The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1941, Page 4

THE DAlLY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNDSDAY APRIL 2, 1941.° are energies advmtm:toual} uel of business as usual. We | to employ our on all thoug abar Alas Lu Emplr(’ | must stop making pretenses of avoiding the serious | nn'lkl TING (\-\x \\\' ptions incident to a war economy, and must BENDEE president | (ake the hard gravel road of inconvenience and wrifice Second Class Matter. Our position is rendered difficult by the fact| SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1 er month. that we are not at war. It has been doubly difficult | ot advance, $6.00; | UNtil rece itly because too many ef us have not been one me L unaded by the soundness of the program we have F sromptly motity p P e ; S i o Moty | ndertaken, Too many have answered, “No,” when Vil i e SR ced t} Ives the question: “Am I my| keeper MEMBER OF in effect that the answer ASSO( v‘nl‘n P bill say { to the use for The A ed Press is ¢ Tep el d 10 1% oF 1ot bther- s nation has a duty and a respon- | 2 J news published h tion to the course of world events| ds . ofere | LATION GUARA Y BE LARGER is all considerations of preference or| T OF ANY OT CATION profit to itself now the at principle needs every declaration of support of American patriot. British we must see that anything short| and most effective effort not only would y of us, but would be hazardous as well In 1917 and 1918 this nation succeeded in mak- 7 its war effort highly effective because the Ameri- unified as it had never been before, It had been persuaded by our political leadership that the outcome of the war was a matter of the concern to us and that nothing counted se of action that would bring Representa- Portland, | y Like f our hearted the . 1011 best n public or since greatest but the cour earliest possible successful conclusion. It is something of that psychology that we need today. Any reasonable course of action, whether| | ation to industrial mobilization, or its financing, | | to recreate it would pay generous divi-| As expressed it in the hearings on lend-lease bill, our current weakness is not of| of resources but “of the spirit.” can do somecthing to reinforce us The schools, the churches, the civic organizations; in fact, every force of free public binion in the entire nation needs now to be mobil- ed for this at task Here is a direction in which everyone can do his| it to the in rela | that tended lends someone he | materials or Every patriot this vital at con- point ection are their restated hi o} administ yor his op- bit i 1 will have upon it g NN e em & mem- Man’s (.redle\l Creation ) other, our good ST | mate of John Mc- Cotls Lhoue ! The dream of a thousand men has been ful- Juneaws civie official. | lled. Grand Coulee Dam has begun to produce| 3 i S g saRl e power. One of the greatest of all man’s creations pay o g o proper balance for an- (pe greatest, according to many enthusiasts—is com- gRIEL your 08 oo progressive administra- | ing into fruition tion of the City Irs It is true the beginning is modest. Production/ To vict Mayor Lucas, Councilmen Fager- | of clectricity as yet is restricted by the small size of | son, Me T mic Niny and Parsons and hool | the generators installed. Later, there will be enor- Director Walter Scolt, Juneau extends its congratu- mous machines. Then will come the pumping of lations and its trust. To the losers Juneau compli- Wwater into a giant storage basin for subsequent re-| ment e yood Josers and assures them |lease, in a life-giving flood, throughout the Big that it is thr 1 such constructive opposition asBend country theirs that good government is maintained | One can only guess what effect, if any, this re-| Now lets all pull together for a bigger and €8s of Columbia River floods on a dry land will| Bettar Juneau have on the weather of the entire Pacific Northwest The thought is entertained that evaporation from 2 the great length of the irrigation ditches will bring WEAKNESS OF THE SPIRIT much more rain than formerly. | Whether this results will be immaterial. Irriga- } One day t week a London dispatch to Ameri- |ton will supply steady streams of water to thirsty | o e rted that “more than 50 British | [1€105. furnishing the moisture needed to assure steady | trie e required to concentrate their manu- | X295 for a population estimated to number up lnw. 300,000, 400,000, even 500,000 people. Somewhere in . aring in a few plants and to t Al the others : i . 1 y i that domain there will be a number of prosperous | T pie . Fer, cities, now sun-dried but destined to become among Amon industries affected are textiles, shoes, ' the most important contributors to Washington's pottery, furniture phones—all typical “con- | wealth, products we know them. Up to now All this is looking ahead a little. For a time, d been operating under war regu- we shall be content with electrical output on a small lir roduction and rationing materials. scale. Grand Coulee now is beginning to produce « 1ave been tailed, but their and America’s greatest irrigation project is on its plar and faciliti and labor supplies have not| Way to eventual completion. been fully employed — e Thi step in putting the British economy Revenge? on a war b; ng ur 1ken without compul- 3 % sion on the of the government. Industrial (Philadelphia Record) e tties x PRkl g e They had to lose a war to get the chance, but Sard o Jearn how they may contribute FrEUCh radio listeners are now getting revenge on e " " unpopular crooners, comedians, et al. Because of 0 (218, 0mIon ioal have been asked to “ra- restrictions, three-fourths of the radio stations in tlonalize” their operations to the end that more in- | ypoccupied France are closed. So a jury is now dustrial plants and more skilled labor will be released | meeting in Vichy listening to professional enter- for the production of defense materials. tainers and deciding which ones will be allowed to There is a-lesson for us in this cooperation, If broadcast. H {o picture is not only the armed peasants whose hoes and wafihlflgmn serb peasants, but the “Comitadjii,” pitchforks protruded as if they Me"y_ | bandit warriors who have truck ter- were weapons. ; ror into the hearts of corrupt Bal- Then, calling the Austrian com- | Go_Round | kan politician for half a century. mander ou} o; the gity, Kosto de- | Literally translated, a Comitadji Manded his immediate surrender, lis a “committee of one” who ap- €Xplaining that he had a large army advancing behind but wanted to spare civilian lives in the city. So (Condnued from Page Oue) oints himself to rectify the wrongs of his country or his commu f = clerk didn't know what to do and \ded together into “Comitadjii,” the Austrians, uncertain as to what for weeks kept silent. But, final 1ey played a potent role in the last Was happening on the remainder of the then crumbling war front, evac- he decided that i war.. And if the famed British mili- as his patriotic | | war, {as in manufactured products. 1941 I 1941 APRIL THAPPY BIRTHDAY | s e APRIL 2 Mrs. Joe Campbell Harold Palmer W T. Gilpatrick F. W. Gilman Stacy Howland C. R. McCarty Mrs. F. D. Maxwell Mrs. Hazel McCaughman HOROSCOPE “The stars incline | but do not compel” [ CREO UG E L THURSDAY, APRIL 3 This is not an important day in planetary direction, but an evil as- pect is defnite in the horoscope., Neptune is in strong adverse sway Some danger on the high seas is in- dicated. | Heart and Home: Progrens in clear foresight should be evident in families where there is high in- telligence. Under this configuration women should profit by wise pre- cience. With the nation close to early economies are recom- mended. Interest in home-making will be unusually strong thisspring Uncertainty of the future will cause a desire to make much of present opportunities to enjoy safe havens * |from the world’s tribulations. Business Affair Mining. will en- gage attention in a greater degree than in recent years. The hunt for rare minerals will be scientific and successful. Prosperity will' assume novel forms and will be attained through unusual sources. Trade will be active in raw materials as well The Western Hemisphere will demon- strate its economic independence| and will profit greatly as a result of Europe’s paralyzed industries. National Issues: As Britain's ex- treme danger is fully undersicod there will be united sentiment, in the United States for the fu possible aid, although isolationists 1l continue a show of opposifion. Increasing nwmbers of unfos ! incidents in which the nation los men, ships or property will jpre early entrance imto the ‘second World War. Americans of highest qualifications will assume respon- sible positions as the Federal gov- erases all political party Vit st srnment lines. International Affairs: Astrologers who designate the present World War as Plutonian in its major| trends, foretell strange effects due to the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. They foresee peace propo-| sitions and prophesy the rise of Russia into great power after im- portant changes are made in the Soviet system of government. The| greatest modifications will not be wrent before 1942 and a Kussia may emerge in 1943. Persons whose birthdate have the augury of a year of favor able fortunes. There may be a tempted frauds which will cause| litigation, | Children born on this day pro‘nwl ably will be fortunate in their| careers, for they should be exceed- ingly gifted and energetic. I ‘Cupyrighl, 1941) 'National Defense new | | is 20 YEARS AGO FY Yuping e ) APRIL 2, 1921 A total of 970 residents of Juneau registered for the election which was to be held. It was 90 over the registration of the previous year, Mr. and Mrs. William Craig won the prize waltz at the jitney dance. A handsome ivory jewel box and a stick pin were the prizes. Complimentary to John and Elliott Fremming, Mr. and Mrs. Max Pitshmann entertained a number of people of Juneau at a dancing party at the Roselle Studio. H. O. Adams, former Assistant City Wharfinger, was returning here on the Northwestern after spending the winter in California. Capt. George H. Whitney and John Newmarker, U. S. Steamboat | Inspectors, left on the Alameda for Ketchikan, E. S. Hewitt left on the Alameda for a business trip to Ketchikan jand was expected to go as far as Hyder. The Spring term of the school at Perseverance convened with Miss Ida Smith in charge. W. C. Biard, traveling man, was a passenger on the Alameda from the Westward for Seattle. The annual snowslide of the Silver Bow Basin came tearing down Icy Gulch. No harm was done by the big body of snow piled up before reaching a level spot near the baseball grounds. Weather: Highest, 42; lowest, 37; partly cloudy. 0 . T < - < O 2 Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corbox - - - < P - - -0 S > o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “She is adapted to the work.” Say, “She is adapted FOR the work. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Coiffure. Pronounce kwa-fur, ARM, U as in CUBE, accent on second syllable. OFT MISSPELLED: Potatoes; OES. Tobaccos; OS. SYNONYMS: Join, combine, unite, consolidate, amalgamate. 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: MINIMIZE; to reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible. “He did not minimize the dangers that undoubtedly would beset his travels.” A as in S MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprgra 1EE SECESES—— } oo Q. Is it necessary to repeat the person’s name when being intro- duced? A. No. “How do you do” is sufficient. Q Isit v to have a train on a white satin wedding dress? : T i te made with or without a train, depending upon the fo lity of the wedding. Q. 5 it all right to use ruled paper for school correspondence? A. No; if there is trouble in writing a straight line, buy the black- ruled paper which fits under the notepaper and envelopes. These are called guides and can be purchased in any stationery store. T ] mmm by LOOK and LEAR A' C. GORDON PRI 1. How much does an adult human brain weigh? 2. Which is the better poker hand, a full house or a flush? 3. What is the meaning of the French phrase “entre nous"? 4. Of what State was Will Rogers a native son? 5. How long does a camel travel on the desert without a drink? ANSWERS: & . The average is 3.1 pounds. 2. Full house. 3. Between ourselves; confidentially. 4. Oklahoma. 5 5. Camels are expected to carry their loads about 25 miles a day for three days without drinking. | HELP AN Program Going fo | ALASKAN | | Be Inve“lga'ed Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial WASHINGTON, April 2—By an Employment Service for this qualified worker. overwhelming vote, the House t day directed its Naval and Mili-| tary Committees to make separate| 2D, \investigations of the National De-!ness college education. One year of \ | | STENOGRAPHER—Young wom- age 20, high scheool and busi- | Drs. Kaser and l Freeburger DENTISTS Bl agren Building PHONE 56 — Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Clfice Phone 469 | Dr. Judson Whittier CRIROPRACTUR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 | Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 ——————— ey Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, — — | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Collge of Optometry and i Opthaimology | | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground ( —e I ——————— Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sta. PHONE 126 B e S AR —_—mm—mm—— | Jones-Stevens Shop i LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Qeward Street Near Thma L —— —_— JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING — % L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS ! Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worr B.Mlad“g\uwmeu" v DR. H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 6; 17 to 8:00 by appoinment, Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 S R b GG R e s, ——— . Archie B. Betis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT DireCtory Professional Fraterhal Societies Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers welcome. H. E. SIM- MONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. D o i SRR D 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 Sivles Today” Juneau’s Own Store ' h—-‘_— "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. R S S Post Office Substation NOW LOCATED AT ! HARRY RACE | DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” i “The Stere for Men™ SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Rldg. By You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewelry Repalring at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET - | BOWLING | Brunswick Bowling Alleys RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 —_— % BUY PROTECTION for Your Valuables SEE THE space has cost the Social Security | |fense program and file reports of practical office experience in steno- ated the city. oer fheroly and Railroad Retirement Boards the | their findings. | gmphk: Siitie, Ol lop K5 200 tary intelligence was up to its old Audl Cables from Belgrade report that udits Taxes information and duty to report his told the story to his boss who went andards, the Comitadjii of south handsome new tunnel-joined build- |~ — Kosto Petchanatz is now mobilizing a Comitadjii army to do battle against both the Nazis and the Bel- grade government. bia would have taken measures into their own hands regarding the Cvetkoviteh Cabinet long before it ot DR d the Axis pact. NAVY MYSTERY - During those rare periods of Bal- Meanwhile, the Navy Department | B wraking dn & thvetoryicwnioh !P an peace, Comitadjii act as south G . - European versions of Robin Hood, he latter to the Dies comn immediately put DIZZY QUARTERS The tremendous expansion of de- ings that were erected to quarter their large staffs. Covering two | blocks of space, the buildings were | completed last month, but the two | agencies voluntarily gave them up | for the duration of the emergency, | Sprmg Is Here All nght' Systems Bookkeeping | - Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 i SHATTUCK AGENCY Office—New York Life Window Cleaning it is keeping very shu sh fense activities the last few months | t0 provide office space for the con- H [ burning the hay stacks of dominee: s n“g m A night guard making his ounds | o e o e et DS sprawled already overblown gov- |stantly expanding Defeuse Com- | P Soficed & beam' of light in room | s S let. ernment offices in Washington into [Mission. Nine thousand employees | ing them to a baptism of bullets, cdn ha GAkER iare of th { S s Ulles are . & kst some unusual places. an be n care of in the two but at other times occupying rela- it o A buildings. guard quic oper I g s ¥ An old skating rink has been h | tive pectable positions in the Two other buildings to be fin- found a n rummagir leased to house 200 Alien Registra- | community. tion employees; a department store the cabinet ished this spring also will help re- | GMC TRUCKS 4 Near the Albanian-Montenegrin ya . i vi lieve the shortage. They ihe | Like all governme bu £ warehouse, formerly filled with fur- ge. 'y are e 4 PR & s e border, where one of the Merry-Go= yjure, now quarters 2300 War De- | War Department’s new home, the Compare Them With All olhe"! B iciver and carried & whistle Rounders was stationed after the partment and Census clerks; and a | first individual one in its history, with | | p But instead of sei s intrudery, | Avmistice, Serbian officials tearful- 45 grocery warehouse was cleared | SPace for 1,100 workers, and General | *i o v . fly sought transportation in the ,f eanned o s g Accounting Office Building No. 2, | the guard slamme door d of canned goods and banana sup- g No. 2, i ' et all ‘the P trucks of American relief workers plies to make room for 700 other |Providing room for 5.000. PRICE APPEARANCE ECON MY ks e whenever they had to travel through v, " A new wing on the Navy Buildi room on the first wuted War De tment employees. 'y Building to the officer on the countryside. And at night, $er- phe mass influx of government';and a fourth-floor addition on it | DUB‘ABILITY “There ymeone upslairs looking | AN gendarmes, stationed out on workers is much bigger than dur- |and the adjoining Munitions Build- N es i he plains, locked themselves be- & . & .t ing will afford space for still - at files with a flashlight! Wha ¢ ¥ "~ ing the preparedness stage of the |ing still an: 0Rs M Tol‘ Co shall I do? hind a combination of bm!wd-\\uv World War. From 1916 to 1917, Fed- |other 4,500. And the historie Old‘ C“N‘N “ ® The officers and another guard | chtanglemer mud - walls — and o) employment in the Capital rose | Belasco Theatre, on Jackson Square | PRONE 411 Bl offocel 4 blockades of pointed timbers in fear g, 5 477 3 ite the White Hous > | - rushed to the plane room, but it el g from 35,477 to 41,417—approximately | OPposite the White House, one of the | was empty. They found only some | °f @ dread Comitadjii raid 6.000. Since last May the increase |first fire-proof play houses built in | opened cabinets and pape Many of the Comitadjii became s been more than quadruple this | the country, which the government | on the floor. A search of ihe Dational heroes, probably the fore- amount, jumping from 130937 to |bought last year, is being hastily | CAPITAL—$50,000 building also proved fruitle 1wost being Kosto Petchanatz, whose oyer 155000, This is more than |converted into offices to take care 5,000 mysterious prowler had van- !ame has been featured in the cable double the 10,000 increase estimated | Of the Treasury’s overflow SURPLUS—S$12 patches from Belgrade this week. by the Civil Service Commission.| NOTE: Because of the shortage | * The next day a check showed that s last name Petchanatz, means And scores of new workers are being [0f office facilities the average . Nla are mtasing. Official man from Petch,” and was giv- [added to the rolls daily. square-footage alllotted per worker | | COMMERCIAL AND 1 ter he captured the Al- > reas ice | has been reduced from 100 to 85. | ¢ the intruder must have im after I One reason for the crowded office . cess to the building durin Viontenegrin city of Petch | conditions is the policy of erecting | (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature SAVINGS ACCOUNTS time and hid until ¢ > Austrians in 1918, only permanent government build- Syndicate, Tnc.) s still leaves unexplained hoy Serbian legend has it that he ac-!ings in Washington. During the F in and out, since the build plished this capture with only | World War, the city was plastered | «— — SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES puarded with admittance and exit seven a d men. The story, of with many unsightly temporary bar- zm\ by special pass. rse, has not diminished in the | rack-like structures. Under the rule || SANITARY PLUMBING and €0 far, only upshot of the incident telling. What happened that | laid down by the late Treasury Sec- HEATING COMPANY " First Natl“nal Bank is that the bumbling guard has been Kosto advanced upon the city with | retary Andrew Mellon such “hot- W. J. NIEMI, Owner We don’t know how this happened, or why. Perhaps thefldven - o fired latively small band of men, but dog stands,” as they were known, “Let your plumbing worry be spring had something to do.with it. A}'l‘y}"y&m;:"d"'g‘::w J U N E A U A L A s x A WATCH THE COMITADIII the underbrush on each | were banned. Quin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., seeves as the landing " of he road a horde of un-| The The thing to watch in the h pressing need for defense our worry.” PHONE 188 sonie fly. x