This brought from Roosevelt a picce | led edicted that civilians would not be spared | 'h¢ hole cities d been subjected to ruthless in even —at least in Great Britain| war has the last one. the statistical depart- of one of our life insurance companies has the to which totalitarian war can sink. From 1914 to 1918 deaths from military action were at least 7,000,000; from the invasion of Poland Civilian losses for the period : point, Poland it was| WhUld. be iata| 9F the Franklin so familiar on the streets a fe greater danger not been completely | lassify this can | public education forth no one It is evident that loss ofvlife among nom- |of Birmingham, ir destroyed already been | houses 'man schools Though accurate be inhuman addition, and “the terrifying depths process. if we ex- | the ideal set up 100,000, | of information not hitherto known. “You know, Bill" he said, “we need all the help we can get to take care of those paralyzed kids. Despite the cooperation of the public, Warm Springs ran $17,000 in the red last vear because more than three- fourths of our cases are charity. We do our best to treat as many chil- dren of poor families as possible. So hundreds of children will be ever- lastingly grateful to you.” DIPLOMATS AND DUCKS Colonel Jose Bina Macado. ilian Military Attache in Wash- ngton, went over to Elkton, Mary- and, for the duck shooting. A train- ed marksman, he soon had bagged sight fine ducks. But the genial Colonel, unaware of Maryland’s laws, did not know that he was supposed to have a hunting cense. Approached by an officer f the law, who asked to see a li- cense, Machado obligingly produced a card from his wallet. “Here is my identification card,” 1e said, “signed by Cordell Hull.” “But,” exclaimed the officer, “Cor- iell Hull has nothing to do with duck shooting!” NOTE: Colonel Machado immed- iately purchased a hunting license and the incident was forgotten. But the Minister of Persia arres Elkton for speeding several ago, protested so vigorously that the State Department demanded the dismissal of the policeman, and the Shah of Persia withdrew his Min- ster from the U. S. A Lt ISOLATIONIST DEBATE followed the presentation | Friends of the lend-lease bill ran up against a stone wall when they tried to get a big-gun educator to mswer the radio attack of Robert Hutehins, handsome young President of Chicago University. Harvard President James Conant, althongh a strong advocate of “all- out” aid to Britain, declined to fire back at Hutchins. So did Guy S. Ford, head of the University of Min- nesota, another anti-isolationist. Both gave excuses, but it was clear they didn't want to tangle with Hutchins. For lack of a college head, an ef- he began to | fort was made to secure Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota, who had repeatedly declared for aid to Pritain. But he too ducked, although he endorsed the lend-lease bill with a few reservations and his close Stassen’s caginess was put down Air-cooled motors i through a radiator Nazi | German character the German youth that in our own interest it would be a pity to interfere with the continuance of that Presumably overtake the German people is to have them attain Air-cooled motors are generally used in aircraft, | in transports, in commercial planes of all sorts, and |dominate today. The early hours,! The auto- ‘mnmlo using water, must operate below the boiling|countr re less vulnerable. and all must bail out automobile, whose funny nose was years ago. Their Own Medicine (New York Times) remark by the head of the tem grim humor. nant ab the pumber Nazi bombs, British | Citizens | of school- suggested al. The presi- by be bombed in repri dent of the Board of Education said that this would against the laws of war. But, in education is so debasing the and blunting the intelligence of the saddest fate that can for them by their Nazi master: to secret political ambitions. He has his eye on 1944, Finally a different kind of reply was devi A symposium of persons in various sections of the country, a farmer, laborer, a youth; Mayor Maury Maverick of San Antonio, a | decorated war veteran; and Walter | Wanger, brilliant liberal movie pro- ducer. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature yndicate, Inc.) > - The chances for multiple births have been placed at 87 to one against twins, about 8,800 to one against triplets and as high as| 54,000,000 to one against quintup- lets. - > The Dauy Alaska Empire guaran- | tees the largest daily circulation of any Alaska newspaper. Mrs. Ann Moss Charged with making alcohol il- | legally and smuggling it into Can- | ada, defrauding the government of | $2,500,000 in liquor taxes, Mrs. Ann Moss, 40, her husband and 33 other! men were indicted in Detroit after government agents seized 38 cars and trucks they say were used to| ! transport the alcohol, that | Adverse planetary aspects strongly {however, are promising for inter- views with bankers or business heads. Deceptions and misunder-| cooling is standard in aviation while every motorist | standings are numerous under this today' | configuration. Heart and of the nation, ‘wsn\d would be unnecessary if the Home: Conscflpuml which has been sug- dard for the young women of Am-| erica. Intensive study of nursing, cooking and institutional manage- | This blower consumed a large part (,u spirit of college girls is the qtnn-‘ | is| ment now should be widely soug.\t‘ AVID; keenly eager. 1e one which develops the greatest power, and with |by those who foresee the need of | their service in national - defense| [ Preparations. ASITOIOZEIS STTESS 1110 | e o oo o e o o om0 om0 am o > - o importance of women in the sup- | port of democracy. Technical train- ling in many vocations is urged. | Mothers should encourage their ‘(lflughtl'l‘v to be ready to aid their Bus Affairs: ,wurkon in factories, shops and Motorists will be interested to know also that|other places which are working on: air-cooled airplane motor is a direct desc endant | | government is contracts. | centributions wili be | month for the reliei of war | tims. Revelations regarding condi | tions in Europe will loosen Ameri- |can purse strings, while methods of reaching the needy will be | worked out carefully. starving children will become of{ | tirst concern among club women:t angious to rescue the suffering from starvation and disease. National Issues: Governmentem-/ | ployment of men and women known |to have been active in radical or- ganizations will arouse public opin- ion. Danger from fifth columnists will be recognized as amazingly widespread, but neglect to purge subversive employees engaged in preparedness activities will cause a major catastrophe, the seers| prophesy. The stars are read as ,warning that enemies will concen-| | trate attention upon the United| | States, but their campaign metho: will be secret and treacherous.| Well-meaning persons will become | wols of foreign agents; perils are! | most threatening in quarters whlch} i are overlooked, International Affairs: The planet| Fluto, supposed to have an influ-| rence which causes sudden crisis, is lin an aspect read as presaging .sur- 1pr)ses of serious intent and grave {results. In England the long strain| (of aerial assaults is now to be seen lin the serious physical condition of | many Londoners. Disease resulting | from the exposure and discomforts | MENWHOARM | AMERICA: 9 WILLIAM L. BATT William L. Batt’s job for 20 years literally has been to keep indus- try's wheels rolling without fries' tion—he’s been president of - the SKF Ball Bearing Company since 1923. i Industrial researcher at Purdue, where he got his M.E. in 190%, In- dustry grabbed him and he’s been a big league metallurzist o @ver since. When Uncle Sam started recruit- ing industrial brains, Balt Wwas | made deputy defense commissioner | for industrial materials. He helps |to see that proper quality ruw-; stuffs, and plenty of them, get to the production lines on- time, i -Married Ruby Burroughs in 1909. Has thres daughters, two som— ,cne adefense ' commission aide. ' Hoosier, was born in Salem, Ind: I B S ———— { morale of the people is affected. | ments, |largest paid circulation of any Al- Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corbon e - T ) D D D -l U o WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I have been real busy Say, “I have been VERY busy tdday.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Chaotic. ‘Pronounce ka-ot-ik, A as in CAKE unstressed, O as in NOT, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Liquidate; QUI. Liquefy; QUE. SYNONYMS: Despair, desperation, despondency, dejection, hope- lessness. 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: (Pronounce the A as in HAVE). “Avid curiosity prompted the question.” | MODERN ETIQUETTE * noperra vme | Extraordinary | Q. When a girl is making a day’s journey with a man, and due to a breakdown of the car or some other unavoidable circumstance, they One bullet | l’m““"LY will now develop among ... compelled to stay overnight in some city, what should she do? A. 1f she has auy friends in this city, try to stay with them. Other- wise go to different hotels. Q. Isn't the bridegroom supposed to pay for the wedding music? A. No. TI expense should be borne by the bride or her family. Q15 it correct form for the host to carve at the table, after the guests are seated? A. Yes; unless it is a formal meal. LOOK and LEAR A‘ C. GORDON D D DD - ) . five-dollar bill bear? fell in love with the statute he 1. Whose likeness does a U. 2. What mythological ('l\amur! had carved? 3. When a person is described as being wrapped in the arms of Morpheus, what is meant? 4. What does the word “increment” mean? 5. Where is the highest ocean tide? ANSWERS: 1. Lincoln’s. 2. Pygmalion. 3. That the persons is asleep. 4. Enlargement; increase. 5. Bay of Fundy; approxlmfltcly 40 feet. [HELP AN | Persons whose birthdate it is| | 44LASKAN | | of bomb shelters will begin to be a formidable ally of Hitler as the have the augury of a year of gain. ‘ The favor of employers or super- jors may be followed by disappoint- Telephone 713 or write for envy and jealousy may | The Alaska Territorial be aroused. Employment Service Children born on this day will be for this qualified worker. brilliant, but they may encounter many vicissitudes in their careers.| | They should be wisely guided and weill disciplined. (Copyright, 1941) —_— e — | | | | FOUNTAIN MAN—Man, single, age 25, high school graduate. Sev- eral years experience in soda foun- tain work, also fry cook and sand- wich work. Call for ES 254. — | National registration returns in- aska newspaper. dicate that Canada's populntiun ———— now exceeds 12,000,000 as against Try a classified ad in The Empire,| 10,376,788 in the 1931 census. .-’lllfllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IiifiIlIl- PHONE 374 GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY DAILY TRIPS COAL ——WO0OD LUMBER —— GROCERIES PHONE 374 "“SHORTY" WHITFIELD# -~ ~ |IIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIImlllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIM“HIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIII The Daily Alaska Empire has the | Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr agren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart — e » DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 | Dr. Judson Whittier | CHIROPRACTUR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 2-3-4. Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9-~Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 8 am. tc 6 pm. ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Collnge of Optometry and Opthatmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground ( The Charles W. 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