The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1941, Page 4

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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | The Assoclated 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 " ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. “National Newspaper Representa- | Los Angeles, Portland, GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., tives, with offices in San Francisco, Beatile, Chicaso, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building | IT GIVES PAUSE For 20 centuries Holy Week has given pause to the worldly pursuits of man; has urged the mind | and the soul to look upward toward a glorious new vista. Its spirit, its symbolism and its meaning have endured through years marked by war well as by peace, waxing in the eras of hopeful ! an con- duct and waning somewhat in the time: that try the soul. But never since the first days of Christi- anity has it been devoid of spirit or without its meaning. Regardless of the season of civilization it has been a dynamic influenee against the base traits of mankind. On many occasions before Holy Week has come upon a world at war. It occurs this year at a time black with dread, heavy with despair for the future. It may seem an incongruous spectacle—this week of tender devotion, against a background of millions of | men under arms. It is not Holy Week that is incongruous, nor the| The past 20 centuries| faith from which it rises. tell the story of the futility of war, and of the im- mortality of faith and devotion. ARMY DAY With an uncomfortably large part of the world now at war, Army Day arouses more than mere academic interest in the state of national defenses in 1941, It also serves to focus attention again upon the IM:I that national defense is an undertaking which must be gauged in years, not in months. The World War experience illustrated the advis- ability of efficient preparation. States entered the war, there were only 600,000 rifles for all of our armed forces. signed only half of our “armed” strength was THE DAILY AlASKA EMPIRE MONDAY APRIL 7, 1941 | seem to have-a plan. = Measured against-our Worfi | War record, we are years ahead of schedule, but measured against most of the other nations of the world in 1941, the United States is still a babe in m President | 8IS, Tonight Juneau will see one very small cog in ! the new defense machine on parade in observance of Army Day. The Juneau Company of the Alaska Na- | tional Guard will march at 7 o'clock in its first pub- | lic appearance. Formed only a few months ago, Alhe Guard is already completely armed and equipped. |the Columbia River Valley, if not indeed three thou- i’x‘he very fact that there is a force of armed men in Juneau, Alaska, in 1941, is a mark of our growing national awareness of the world danger and our rapid strides toward preparation to meet it if we | must. The Frontier Pace (New York Times) America’s newest frontier, around the Grand Coulee Dam, lies in the northwesternmost corner of the country. American pioneers, following the set- Coulee without toppling into the Pacific Ocean or trespassing north into Canada. If there is to be still another American frontier where can it possibly be found? The answer is that our next new frontier may conceivably turn up a thousand miles this side of sand miles this side, somewhere along the Atlantic Ocean. That has been the outstanding trait of the march of the American frontier. It has not moved forward but leaped forward: It did not advance a step at a time, consolidating the territory behind it. The American covered wagon blitzed its way across the continent, leaving great empty spaces to be filled in. Thus it happens that the new frontier around Grand Coulee is only 150 miles perhaps from where the Oregon Trail ended, at the Columbia River, and the Oregon Trail was more than a hundred years ago. In 1943 Oregon will no doubt be celebrating the cen- tennial of Marcus Whitman's big emigrant party, but the first settlers were in the Oregon country a dozen years before that. In that year, 1832, Daniel Boone had been dead only a dozen years, back in Missouri, where the 2,000-mile Trail started. ‘When the first big covered wagon train started out for the Columbia River all of Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas was empty. When California en- tered the Union, in 1850, there were fewer than two meion people living west of the Mississippi River. | Better still, in 1850 Western New York was semi- frontier. That is the way it has been with the nation’s frontiers from the beginning—no planning, no self- restraint, but gluttony and hand-to-mouth. In 1825 we open up the Erie Canal. In the 1830's we are at the Columbia River. In the 1920's we are back in Florida, opening up a new Winter frontier in Miami. In 1941 we are back again on the Columbia River. It has been a widely accepted idea these last ten years, perhaps the dominant doctrine, that this country has reached its full growth. - If-that is so it must be in the same sense that the high school boy who hits 8 feet 1 has reached his full growth. He won't grow any taller but there’s plenty of filling- in to be done. Quick, Watson, the Passport (Philadelphia Record) equipped with shoulder pieces. Similarly, the Ameri- | When the United &nd the other great detectives of fiction are persona When the Armistice was th€ Nazis have banned all detective novels as ‘“sub- Sherlock ,Holmes, Philo Vance, - Hercule - Poirot non grata in Germany today. Dispatches tell that versive.” If that's difficult to swallow, we'll explain, In detective novels, it always is customary for ting sun, seemingly cannot go very far beyond Grand can Expeditionary Force had only 500 cannon, and ne Master Mind sleuth to do the slick work, mak-| was forced to borrow 3,000 from the French and ing a monkey of the police, who stumble about in England and to purchase two-thirds of the necessary stupidity and grope in ignorance. For example, ammunition from the Allies. The most striking feature of of the World War—for that was planning proved most damaging. Lestrade. the situation was understandable in do it so well. P Hitler's new submarines have demonstrated that This time, after a year and a half of alarms they can do more than sink British cargo ships. They which continually become more urgent, we at least can sink a British ship two or three times over. To make the police look ridiculous, say the Nazis, | not the inadequacy of American arms at the outset is per se undermining discipline. Luckily for the Nazis themselves, the light of this nation’s peaceful intentions—but the Versive to make the Nazis look ridiculous. vast disorganization and inefficiency which accom- panied our wartime effort. This was where lack of RS S s T Hence, subversive. it's not sub- They Wathinglon Merry- Go-Round (Ooniinued from Page Oue) finally decided that. the Gen'mmI armies were ready to invade Czecho- slovakia. Several times he ate crow and waited rather than take chances on the military outcome. Therefore, it is certain that now Hitler has finally attacked in the Balkans, his onslaught will be all the more ferocious because of the ‘Yugoslav face-slap. Also his advance will have been all the more carefully prepared. Already it is reported from Bul- garia that the German General Staff has left no detail to chance. Macadam roads have been built be- hind the German army. Tons of supplies and ammunition have been heaped up along the Greek border. NO. U. 8. SUPPLIES Knowing all this, the new Yugo- even more important is the fact that when Greek Minister Diamanto- poulos asked the State Department abount munitions, the British Em- bassy called him down. Britain would handle all arms purchases from the United States, he was told, and would allocate part of the cap- tured North African arms to Greece. This week also, the Simovitch Government asked London friends what munitions they could get di- rect from Britain. This question also had been asked by Prince Paul, and the British answer was one reason for his capitulation to Hitler. Bluntly put, the British replied that the Yugoslavs could capture Italian munitions after driving Mus- solini’s army out of Albania. To this the Yugoslavs retorted that their guns had a different bore from the Italians; that it might take a little time to capture the Italian munition dumps and finally that they under- stood the Italians arms already had been promised the Greeks. These pointed Yugoslav and Greek demands were undoubtedly the chief concern ot Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and General Sir John Dill in Athens. slav Government, having subsided | from the first flush of enthusiasm, last week began to tdke stock of its military assets. Particularly it began to ask its allies about concrete mili- tary support. And since Roosevelt and U. S. Minister Arthur Bliss Lane had been delivering encouraging mes- sages patting the new government on the back, the Yugoslavs made a discreet military inquiry of the Greeks what military supplies the United ‘States had given them. And they received the very discouraging | reply that up until then (March 29) ] the United States had come across with not one piece of military equip- ment. NOTE: On March 31, probably as a result of this inquiry, Roosevelt suddenly a .that some 75- mm. field . was being sent to Greece. One reason foF nm tmdmg U. 8. supplies to’ Greete 15 Tirst, that we have not had much to send. But MEN vs. MECHANIZATION | The British position is completely ‘understnndnble Desperately short {of airplanes, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, and all mechanized equipment, they cannot spare it much more than the United States can spare it for our friends in Latin America. The British must help defend not only the Balkans, but also leave a considerable number of men and munitions in Libya, where the Ger- | mans have riow landed five divisions to bolster the Italians. British airplanes have been sent | to Greece, but not in sufficient num- bers to equal the huge concentra- tions behind the Nazi lines. where Hitler is reported to have brought much of the air force previously used against England. That, briefly, is what the British, Greeks and Yugoslavs face in the Balkans, From the point of view of modern warfare it is not a happy picture. But,from the point of view of morale and man-power, it is dif- ferent. For the Yugoslav troops are among the most courageous in the world, the Greeks have already dem- onstrated their mettle, and the Aus- tralian troops which Britain is send- ing to Greece are dare-devils sea- soned in North Africa. So it'may be a test of morale and manpower versus modern mechani- zation, DANGER AT GIBRALTAR Most startling information regard- ing Hitler’s secret strategy to bottle up the British fleet inside the Medi- terranean has just leaked out from Spain. There, the Nazis have ar- ranged with Dictator Franco to rush a total of 120 giant 14-inch guns down to Gibraltar when the signal is given. The guns were manufactured by the famous French munitions firm of Le Creusot and were used in the Maginot Line. But the Germans have now taken them out, and of- fered them to Franco. At first Franco demurred, said the presence of guns on Spanish soil would open him up to retaliation from the Brit- ish, would spoil his chances of get- ting food and supplies from the United States. So it was arrariged to keep the guns on the French-Spanish border. They are mounted on railroad cars ready to be rushed down to the Straits of Gibraltar. Overlooking no detail, the Nazis have even put a second set of wheels on the flat cars for use on Spanish railroad tracks, which have a different gauge than the French. Fourteen-inch guns are a match for the guns on most battleships and are far more powerful than the 8-inch guns used ‘on cruisers. So military strategists believe that 120 of these monsters, able to fire across told. /OK.d a $13,000,000 Erport-llnm‘ AP 4 ‘1723 8l9 12 15|16 10 22(23 29|30 HAPPY BIRTHDAY B e e e I | APRIL 7 | Mary Monagie | Ruth Iffert Gordon Wildes Mrs. W. H. Fukuyama August P. Anderson Cedric Davis Olav Lillegravén HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” [ — ) TUESDAY, APRIL 8 ‘ Benefic aspects dominate after the early hours today. In the morn- ing adverse influences rule women, but the evening brings happiness to many. There is a promising sign or developing what has been al- ready planned. Heart and Home: Under this configuration girls may be diffi- cult to guide, for the stars do not| incline them toward domestic tasks. In the evening, which is lucky for social entertainments, love affairs will flourish. Warning is given that| hearts rule heads at this time when speedy courtships and hasty marriages will be numerous. A This| is a day of financial uncertainty to. many heads of families, but the worst will not happen to those wha| speculate on a tricky market. Business Affairs: Prosperity will continue in rising tide as groups; of smaller manufacturers prove| their ability to compete with great industrial organizations. Mxracln are to be performed in mass pro- duction of airplanes, machine tools and the endless necessaries of ‘mod | cin warfare. Tanks of incredibl power are to be invented. The tal | ents which have made American business a leader will accompl wonders when turned toward Lense. d National Issues: Self-sufficiency will be stressed by economists who see the wisdom. of developing the national resources so that complete independence may be attained 'in’ case of international difficulties. President Roosevelt will gain in the respect of all who recognize his foresight in having discerned the Hitler peril long before the Nazi menace was accepted seriously. The! seers now believe that the head of | the United States government wfll‘ be the Nemesis of the dictator. International Affairs: According to astrology evil portents ruled »| when Mussolini issued his ultima- tum to Greece. On the date that spurred Greece to heroic defense | the Sun was square to Pluto, which | was in conjunction with Mussolini’s natal Sun. The configuration was forbidding and the final results of the misdirected campaign will be an eclipse for the Italian dictator, | although he will be aided to a cer- tain extent by Hitler, it is fore- Persons whose birthdate it 1s have the augury of a year of suc- cess. Unexpected favors as well as' hard-earned gains may be attained this year, Children born on this day prob- ably will - be quick-witted and strongly individual. They are like- ly to have talents of a high order. Artistic success is indicated. 3 (Copyright, 1941) 3 —_— do after taking Salonika. NOTE: Despite Franco's well | known {friendship for Hitler, the State Department has favored food | and relief shipments for Spain; fl& Bank cotton loan to Spain. A larger loan of $100,000,000 was W but not approved. (Copyright, 1841, by United Nm Syndicate, Inc.) i (avanaugh Back Nonh Well Known Former Trav- eling Man Returns After-. Absence of 10 Years. | After a 10 years absence from the Territory, J. L. Cavanaugh, repre- sentative of Marshall Wells Com- pany, Portland wholesale hardware firm, returned to Juneau and to Al= aska to resume work in the Tefri~ tory. B | home here. APRIL 17, 1921 The Rev. Claude G. Denton, of Haines, was elected Moderator at the opening session of the Presbytery of Alaska held in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. The Rev. David Waggoner, of Juneau, was named Stated Clerk. Mrs. A. Dano, wife of the Superintendent of the Columbia Salmon Company’s cannery in Tenakee Inlet, was to arrive here on the Jefferson, Mr. Dano arrived here on the cannery tender Alamda to meet his wife and accompany her to Tenakee. Mrs. E. E. Murray, formerly Irene Alexander, daughter of Mr. and |Mrs. C. J. Alexander, was to leave on the Ambassador for Chichagof where her husband was employed. Mrs. Robert Garnero, of this city, left on the City of Seattle for a visit in the south. Miss Jennie Peratovich, who had been in the Government Hospital here, left on the City of Seattle for Wrangelll enroute to her home at Bayview. Fabian Bellander, formerly employed at Beyles Anchor Works, left for Seattle. He had been visiting here for a short time. Decision was definitely made that the plants of the Hoonah Packing Company were not to operate. Manager for the company, had resigned. He was to make his future H. L. Simonds, official of the company, was on his way north and was to appoint a successor to Alexander upon arrival. ‘Weather: Highest, 38; rain. . O D - - S -0 Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon 0SS - - -+l - 0 D ‘WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I drove a distance of two hundred miles today.” Omit “a distance of.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED. Laureate. Pronounce lo-re-at, the O as in ORB, E as in CREATE, A as in ATE, acent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Aught (anything). Ought (should). SYNONYMS: Reckless, heedless, careless. thoughtless. 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: OSTENTATION; unnecessary show; pretentious parade. “The ceremony was conducted without ostentation.” 1 MODERN ETIQUETTE * popgrra LeE Q. When should the guests arrive at the church for a wedding lowest, 37; i.ceremony? A. From a half hour to not later than five minutes before the ceremony. The guests should be seated before the parents of the bride and bridegrcom arrive. Q. Should one ever try to be funny to enliven a rrowd" A. No. A person who is naturally witty never exerts himself. His remarks are spontaneous, and he is at his best when he least tries to be witty. Q. Is “I know Miss Brown” the proper thing to say when being introduced to her for a second time? A. No, this sounds as if it were trouble to make a second ac- knowledgment. Say, “Thank you, I have already had the pleasure of meeting Miss Brown.” LOOK and lEARNA C. GORDON S S S AU 5 1. What was the principal reason given in the Constitution for drafting the Constitution of the United States? 2. In what industry is ambergris used? 3. Which are the seven most valuable furs. 4. Who was the great writer of Scottish chivalric legends? 5. What is the meaning of the phrase “boxing the compass?” ANSWERS: 1. “To form a more perfect Union.” 2. Perfume industry. 3. Seal, otter, beaver, sable, marten, mink, and fox. 4. Sir Walter Scott. 5. Naming the thirty-two points of the compass in sequence. transportation problems in a most"mg to live under these conditions practical way,” he said. ]in Alaska, now, and when the de- “But the people of Alaska have |structive forces in Europe have been not changed. They are still cheer- | spent. ful, healthy, happy and hospitable,| Cavanaugh said that Marshall and not chasing rainbows, but stick- | wells Company’s greatly increased ing to the jobs and businesses they | facilities for serving retail stores know, progressing and letting the |and industrial plants in Alaska ap- world go by.” pealed to him and was one of the Cavanaugh said that he believes |reasons he returned to Marshall there is a better chance of continu- | Wells and to the Territory. Canada Meets Mrs. Willkie C. J. Alexander, Vice-President and | Directory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger Blrngren PHONE 56 e — i S | | e S R Vi S S Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Glfice Phone 469 l Dr. Judson Whmxer | ylhh- Offleehmrrl 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, '!‘rhn(le Bldg. PHONE Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. | Graduste i i of ; Hasses Pif Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. Cnger Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin PHONE 136 | Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES® READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Thma MRS T JAMESC. COOPER 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, Secretary. “T-morrow’s Styles ' Today” UL Juneau’s Own Store ""The Rexall Store" Your ‘Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Post Office Substation NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE DRUGGIST | “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” | ——— “The Stere for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Rldg. 1 { You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP — — FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANELIN STREET —_—— BOWLING Cavanaugh, who first came to the Territory 18 years ago, then repre- senting Marshall. Wells, e: appreciation of the noticeab the Straits to Africa, probably could cork the western end of the Medi- terranean, to say nothing of pound- ing Gibraltar into a shambleg, Of, course, closing Gibraltar 'would not mean much without‘a simultah- eous ‘attack upon Suez, but this is | what Hitler always has pln.nned to changes in the last 10 years. population has obviously 01a ‘buildings torn down, Wm o built, streets greatly im) public ‘Wwérks projects partially or |- wholly completed. business consers vatively -expanded, and hpeedny accepting the challenge f e g .gmg cd. l. dMohnM I{m ‘Wendell L. Willkie in Toron b.’{)nz.. vh-m her husband opened a campaign to 0000 ot e o i Mantreai, wrping e Republican M 50 gave Jiegion iRl Ssacum i L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J.B. Bnrlord & Co. Worr: by * “Our Satisfied tomnn" DR. H. 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