The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, MELEN TROY BENDER - - - - - R. L. BERNARD - = Vice-President and Business Entered 1n the Post Office in Juneau ns Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates Prestdent Manager One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- lUvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein " ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARAN THAN THAT OF ANY OTHEI GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc.. National Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in_Ban Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston " BEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building SHIPPING CRISIS “In no sphere of our war effort is the help which the United States can give us under the lease-lend legislation more urgent than that of ship- ping.” This statement is issued by the British as it is announced in London a mission is to be sent imme- diately to discuss the forms shipping assistance may take. At first blush it appears that this country under terms of the new legislation is stopped from effec- tive aid in merchant shipping where, at the moment, aid appears most imperative. Lease-lend legislation does not repeal the provision of the neutrality act which closes to American merchant ships all combat areas, Nevertheless the possibilities in the direction of shipping assistance are very great. Under the terms of the act the President is emplowered to acquire un- limited commitments for new construction. Con- ceivably he may be able to use the powers of his office to speed up construction on ships for which contracts have already been let. With respect to merchant ships interned American waters since the outbreak of the war, a delicate situation exists. It is almost inconceivable that the Washington government would allow these shipping facilities to remain idle if it were actively engaged in the war as a belligerent. Whether it will be able to find sound justification under exist- ing policy for placing them at the disposal of the British is the subject of a good deal of speculation. The ultimate answer is likely to be determined by the necessities of the situation in the months imme- diately ahead. It was the judgment of many who voted for the aid-to-Britain legislation that it should not author- ize the use of the Navy in the convoy service. A provision of the act accordingly states that it does not authorize “convoying of vessels by naval vessels of the United States.” But as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy the President without regard to lease-lend legislation may send the Navy anywhere he chooses. At this juncture its employment in the convoy serv- ice is unlikely, but nevertheless possible. Quite outside the provisions of the recently en- acted aid measure is a possible means of shipping assistance long under consideration. American merchant ships as far as they are available may be substituted for British in services other than the combat area and British merchant- men thus released for the transportation of American in| | supplies to the British Isles. The difficulty in this connection is that American tonnage is relatively Published every evening except Sunday by the !bmflll: it is needed, moreover, and is likely to be needed in inceasing measure, in the services in which it is already employed. It is doubtless the desire of the Washington government to adopt a policy with respect to ship- ping that will precipitate no incident likely to in- volve us directly in the war. But the fact remains that our industrial mobilization which is progressing satisfactorily will go for naught if the sea lanes are not kept open. | If the use of the American Navy becomes nec- essary to keep them open, either by direct convoys or by transfer of more naval vessels to the British, there can be no question of the course we should pursue, Canada’s War Effort | (Cincinnati Enquirer) Some conception of the extent of the Canadian Government’s war effort, which is not generally ap- preciated, may be derived from tne announcement | that our northern neighbor plans to spend a mini- mum of $1,500,000,000 in the coming fiscal year to | help Britain in her fight against aggression. This is a staggering sum, considering Canada’s population |and industrial development. In addition to serving as the Empire’s pilot ;lrnmlng center, Canada rapidly is assuming impor- |tance as a shipbuilding center. Starting the war | with fewer than 1,500 shipyard workers, she now has | more than 20000 men employed in 40 yards. Keels |of 104 steel ships and 380 wooden ships have been |laid down since the war began. Guns, too, are being produced in ever-increasing [numbers. Fourteen types of guns and 10 types of 'carringes or mountings are under manufacture. One Canadian plant, now far ahead of schedule, soon |is expected to have the largest output of any auto- | matic gun plant in the world. This development is remarkable in that before the war Canada never had manufactured any firearms except rifles. | Canada’s production of machine tools is reported |to have increased more than 800 percent, although | additional quantities will be needed if production schedules on weapons and ammunition are to be maintained. i The Dominion's function as a supplier of essen- tial raw materials always has been, and of course re- | mains, extremely important. The production of zinc, | copper, aluminum, nickel, and lead has been steppec up. Canada’s minerai production in 1940 was valued at $529,180,000, representing an increase of 11 percent over 1939, and constituting an all-time record. | These facts indicate the degree of error which |characterizes the statements of some, particularly ‘mtter isolationists, that Canada is doing nothing |while America is expected to do everything to help |Britain. Canada cannot match the United States in industrial power, but the Dominion’s effort has | been unstinted and her accomplishments impressive Whirlwind or Catalogue? | (New York Times) | We trust it is not unpatriotic to say that ir | the matter of finding good names for fighting planes | the British have it all over us. Picking here anc |there in a recent little article, we learn that the British call a certain American machine Lightning and we call it Lockheed P-38, A plane which we call Consolidated B-24 they call Liberator. They |say Catalina where we say Consolidated PBY-5. As for their own machines, who has failed to be thrillec by the mere sound—Tornado, Whirlwind, Spitfire | Defiant? On- the other hand, think of Americans going forth to batile ror freedom and human rights in Consolidated PBY-5's. Psychologically our own pedantic system of nam- ing the planes is bad, because pedantry is a game at which the Germans, with their laboriousness system and discipine can beat us. Against our Con- solidated PBY-5 they can probably turn out a Junke: 7TUVB%(K)X(3). We are beaten before we start. | But when democracy takes the air in Defiants, Liber- ]awrs. Tornados and Airacobras, it is the human soul against the German machine. { All Europe is having to take sides this spring The remaining neutrals must choose whether to hate Hitler from within or without. Hitler prepared for this war by asking his people to give up butter for guns. He is carrying it on by buttering other people to give up their guns. Haywood happens to be a hench-‘wcroufily opposed by New Deai Demo- Wathington K Merry- man of John L. Lewis and was onc:crat.s on the ground that he was of the few CIO leaders who followed | anti-Roosevelt in the last campaign his lead in bolting to Willkie. Though | (though he worked for Roosevelt in not a left-winger, Haywood has gone along with Lewis in playing ball with ‘thr‘ “party line” boys. (Oontinued from Page Oue) | However, Harry Bates, head of the T e ‘Bl’xrklayers. pledged the “fullest sup- opinion, which recalied how Ameri-|port” of the craft unions and told can entrance into the last war had | Roosevelt he could count on the AFL turned the tables. {‘ror the mediation board plan. “We realize our responsibility to |keep moving at the fastest possible CAPITAL CHAFF | pace at this critical time, Mr. Presi- At the left on his desk, Vice Pre- | jant» Bates said. “We know you sident Henry Wallace has a tele-| i) see to it that the rights of la- phone which communicates directly | hor gre protected, Go-Round with the White House. .No less than three secretaries — a light| blonde, and a brunette—take steno- | grahic notes of every word said at| Steve Early’s daily press conference eers, speaking for the Brotherhoods, ' ... .At the dinner given by the White House Correspondents, six Secret Service men were seated near the President. . . Many a government clerk knows the Supreme Court| chiefly as an eating place. Its cafe- | teria, below the court room, serves 7500 persons a month . . . .Most popular government cafeteria is in the New Interior building, serving 92,000 meals a month, . . .J. Edgar Hoover and Norman Davis are re- gular clients of a cafeteria near the State Department. CIO PROTEST | Phil Murray's blast at the defense | labor mediation board wasn't the | only CIO squawk registered that day i against the Administration’s efforts to avert costly tie-ups in defense | production. A few hours earlier, Al- | an Haywood, CIO director of or-| ganization, voiced similar sentiments directly to the President at the White House conference with members of Sidney Hillman's Advisory Commit- tee. The committee consists of AFL, CIO, and Railway Brotherhood lead- ers, and had gone to the White House for an informal chat on the defense program. The meeting was quite cordial until Haywood tossed his brickbat. | and you can de- pend on us to back you up 100 per cent in this plan to prevent inter- ruptions of work.” Al Johnson of the Railway Engin- echoed Bates' words. But not Hay- wood. “The CIO,” he said, “has a compli- cated task in protecting the interests of its huge membership in the big industrial plants. We want to co- operate, but we don't think this mediat on plan will work because of the restraints it imposes on la- bor.” “In other words,” remarked Roose- velt with a quiet smile, “you will cooperate, but, , . . OHIO POLITICS John Biggers, potent Toledo glass manufacturer now drawing $1 a vear with the National Defense Commission, is getting the reputa- tion in political circles of aspiring to the role once held by Walter “High-Hat” Brown, Hoover's Post- master General, also from Toledo. Biggers, a Republican, not only is playing an important role in the De- fense Commission (where he is fre- quently at odds with the New Deal), but more recently has dipped one hand into Democratic politics. His latest move is to push the appoint- ment of an old friend, Frazier Reams of Toledo, a Democrat, for appoint- ment as Collector of Interna! Reven- ue in northwest Ohio. Ream’s appointment is heing vig- 1936), also just because he has the backing of Republican Biggers. They point out that if Reams gets the | powerful job of Collector of Internal |Revenue, an anti-New Dealer will then have a near monoply on im- portant political posts in the Toledo area. For Reams' law partner already has been made a United States Com- missioner, while his law office hand- les a large part of the legal work i for the Home Owners’ Loan Corpor- |ation and other federal agencies in |this part of Ohio. Finally, Reams | radio license and is owner of a radic station. The Treasury Department is wel} known to favor the appointment of writer with The Toledo Blade and News-Bee, for the Internal Revenue post. Therefore, all eyes are watch- ing the appointment to see whether Republican Biggers or the New Deal- ers win out in this test, (Copyright, 1941, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) ———-—— HEALTH NURSES BEGIN MEETINGS JUNEAU TODAY Governor Stresses Increas- i ed Need for Public Health Services With Territorial Health Commis- sioner Dr. W. W. Council Presiding |the nurses institute was opened this forenoon in the Territorial Building with reading of an address nf welcome by Gov, Ernest Gruen- Gov, Gruening stated that grave J 1941 MARCH 19a {'S0% T won | 7o | wep | om | | [sar | L 48 1112 18(19 ‘ 34l25/26|27|28 e oo oo e an o ame e MARCH 24 Minnie Goldstein A. R. Edwards Moris Tonsgard Phillip Nowell Buddy Mogseth Ennis White Thomas White Sarah Tracy Druley Martha Ann Carmichael Elaine Arnold H. W. Gieske | Edward Thomasen Mrs. Howard Day HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ——— TUESDAY, MARCH 25 Benefic aspects rule today, which | should be fortunate for reaching| agreements and signing contracts| or leases. Labor is well directed and should obtain just demands. | Heart and Home: The stars again| encourage household tasks. New in-| ventions will contribute labor-sav- ng devices. In the changing order of things, domestic routine and cus- toms will be simplified. The Amer- ican servant, long a vanishing agent in housekeeping, is to dis-| appear except in families of great wealth. Since wealth is to melt rapidly under taxes and other de-| pleting mediums, housemaids will become scarcer each year. Business Affairs: Prosperity will| extend to persons of all classes as| zovernment money filters through many important industries. While| there will be much careless and| reckless spending, principles of | sound economics will be advocat- ed by newspapers and radio. Lead-| ers with foresight will encourage! communities to become self-sup- sorting, so that emergencies may find them independent. Thrift, long preached by the seers, should be| emphasized. | Natignal Issues: Secret infor-| mation in Washington will cause the speeding up of defense meas-| ures. The stars presage unexpected | iangers, and surprise will continue to be employed by the Axis power: The importance of overcoming foolish fears is stressed by those who read the stars. The nation is to be tested, according to threaten-' ing portents, but it must be ready to meet every peril. Women as well as men must prepare for pub-| lic service. It is perilous indeed to belong to the most fortunate and most envied nation in the world. | International Affairs: Canada is to benefit greatly through . the| strong character of the Governor General, the Earl of Athlone. Strong mentally and physically, the head of the Dominion is subject to promising aspects. In the next three years, astrologers announce that his progressed Moon will make| five splendid aspects. Only one ad-| serse influence is discerned, al- chough there will be frequent causes for anxiety in the progress of the war. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of ad- vancement. Changes and travel are indicated for young men. | | | | | | | Children born on this day prob-| ably will be keen mentally and| possessors of unusual talents. Seci- entists, writers and painters belong to this fire sign. (Copyright, 1941) oroblems relating to public health now confront Alaska, which is sud- lenly faced, owing to national de- fense, with a marked increase in himself has been given an important | population. “No one is better able than the oublic health nurse to note the needs and requirements of her commun- ty,” the GoverngQr said, continuing, Ralph Snyder, a former editor and| ‘We need an improvement in all cinds of health—public health in the largest sense of all—which is a ;ombination not merely of physical nealth, but of mental health, moral 1ealth, economic, social and polit~ cal health.” Dr. Courtney Smith, Assistant Territorial Director of Health, gave a review of the Territorial Health program; Dr. Langdon White out- uned the Office of Indian Affairs medical program and Mary D. Forbes, Public Health Nursing Con- sultant, U. 8. Public Health Ser- ice, discussed Maternal and Child Health Services at this forenoon’s! session. The program for the aft-— included a discussion of Publig Health Objectives 1n Alaosa by —.. Courtney Smith; a talk on con- senital deformities and their treat- ment by Dr. Edward LeCocq and a liscussion of Public Health Nurses' ‘esponsibilities in orthopedic cases by Mrs. Jane Brown. Breakfast conferences are the first activity of tomorrow’s scssions, Mrs. Mary Keith Cauthorne will lead‘the discussion for the Territorial Nurs- es and Miss Bertha Tiber wil ak at the Office of Indian Affairs breakfast, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1941. | McNeill and Libby Co. | Greville. [ LOOK and LEARN 20 YEARS AGO 7 Enrrre E. M. Axelson, United States Commissioner at Yakutat, arrived here from Taku Harbor, after reaching there on the Libby Maine, of the Libby, E. A. Sherman, barber employed at the Pioneer Shop, was to leave for Sitka where he was to operate his own shop. Miss E. C. Wahlgren was to leave on the City of Seattle enroute to her old home in Dixon, Ill., where she was to spend several months. Joseph H. Jones, who had been in charge of mining operations at William Henry Bay for the Alaska Endicott Mining Company while the superintendent was on a visit in the States, was to leave on the City of Seattle for Sitka to spend several days at the Goddard Hot Springs. Joseph J. F. Ward, U. S. Commissioner at Skagway, arrived here on the Estebeth on a business trip. J. C. Murphy, former Attorney General for Alaska, was to leave on the Alameda for Anchorage where he was to re-engage in the prac- tice of law in the partnership with John F. Coffey, who had resigned as Assistant United States Attorney with headquarters at Ketchikan. James Chapados, foreman of the Chichagof mine, arrived here on the Ambassador. Weather: Highest, 36; lowest, 34; snow. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon s i e el b s S bt by | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He acts friendly.” FRIEND- LY is an adjective, and not an adverb. Say, “He acts in a FRIENDLY MANNER.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Froth. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Born (brought into life.) supported; conveyed). SYNONYMS: Lasting, permanent, durable, stable. 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: SERVILE; of or pertaining te a slave or slaves. “I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of another.”— Pronounce the O as in SOFT. Borne (carried; e e e - e O S, i MODERN ETIQUETTE * goprrra rEE - e - - S e 4 Q. When making a social call and you find your hostess just ready to leave her home, what should you do? A. Go in if the hostess insists, but do not stay longer than ten minutes Q. When a girl is offered a cocktail in a crowd, but does not drink, what should she do? A. 8 “No, thank you,” but graciously. It isn’t necessary to add that you do not drink, nor should one ever accept merely to please the others. Q. Should a girl light a man's arette for nim? A. If she has just lit her own and the match is still burning, it is all right. Otherwise, he should light hers. by A. C. GORDON: 1. How many players would you need for a game of (a) basketball (b) ice-hockey (c) football (d) soccer (e) polo (f) baseball? 2. At approximately what age does a child begin to walk? 3. What is the time difference between New York and Los An- geles? 4. 5. ‘Who wrote “The Winning of Barbara Worth?” What is a gourmand? ANSWERS: (a) 10, (b) 12, () 22, (d) 22, (e) 8, (f) 18, Between the ages of ten and fifteen months. . Three hours; when it is 10 A. M. in New York it is 7 A. M. in Los Angeles. 4. Harold Bell Wright. 5. One who delights in luxurious food. FIFTH AVE. SKI TRAIL i ’;\/, bl Mr. and Mrs. W. Richmond Bradshaw discovered a new ski trail as New York was blanketed by the heaviest snowfall in several years. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blrvgren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST | 20TH CENTURY BUILDING | Gffice Phone 469 M—— | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTUR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: § am. to 6 pm, ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry ana Opthalmology | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground b il N it Helene W. Albrecht | PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 (The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin PHONE 136 Sts. — L. C. Smith and Corona i TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers welcome. H. E. SIM- MONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. T e AL STV 1T LS STl MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month » in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. VERGNE L. HOKE, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. “T-morrow's Styles | Today” l Halvor ! Juneau’s Own Store "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CoO. S R T Ty Post Office Substation NOW LOCATED AT | HARRY RACE | DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” “The Stere for Men™ SABIN’S | Front St.—Triangle Rldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP {7~ FIONE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET BOWLING J. B. Burford & Co. Worr by mers” Doorstep Is Satistied Custol DR. H. VANCE free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appoinment. Gastinean Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 ) e R e e e, Archie B. Belis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Taxes Systems Bookkeeping Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 BRCA Victor Radios and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 for Your Valuables SEE THE SHATTUCK AGENCY Oftfice—New York Life ' BUY PROTECTION Window Cleaning PHONE 485 GMC TRUCKS Compare Them With All Others! PRICE - APPEARANCE - ECONOMY CONNORS MOTOR CO. PHONE 411 CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$125.000 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank Here the couple glide along the canyon that is Fifth Avenue at 55th - JUNEAU—ALASKA ot