The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1941, Page 4

" Dail y Alaska Em plre d every evening except Sunday by the MPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, MELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD - - ]bv made avallablc to Amerlcnn air force under their mutual defense treaty, our battle front would be extended from the State of Washington to Alaska.” I On page 332 appears the following: “The ques- tion of Japanese possession of Panama has some- thing to do directly with future peace; therefore, Japan must take this canal by every means and keep it after the war. Based on the results of American naval maneuvers there is a good possibility of tak- o b 4 i i el At ing Panama—it would be hard work to strike but faflure or Irregularity in the de-|CN€ Can not say Panama would not fall.” During a recent visit of four months to the West Coast, Haan said he uncovered a Japanese plot wgeinst Crescent City, 400 miles north of San Fran- which the Japanese think would make ideal base for operations against American shipping. ALASEA CIRCULATION @ RO Crescent City harbor is considered ideal for the pur- THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER UaLchnoN pose, being closer to the Orient than Astoria, Port- D. CLOSE. Inc.. National Newspaper Representa- | 1and, San Francisco, Seattle or Los Angeles. In the Nen yon ahqinclsco. Los Angeles, Portland. | 809 miles from Astoria to San Francisco there is no appreciable defense preparation to fear, one Japa- 1011 | nese is supposed to have informed Haan. “Once 7.m;mnesz— succeed in operating from Crescent City | with the cooperation and collaboration' of citizens of the Axis Powers,” Haan says, “American interests will suffer heavily.” Probably there is a good deal of romance in the | Korean'’s “informers’ suggestions,” but probably also | there is at least a shred of truth. Haan's report, a ‘(-op_\' of which has been sent to Secretary of State ICm'd?]l Hull, bears looking into, President Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATE:! Delivered by carrler in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates r, in advance, §12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; in advance, $1 scribers will confe the Business Office of ai Uvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 374, econd Class Matter. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein isco, “GEORGE tives, with of Seattle, Chicazo SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Bank Building — Frank J. Dunning, w Order in Denmark (New York Times) It is not quite a year since that April dawn when Nazi troops, without warning, marched in and took possession of Denmark. Since then many |changes have taken place. The nature of these is | described in a factual but eloguent report by our Department of Commerce, JAPAN’'S DESIGNS ON ALASKA A Japanese attack on Unalaska to divert part of the United States fleet when the time comes for | Denmark’s entire economy, which was based upon Japan to move against the Dutch East Indies 15‘\l\orld trade, has been undergoing reorientation under being “whispered among Army and Navy officials” m‘the new orc_ier of the Axis. Her exports have in- the Far East, according to information “humbly sub-‘ff:;s‘:i&m‘h't‘}‘wf"l‘l‘irg):’;gt‘“-:ogih?;e ;’:VC:]"“i:m‘mg;{ mitted” to The Empire by Kilsoo K. Haan, Wash- | & 9 2 = years. But the principal factor in this was large ington Representative of the Sino-Korean Peoples exports of bacon, fatted hogs and beef to Germany League. in return for which Denmark has received a large, Haan writes that secret advices received by him | unusable balance of credits in German marks. indicates that the Japanese officers believe such an’, Unable to obtain the feedstuffs they formerly attack on the new Alaska naval base would force|imported, Danish farmers have been compelled to about a third of the U. S. Navy away from Hawaii | slaughter their livestock. It is estimated that stocks and into the North Pacific. jof pigs will have to be cut 50 percent and poultry Other information in Haan’s “informers’ sugr;os-l'“'OCks 75 percent under the pre-war levels. The cost of living is soaring and, as a result, the former prac- !nce of adjusting wages to the official cost- cf—livms |index has had to be abandoned. Wages have been| be ~1}md not l’l((vr than Aprl} 29 ({) r(-l;e\(- nn; ‘h“d‘ba&(d on the cost-of-living index as -it stood before | of the "”‘M“'f‘(‘ navy, now stationed in Japan's|ye oeoupation, canceling all increases since then. northern waters, and from 380000 to 480,000 of | control of prices, of foreign exchange and of ration- Japan’s best soldiers from Manchuria, Korea and\mg has been tightened. North China. The surplus in Denmark’s national budget has| 2. Japan's southward turned into a deficit. But this takes no account of later than late June. the costs of occupation. That expense is being ad- 3. Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka!vanced by the Danish National Bank. If added to promised Hitler and Mussolini during his visit m‘lht‘ budget, this charge might lift the deficit to the Axis leaders that he will conscript one million| 500,000,000 or 600,000,000 kroner annually, an amount Chinese laborers to help the German and Italian|dual to the entire budget for this year. Industrial 2 production, which had reached a record high just war effort s Gittes thak e 15 submiiting this taform: before the war, fell to the lowest levels since 1932 3 "a.m wities W ’"‘ or 2 vng “' 'f" soon after the Nazi invasion. Unemployment has tion “in the belief that as a Korean it is my loyal been mounting. But, to compensate for this, offices duty to America and democracy to turn over infor-|jgve been opened in a number of cities to “recruit” mation of this nature to America in the hope of Danish workers for labor in Germany. strengthening America’s national defense in this Thus have the blessings of Hitler's new order troublesome era.” | been conferred upon a small and helpless neighbor. The Korean refers to an anti-American Japanese Sl ——————_—, | publication, “Three-Power Alliance and American-| Japan War” by Konoaki Matsuo, which appeared last | October and which is now being used as a reference book by Japanese Army and Navy reserve officers | on the Pacific Coast. The book, he says, dlscussem the attack upon and conquest of Manila, the aunck on Hawaii, with “the volunteer Japanese army in | Hawaij aiding occupation of Hawaii,” closing of the found, presumably, that they fight no worse than| Panama Canal, Japanese occupation of Midway ’"‘mamed men. one day and unleashing of a Japanese surprise fleet, | which includes a submarine with cruising radius of | 10,000 miles at a single fueling, for an attack upon |yg. American shipping in the Pacific. From page 335 of the book, Haan translates a Belgrade is said to have informed Berlin that mragraph as follows: “If Canadian air bases would the name is now pronounced We-won't-go-Slavia, tions” is as follows: 1. A Russo-Japanese non-aggression pact is to| thrust is to begin not A little knowledge of magic may be helpful soon |in Hungary to get a new pair of shoes. A proposed | decree would require any one buying a new pair [to turn in two old and usable pairs in exchange. Il Duce has ordered that bachelors may hence- forth receive promotion in army and navy. He has Suggested reading for Foreign Minister Matsuo- “Mein Kampf.” Wa:hmglon Merry- Go-Round (Oomlnued from Page Oue) is rampant and jurisdictional rows {during his absence in Arizona . . . are a plague both to workers and |The Red Cross benefit style shov.x to the defense program. | of Brazilian Ambassadress MBrhns,[ Fearful of the inner clique of cratt | which packed in more upper crust| union tycoons, Green has met pub-|donators than any other recent par-| lic outcry against the two abuses|ty. with empty promises and hot-air flag v\flFV::iBo‘ the new army camps and | BRIDGE OF SHIPS defense plants being erected have|, Next big move to aid Britain on escaped costly delays due to shake- | the sea will be in cargo ships—and velt asked Murray to nwmnmr-nd'dowm for initiation fees and AFL | Dot destrovers Incidentally this will names for the National De‘ense jyrsdictional melees. But in a few D¢ @ Dig boon to American railroads. Mediation Board, Murray nrst con- months most of these camps and For ,“‘ Is quietly planned to give the o i, v " British the large fleet of freighters| ferred with Jchn L. and at his urg- plants will be completed and these " s tha "Aflantie ana ing submitfed the names of Murray headaches will be over. Also, some |OPeTating between the and Tom Xennedy, United Mine of the younger and abler AFL lead- ) Pocific seaboards. . Worker secretary-treasurer, who, like ers are working quietly on the m- These total 113 ships, averaging Murray, is under Lewis' thumb, side to force reforms. around 7,000 tons. Last year they Despite widespread CIO demand These young leaders have been |transported 7,000,000 tons of freight for their ebmination, Murray has among the most conscientious and |between the two coasts. Rail haul- retained Lee Pressman, general sincere supporters of the defense| |age across the continent was over counsel; Len De Caux, publicity di- prcgram. They have given Defen.se|°“e billion tons and the carriers rector; and other leftist Lewis chiefs wholehearted cooperation, of- have advised the government that henchmen in key CIO post ten in the face of the bitterest kind 'they can handle the additional Lewis is not a “Commy” or a fel- of AFL resistance. |amount without difficulty low traveler. But he hates Roose- Net result of the whole melee,| However, the cost will be higher, velt, is hotly isolationist, vigorous- however, is that labor, although smb‘" this is considered part of the ly opposes the defense program, aud percent patriotic, has so aroused Price to be paid for national defense. burns with secret political ambi- public opinion through the unpat-) The intercoastly vessels are pri- tions. It happens that the current riotic grasping of its leaders, that,vately owned and authorities are un- Communist “party line" is exactly it may undo the vast progress so la- |decided how to take them over. Two identical, so Lewis {5 using these ag- boriously won under the New Deal, {COUrses are open, to buy them out- gressive elements in some CIO unions right or to requisition them and to suit his own ends. |come to terms later. Those ends are CIO domination MERRY-GO-ROUND | Most of the ships are old and out consulting Lewis .When Roose- | iternal troubles that restrict their of the mass production industries and a new political party ruled by John L. Lewis In the CIO, Lewis is credited witn being the switch-snapper who gave the signal starting the Internation- al Harvester and Bethlehem Steel walkouts .To him, also, is credited the planned offensive in the shoe and aviation industries. Close friends of John L. say that during his recent illness their lead- Martin Dies one of the most quoted | The hearings being held by Rep- , men in the country . . er spent much time reading milita strategy. Apparently this reading was not for pleasure MUSHY BILL In the American Federation of Labor, chief difficulty arises from an exactly reverse situation There, William Green lacks both the personal drive and authoritv to exercise firm-handed co . As a result, initiation-dues What Washington is talking'slow, but they are the only ones im- survey of defense preduction_areas, about: The fact that you can’t get a hotel room anywhere without wait- ing half a day . . . Evie Robert’s plan to put a hridal \(ll on Toto, Ring- ling Brothers' gorilla mate for Gar- gantua . .. How young Senator As- hurst of Arlél"nn looks since he left his Congressional chores . . . The £mooth way in which Robert Strip- | ling of the Dies Committee mako\l The manner in which John Carmody, Federal Works Administrator, always pays tribute to the distinguished career of his predecessor even though he knows that his distinguished prede- cessor, Harold Ickes, tried to cut his official throat How Senator Chavez of New Mexico manages to st 50 many relatives on the federal payroll . . . How badly Latin Ameri- | n di plmm ts have missed the State mediately available. This factor of immediate availability, without seri- ously impairing U. 8. shipping, de- cided Roosevelt to take them over to help maintain the “bridge of ships” which he pledged. NOTE—Destroyers and light cruis- ers for convoy work will come later. BENEFACTOR resentative John H. Tolan, liberal Californian, on the far-reaching| <hifts in U, S. population as a result of the gigantic defense program are very serious affairs. But there was one light moment the other day during the testimony of Jonathan Daniels. The brilliant young southern au- thor and editor of the Raleigh, N. 'his observations of construction ac |C.. News and Observer, was relating | (adv.) cering Deparlment’s able Larry Duggan tivity in the new army camps bemg& THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY APRIL 3, l94l 4111 20 YEARS AGO APRIL 3, 1921 1941 ‘ml mmmm 10 17 S temommcmnoamcansamommommosnomme | Department Store, was to leave on the Northwestern for Cordova. HAPPY BIRTHDAY P ] APRIL 3 | (s s | with relatives. Christie Crondahl | Mrs. Victor Crondahl Gene W. Rhode Lee Quong Eleanor Millard Henry G. Davidson —ee Mrs. Guy Smith | Art Shipman, a barber who went to Sitka to go into business, returned Armond Duncan | here, not having been satistied with conditions in the Historic City. H. M. Hollmann PRIt S Eave 1 WD IR - ~San ) HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” D m— FRIDAY, APRIL 4 i Until late today adverse plane- tary aspects dominate. It is not a| favorable date to start anything! or to take any risks. Speculation may be especially unfortunate since from ‘il THE EMPIRE few days. |to arrive on the Jefferson for a short visit with his parents. C. C. Laurie, a miner, left on the Estebeth for William Henry Bay on development work. H. B. Madland, a commercial traveler, was a passenger on the North- western for Cordova on a business trip. Mrs. Ned Carlson, of Thane, was to give a piano solo at the meeting of the Juneau Parent-Teacher Association. Weather: Highest, 36; lowest, 34; partly cloudy. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon e e - el e o WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “A crowd of young people attended the meeting.” Say, “A GROUP of young people.” strange and terrible events are OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Congruent. Pronounce kong-groo-ent, presaged. |0 as in ODD, OO as in FOOT, E as in SILENT unstressed, accent on Heart and Home: Women may be| ¢ o ullable. depressed while this configuration) = Gprpy MISSPELLED: Incredible; observe the IBLE, preyaxl; They (EhEsc & e Lrust‘ SYNONYMS: Deportment, demeanor, bearing, air, mien, manner. :2:"“’:;13':3‘ s':;i?; L;'e‘s c:‘::fmx: WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in all things, especially in what-w increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: ever involves the emotions, There SUBLIMITY; quality, state, or instance of being exalted. “He who can, is a fortunate sign for the aged,at all times, sacrifice pleasure to duty, approaches sublimity.”—Lavater. and the counsel of grandmothers, e - - Shod e sought, 1 1 dd! MODERN ETIQUETTE * popgrra rEE date for love nflmrs This is that the month of uncertainties and may be particularly trying to girls in artistic professions. Business Affairs: Frenzied activ- ity will mark many industries. Com- munities in all parts of the coun- try will expand rapidly. Youth will be trained in various trades not connected with defense, and for- eign artisans will contribute great- ly to American handicrafts. Avia- tion, which will absorb billions of government money, is to produce flyers who are to make surprising world records. Speed in manufac-| turing is to become so marvelous that miracles in production are forecast for the summer. National Issues: Support of Presi- dent Roosevelt and the Adminis-| tration’s foreign policies will be- come wholehearted as actual know-| ledge concerning Hitler's aims is disseminated among statesmen.Evil portents seem to indicate that; the next few weeks will be of supreme peril to Great Britain and there- fore serious for the United States. Insat The conjunction of Mars and, Bineh Uranus is of bad omen for Musso- | ANSWERS: % Sa lini, whose power as a dictator‘can-‘ 1. It flows from southern Georgia into Florida. not continue beyond next year and 2. A hole made in one less than par. may not survive this summer’s| 3. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75). events, 4. Yes. International Affairs C‘vreat" 5. Transparent glass transmits light so well that objects can be changes in the financial systems seen through it. Translucent glass transmit light imperfectly so that it of Europe are forecast. R.eorgamza-\mnnm be seen through. ary. tions based upon definite valuesw rather than on arbitrary standard SA(HKOVI(H R"ES Dean C. E. Rice will deliver the 'I'o BE o" Mo"DAY!eulogy Interment will be in Ever- Q. When dancing man make talk”? A. Conversation during a dance is entirely a matter of choice and not one of etiquette. Therefore, dancers talk if they wish. Q. When you answer a telephone and someone asks for you, what should be your reply? is is she speakin or, “This is Frances Brown.” it rude to stand in the aisle of a store to chat with a is it necessary friend? A. Yes, or in the middle of a sidewalk. One should step aside where the passage of others will not be obstructed. L e et LOOK and lEARNA C. GORDON -mom Where is the Suwanee River? What, in golf, is a birdie? ‘Who was the great Danish writer of children’s stories? Does air have weight? What is the difference between transparent and translucent States and Great Britain are indi-| cated. Japan will bluster and are possible. Close association and| green Cemetery. threaten us, but there will be in- cooperation between the Umtedl e Funeral services for Sam Sach- kovich will be held Monday after- noon at 2 o'clock from the Chapel of the Charles W. carter Mortu- aim to conquer Asia and to at- tack the United States. A severe earthquake is prophesied to in- crease the troubles of the Em- pire. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of ad-| vancement and prosperity. It is a time to push ambitious plans. Travel and change are foretold, Children born on this day prob-| ably will be intellectual and origi- nal. Many may have positive in- ventive talent. Philosophers belong to this fire sign of Aries. (Copyright, 1941) Mexican tourist cards, of American visitors, cents. As Willkie Visited Toronto required cost 81 erected in his section and told this story: A negro workman; receiving his first pay check, was startled by its amount. Certain that a mistake had been made, he took the check back to the paymaster, who assured him that there had been no error and that the sum was due him. “Boss,” was the jubilant exclama- ;non. “all I got to say is, ‘thank de Lerd for Hitler'.” NOTE. — Samuel Grafton, Ne/ York columnist, who also made a told the Tolan committee that the current boom is quite different from that during the World War. Grafton reported that he had found that de- fense workers were not squandering | their increased incomes on silk shirts and other luxuries, but were pay- ing off old debts and carefully sav- ing their money. He declared that in New England the banks are lit- erally bulging with new savings ac- counts. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) ———————— C.D.A. FOOD SALE Saturday morning, 10:30, April 5, at Hollmann’s Pharmacy. adv. B L T WHY SUFFER with your feet? Phone 645. Chiropodist Dr. Bfiwe& Willkie in parade Cheered by 500,000 Canadians who lined a two-mile parade route to see him, Wendell L. Willkie, the former Republican presidential can- didate, waves his hat as he is driven down a Toronto, Ontario, street to his hotel where he stayed prior to addressing 12,000 persons at & | M. George, of the Leader Department Store, purchased the fixtures of the Nelson Shoe Store and was to take possession of them within a Arthur M. Hager, who had been employed at the B. M. Behrends Gowey Shepard, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shepard of Juneau, was Mrs. Carrie Tressing left on the Estebeth for Haines for a visit where he was to be employed by the Alaska Endicott Mining Company | | “small | ' System: i Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Freeburger Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Cffice Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, 1 PHONE 667 ————— ey Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, ey ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. QGraduate Los Angeles Coll~ge ‘ of Optometry and | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground _—“—l e Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 713 Valentine Building—Room 7 S SRR | R ey '| The Qharles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin PHONE 1368 Sta. —— l Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES® | READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Thma JAMES C COOPER L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. s.Mwmr- DR. H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 17 t0 8:00 by appoinment. ! Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 s ST N R SR R e [r—————— Archie B. Belis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits ‘Taxes s Bookkeeping " Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 Drs. Kaser and 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 in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. VERGNE L. HOKE, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Seeretary. “T-morrow’s Styles | Today" E i loor Juneau’s Own Store "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. I R S AT 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 AR FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET BOWLING ! Brunswick Bowling Alleys RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Ngxt to Tryesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 BUY PROTECTION for Your Valuables THE SHATTUCK AGENCY Office—New York Life Window Cleaning PHONE 485 GMC TRUCKS Compare Them With All Others! PRICE - APPEARANCE - ECONOMY DURABILITY CONNORS MOTOR CoO. PRONE 411 rally. The rally was staged as a sendoff to a to raise $5.500,000 for the auxiliarv war JUNEAU— “First National Bank ALASKA