The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Emptre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HFLEN TROY BENDER - President R.L BERNARD - Vice-President and Business Manager stered in the Post 1 Juneau ss Second Class Matter. Eutercd SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $L25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, §12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; month, in advance, $1.25. ks ieribers will confer & favor if they will promptly not) the Business 2¢“7a of any fallure or Uregularity ‘& dne de livery of thelr papecs Telephones: News Uftice, 603, Bastaess Office, 3T4. MEMBER OF ASS{‘CIATED PRESS The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitied to the use foi 1 of all news dispatches credited to it or not ofher« ited in this paper and also the local news published Berein. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. " GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., tives, with offices in_San Prancisco, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. " SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Giibert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Buflding. Natjonal Newspape! Los Angeles, LRINGING YOU THE NEWS One day Kent Cooper, General Manager of The Associated Press, decided to throw his desk out of| office because people kept leaving things on it which he could conveniently tuck in a drawer. Now everybody who comes into his deskless office— and it's one of the busiest offices in the world— gets immediate action. This fact about the AP, and a great many others, are told in an article in the current issue of Forbes Magazine. The author, William Brooks, for- his mer Managing Director of The Associated Press of | sheds light on both the human | Great Britain, Ltd., and operation sides of the AP, Getting things done is a characteristic of the AP head. .He humanized the ultra-conservative— sometimes stodgy—news reports. He gave human breadth and background to the factual accounts. He expanded the financial services until today's AP| maket and financial quotation seivices are probably the most comprehensive and speedy reports of busl- ness activity. Foreseeing the quickening pace in store for busi- ness and general living, he re-routed the vast net- works of telegraph wires to operate more swiftly, efficiently and economically. He replaced the old-| time Morse sending keys on the telegraph circuits with modern, high-speed teleprinters. And he was the first to conceive the practica- bility of sending photographs directly into newspaper offices by leased wires, side-by-side with the news. It was this concern about the staff that led him to foster AP’s model pension plan years before Social Security ever was thought of as a government pro- ject. Recognizing that the swift, pace of newspaper and believing that the staff must have the security of mind which comes with provision for the future, he got that done. He improved wage standards, in- troduced shorter hours, vacations with pay, and sick | and death benefits. i : |ago: work caused men to slow up early in thier careers, B |of America; the Atlantic era has reached‘me height |om by war, American press associations and news agencies are virtually alone in reporting complete international news on a free, factual, non-partisan basis. And The AP, cooperative non-profit organiza- tion which supplies about 1,400 U, 8. newspapers and hundreds abroad, carries perhaps the biggest share of this burden of covering the world’s activities. Because it can draw on the resources of its member newspapers, AP’s direct expenditures are only a little more than $11,000,000 a year. Yet it has & leased wire network of 285,000 miles in this country alone’ It could muster a staff of 7,200, supplemented by the auxiliary army of editorial workers on member newspapers and affiliated news agencies in other countries. To produce the report of a single day approxi- mately 100,000 men and women contribute their ability and effort, directly or indirectly. Each 24 hours approximately 1,000,000 words pass over the AP wire network, It supports bureaus in virtually every capital and principal city in the world and has access to the news reports of 29 affiliated foreign news agencies. The Empire is proud to be a member of this world’s greatest news service. New Threats in the Pacific (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Any lingering hopes that Joseph Stalin might block further Nazi penetration of the Balkans is gone with the Bulgar-Turk treaty. The Stalin-Hitler pact opened the way for the invasion of Poland and the outbreak of World War II. Rissisn pressure on Turkey now makes it pos- ble for Hitler to rescue Mussolini in Albania, muscle Greece out of its victory and obtain new vantage points for an offensive against Britain in the Western Mediterranean. | And an economic accord between the Soviets and |Japan, now in the making, might result in a virtual partition of China and see the United States facing greatly augmented military threats to he Philippines and Alaska. It is the last development, now an imminent |likelihood, that holds the gravest possibilities for this country. The unsettled issues relating to Alaska salmon fisheries, the refusal of Japan to accede to interna- tional agreements restricting whaling and the recent announcement that the agreement prohibiting pe- lagic sealing will be discarded are among the signs ithat the Nipponese expect not merely to rule East |Asia, but to keep their flag dominant throughout H.he Pacific. Friction between Tokyo and Moscow prevmusly has restrained both powers in carrying out their |ambitions. The settlement of Mongolian border qssues. however, was followed in January by an agree- ment on fishery rights. If the general economic ,treaty now in the course of completion at Moscow, !is anywhere near as sweeping as reports indicate, |its consummation may prove the signal for world- {shaking Pacific developments. It is easy to understand, with this background, why the United States is moving to strengthen such outposts as Guam and Samoa, Even more important, in view of the likelihood of greater Japanese-Soviet collaboration in the Pa- cific, is the continued strengthening of Alaska, which |achieves new importance as the dominant outpost of |this hemisphere, and the further marshaling of air and naval forces in the Pacific Northwest. It was Theodore Roosevelt who said, many years ( | “The Mediterranean era died with the discovery of its development; the Pacific era, destined to be the greatest is just at the dawn.” And events now unfolding on both sides of the Pacific demonstrate anew the verity of that analy- 1941 MARCH SON T won T oe | wep [ wor [ 7 | R 1 5(6(7|8 12/13|14{18 ‘ 19|20 2 26|27 [ HAPPY BIRTHDAY | MARCH 5 R. H. Williams Sr. George Danner Geraldine Engel Helen Hildre George Carcavy William Zeih Mrs. Robert Livie Franklin F. Simpson Harry F. Loughran Mrs. T. F. Silver -————— HOROSCOPE | as Since foreign news channels have been blacked sis. ;lazhinglon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page Oue) fairly easy targets for air raids, so that vessels needing repair frequent- ly have been bombed a second time or even a third time and have to be paired all over again. Churchill also asked that the United States sell or lease “mos- to boats.” These are small, fast tor boats carrying torpedoes and ipped to lay depth charges, which the United States has been building at the rate of about one a week for some time. Churchill wanted them particular- ly to ward off Nazi invasion, when it comes. Virtually impossible to hit hecanse of their high speed—they can do 50 miles an hour—the mos- quito boats would be especially ef- fective against Nazi troop-ships and barges attempting to cross the Clzaunel, However, the mosquito boats which the United States is building are a little light for the choppy waters of the English Channel, and it is sig- nificant that the President already has ordered the redesigning of the stern of these boats in order to im- prove their balance. PEACE-HEALER FLYNN Suave Ed Flynn, Democratic Na- tional Chairman, is doing his best 1o unite warring factions of the Demo- cratic Party, which in some States threaten to wreck it. On his western trip Flynn told party chiefs: “We've all got to pitch in and build up the party organiza- tion. I'm willing to go to bat for Pederal patronage for you fellows, but I'm not going to deal with fac- tions.” In southern California. where the party is split in wide schisms, he proposed that each faction be rep- resented on a strategy board. Flynn is also trying to work out a joint committee of Democrats and Farmer-Laborites in Minnesota, and in Wisconsin of Democrats and Pro- gressives. Fly in the Wisconsin oint- ment is uncooperative Phil LaFol- lette, rabit isolationist and ex-Gov- | ernor. “MOTHERS’' CRUSADE” A loud and pushing mob of about 50 females stormed into the office | of Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois | during the debate on HR. 1776. Call- ing themselves members of the “Mothers’ Crusade” against that bill, they demanded an immediate inter- view. Senator Lucas agreed to see them but asked that the leaders be shown in first so he could learn the details of what they wanted. But Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, spokesman for the group, scorned the suggestion. “I don’t trust him, We'l all go in at once!” she fairly shouted. Senator Lucas finally emerged and offered to shake hands with each caller. However. when he came to Mrs. Dilling, author of the book which implies that the President and Mrs. Roosevelt are tools of Moscow, she spurned his hand and shouted accusations that inflamed the women. They hurled impreca- tions at Lucas in a deafening up- roar. One shouted: “You dirty dog!” Another: “We're laying for you and we'll get you when you come back to Illinois.” After several minutes of confusion Senator Lucas finally threw up his hands in desperation and returned to his inner office. NOTE: The “Mothers’ Crusade” was supposed to be an impromptu march upon Washington, but an editorial urging the march appear- ed in Father Coughlin’s magazine “Social Justice”; and the names and addresses of the march organizers in Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee also were printed. JESSE JONES OF HOUSTON One of the oddest events in this eventful town is the spectacle of Jesse Jones, of Houston, Texas, sending a man to Houston, Texas, to look the town over and bring back a report. Hearing that Jesse is going to build a tin smelter for imported ore, 15 of the 48 States have sent pro- moters to Washington to persuade the Secretary of Commerce that | their State provides the ideal loca- | tion.. | Jesse has made up his mind that |the Wset Coast and New England |are not suitable, but that leaves a wide field still open, with Philadel- phia and Baltimore two of the most persuasive contenders, Before he will give an answer to anybody, Jesse sends an engineer named G. Temple Bridgeman to | Houston, where Jesse owns pretty nearly half the town, where every- | body knows him and he knows ev- |about the port facilities, the, power facilities, the labor supply, and ev- erything else that could be a factor. But Jesse must send Mr. Bridge- man of San Francisco to Houston to tell him what Houston is like. After that, Jesse will decide whether to locate the smelter in Baltimore, Philadelphia—or Houston. MERRY-GO-ROUND Latest issue of the magazine “Na- tional Republican,” blithely ignores Wendell Willkie, but heaps four col- umns of praise on ex-Ambassador Joe Kennedy for his fight against the lease-lend bill. The magazine even has a few kind words for Nor- man Thomas, the Socialist candi- date, who also opposes the bill. . . . The FBI is advising all plants do- ing defensive work not to sell their waste paper but to destroy it. . . . Henry Wallace presides over the Senate from the opening at 12 until 1:30, then retires to the Vice-Presi- ient’s private office behind the Sen- ate chambers to lunch on orange juice and a cheese sandwich. . . . A local photographer makes a good business of selling cabinet-size pho- tographs of Mrs. Roosevelt at $5 each. The picture shows her in long-, train evening gown, standing in a recessed window of the White House . The new Japanese Ambassador, Admiral Nomura, made a hit at his tirst press conference. (Copyright, 1841, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska Novmeber 16, 1940 Notice is hereby given that Jack- son Howell has made application for 2 homesite, under the act of May 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 809) Anchorage serial No. 09641, for a tract of land described as Lot J of the Triangle Group of Homesites situated on the Glacier Highway approximately 12 miles northwest of Juneau, Plat of U. 8. Survey No. 2391, containing 4.08 aeres, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the district land office within the period of publication oy thirty le thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes. GEORGE A. LINGO, erybody. Furthermore, he knows all 1lqn P | f 4 First p tion, Ji ation, “The stars incline but do not compel” —_— 4 THURSDAY, MARCH 6 Adverse planetary aspects are active today which neverthelegs should be conducive to initiative and expansion among mercantile organizations. There is an ill omen which may affect government of- ficials, bankers and heads of big business. Heart and Home: Under this con- figuration mothers will be of great- est help if they concentrate upon| an optimistic point of view which| stimulates and encourages the sons and daughters of the nation. As| THE DAILY ALASKA EMP]RL', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1941, 20 YEARS AGO FHe BEMPIRE MARCH 5, 1921 The two-story huilding on Front Street, at this time occupied by the Boston Department Store, had again been leased by M. Michael and George E. Coury. proprietors, for another year. Sigurd Wallstedt was re-elected Dictator of Juneau Lodge, No. 700, Loyal Order of Moose, at the annual election the previous night. A. Rundall, painter gnd paperhanger, moved from the Brunswick | Building on Lower Front Street to a location on Second and Seward. H F. H. Maicolm, one of the managers of the Surplus U. S. Army and | Navy Stores, who had an agency in Ketchikan, was visiting in Juneau and | was making his headquarters at the Hotel Gastineau. F. W. Calflin, engineer for the Brinkley Company of Seattle, which had a contract for the erection of a coal handling plant at Anchorage, visited in Juneau while the Alameda was in port. Weather: Highest, 37; . B B S 0 Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon lowest. 31; rain, | | . ' WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “School takes up at nine | and lets out at three.” Say, “School BEGINS at nine o'clock and CLOSES | at three.” | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Loath (adjective); pronounce the TH ! as in WEALTH. Loathe (verb); pronounce the TH as in SMOOTH. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Euchre (card game). Pronounce u-ker. SYNONYMS: Manage, direct, conduct, govern, handle, engineer, superintend, manipulate. 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: FEASIBLE; capable of being done or effected; practicable, “It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions.’—Beaconsfield. - - - S MODERN ETIQUETTE * poperra rEE their world of gayety and pleasure vanishes, young folk are to learn| lessons of great future value to the nation, the seers foretell. Need for self-sacrifice and public serv-| ice will be recognized widely| through this historic springtime. | Business Affairs: As prosperity| extends from cities to villages pri-| vate industry will find dlfflcumo: because of the shortage of tramedw workers. Government wages will be | generous enough to lure away em-| ployees of long standing. Small| business will turn to girls and women for needed help and will| discover that efficiency distin- guishes most of the substitutes. Prosperity will assume new forms it encourages experiments in| novel lines of activity. Chemists and inventors are to contribute| much to synthetic manufactures. National Issues: Foreign policies will be severely criticized in Wash- ington by those who cannot see beyond the boundaries of the Unit- ed States, but there should be real progress in the effort to coordin- ate capital, labor and mdust-ry.l Foreign trends will conflict with| American points of view, but na- tional unity will be attained when| an incident of great potential danger illustrates our perils. Nep- tune is in an aspect presaging trouble over oil concessions or‘ transportation. | International Affairs: Dearth of| many important natural resources| will be felt in Europe where con- centration of supplies will be for- tunate for Germany and danger- ous for the peoples who have had\ to surrender whatever the Nazis coveted. Discontent among the con-l quered will increase and spread, as silent defiance continues to baf- fle Hitler's officers who are en- gaged in subduing the spirit as well as the body. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of| many unusual advantages and gen-| eral prosperity. Employees may have differences with their super- fors, Children born on this day prob-| ably will be inventive, resourceful and original. Ambitious and tal-| ented, they should reach success, especially in the arts. (Copyright, 1941) Your Income | | | Tax Refurns| The amount to be recovered by depreciation is the cost of the property, if acquired by purchase after February 28, 1913. If acquired by purchase prior to March 1, 1913, the basis is the cost of the property, less depreciation sus- tained prior to March 1, 1913, or the fair market value on March 1, 1913, whichever is greater. ‘The proper allowance for depre- ciation is that amount which should be set aside for the taxable year in accordance with a reason- ably consistent plan (not necessar- ily a uniform rate) whereby the ag- gregate amount so set aside, plus the salvage value, will at the end of the useful life of the property equal the cost or other basis of the property. The depreciation rate of a build- |cause of economic or other condi-| Q. If a young man deliberately breaks a date with a girl, without a plausible excuse, then asks her for another date, what should she do? A. Decline the invitation. Q. When someone compliments you on the suit or gown or hat you are wearing, what should you say? A. “Thank you” is sufficient. Q. Is it correct to answer a private telephone by saying “Hello"? A. Yes; that is the accepted form. et S S e b LOOK and LEAR e . < e e A C. GORDON 1. What organization of the Federal Government uses the motto “Certainty, Security. Celerity”? 2. How long was Jonah inside the great fish that swallowed him? 3. Who was the “Quaker Poet”? 4. What is “amour propre"? 5. What are words called that are spelled alike, but have different meanings? ANSWERS: The Post Office Department. Three days and three nights. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92). Self-esteem. Homographs. iat the time the building is com- pleted and capable of being used. Buildings under construction are not subject to a depreciation al-| | lowance. If it is clearly shown that, Most Smart Boys Put Off Weddings, be- ‘ tions, property must be abandoned Investigator Learns at a date prior to the end-of its | oy o 3 normal useful life, so that depre- INDIANAPOLIS, March 5.—John ciation deductions alone are 1nsuf-1 A. Mueller, director of special youth ficient to return the cost.or ozher‘ services of the city schools, decid- basis, a reasonable deduction for|eq to «investigate” 1,201 students obsolescence is permitted because,| wno were graduated in 1930. He in the opinion’ of the taxpayer, gound: (1) Only 37/percent, of boys: the property may become obsolete yno made “A” grades had married 84 “shmne Talny S0, | while 75 percent of those with “C” ;B R? | grades had wives; (2) Sixty-seven percent of girls with “A” aver- ages and 84 percent of those with “C” grades had married. Mueller explained that boys who made high grades went in for higher training and hadn’t got Try a classified ad in The Empire around to marrying, ATTENTION CARPENTERS Important meeting of Carpenters’ Local 2247 Thursday, March 7, 8 p.m. adv. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr ngren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewatt DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 | Dr. Judson Whittier | The Charles W. Carter| CHIROPRACTUR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-§ Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bidg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry ana Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Buflding—Room 7 Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—-MISSES® READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street TYPEWRITERS . Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford &'Co. “haiiston Gustomers Boston Ladies Train for War ing is not based upon the num- ber of years it will stand ?(on being condemned and on the number of years it will} re- main habitable or serviceab! the purpose for which If the taxpayer builds & " DR. H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:09 by appoinment, Archie B. Beiis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Bervice -‘Room 8, Valentine Buflding Phone 676 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. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month G in Scottish Rite Temple VERGNE L. HOKE, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. %X beginning at 7:30 p. m. "T-morrow’s Styles | Today” ‘ i | Juneau’s Own Store | e —— e — ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Post Office Subsiation NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” “The Stere for Men” SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Compiete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP "= 7 FINE Iluh and Jewelry Repairing vegy reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET — BOWLING Juneau Melody House Musie and Electrie Appliances Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone €5 BUY PROTECTION for Your Valuables SEE THE SHATTUCK AGENCY Office—New York Lite GMC TRUCKS Compare Them With All Others! 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