The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published evers evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER - President | R L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager | Eutered in the Post Office in Juneau ns Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 pe By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: One vear, 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 failure or irregularity in the de- Avery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. onth. 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. " ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO Bl umom THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUB GEORGE D. CLOSE, Tnc., National Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, American Bank Building. 1011 ANOTHER 130,000,000 Seven countries, stretched aiong the European side of the Mediterranean drainage basin, with a total population about equal to that of the United States and a total area about one-third that of the United States, make history today as they did when the legions marched and oared galleys sped on imperial errands. They make history by fighting, by bargaining, by surrendering. Among them they write anew every phase of the old, sad story of man's inhumanity to man; Perhaps we can yisualize, the news better if we align'them, with. their populations: IBrmsh fleet lay 120 miles away. dgnarance of vi "s0 eminent an authority as Professor von Pirquet stoutly clung to the theory that rickets was an in- fectious disease. Not only has Great Britain sys- tematically continued the study of nutrition, but | the League of Nations has done important work in estnbhshing minimum diets—minimum both as to colories and vitamins. Out of the war came methods of preparing, preserving, storing and transporting food—all with an eye on vitamins, What of the present war? There can be little doubt that the pioneer work of Drs. Mellanby, Chick and others will be continued. Already we have bread enriched with vitamins and mineral salts stripped from flour in the process of milling. There is every reason to believe that every advanced nation will henceforth make it its business to spread the new knowledge among the needy and to bring the food itself to the table. What was once a purely scien- tific problem has become one of economics and Gov- ernment policy. Fleet Without Eyes (New York Times) If Italy had possessed evén a single airplane carrier, she would probably never have suffered the great naval disaster of the Ionian Sea. We know now how her cruisers were trapped by the British and how they steamed blindly to destruction under the heavy guns of British battleships. Had Italian seaplanes warned the doomed fleet of the danger lurking in the haze ahead the fast Italian vessels might have run successfully ‘to- shelter. If any of them were carrying scouting planes they must have failed to function. ? The 7,000-ton cruiser Orion was the bait in the British trap. She sighted the Italian fleet cruising 70 miles off the heel of the Italian boot. The main Hovering just on the horizon, the Orion lured the Italian squadrons eastward until suddenly they found themselves sink- ing under the salvos of Britain's capital ships rush- ing upon them under forced draught. With only 8-inch guns to match the 15-inch weapons of the| enemy they never had a chance. Italy has refused consistently to build plane car- riers. Her naval policy called for the construction of swift hit-and-run fighting ships, heavily engined and lightly armored. Her supplemental weapon was | a swarm of speedy torpedo boats designed to destroy an enemy before he could strike back, but almost useless in a fleet action at sea. For plane protec- But the {with young men. The tion the Italian fleet depended on land-based fields| mmmm 1123 4 8|9/[10/1% 18 161718 22|23 242 29|30 HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 11 Eunice Wanamaker Mrs. Dolly Stewart Frances Tucker Albert E. Rhodes Wort. Newman T. F. Marlon Mrs. Effie Reed . Mrs. M. M. Chester, T. F. Stephenson * ki HOROSCOPE “The stars incline .. but do not compel” e | SATURDAY, APRIL 12 | day. It is one of the rare dales when evil portents strongly domin- ate from morning until evening.| There is a sinister sign for labor.| Unrest and apprehension may be prevalent under this configuration this a dull weekend, so mirers and suitors are may be noticeable in mfll‘on] sl warn | both men and women against the general use of alcoholic "Beverages and resulting deterioration of good citizeaship and true patriotism.. The stars presage drastic legislation to Heart and Home: Girls will find|I can do.” from 20 YEARS AGO APRIL 11, 1921 THE EMPIRE That the steamer Northwestern enroute from Cordova to Juneau had been delayed by a big storm in the Gulf of Alaska and was not to arrive here when scheduled, was the radio news received here by Glen Bartlett of the Gastineau Hotel. The U. S. mine sweeper Swallow, in command of Lieut. Jack Arnoid, was in port enroute to Western Alaska for preliminary work in connec- tion with installation of radio compass stations. With Gov. Thomas Riggs explaining the pictures of scenes along the Government Railroad between Seward and Fairbanks, the benefit given at the Palace Theatre for the Alaska Historical Association proved highly interesting. A total of 34 votes were cast at the election for school board officials for the Perseverance school. Those elected were H. J. McQueen, Treas- urer; Edward Leppien, Clerk, and Peter Gravrock, Director. J. Gowey Shepard, who arrived here on the Jefferson for a visit, was to leave for Kennecott on the steamer Alameda. Jack Smardon, well known employee of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company, left on the Princess Mary for a visit with relatives in the south, Attorney John H. Cobb was a southbound passenger on the Princess Mary on a short business trip to the States. Weather: Highest, 41; lowest, 38; rain. Adverse aspects are strong [o.\m.mm Daily Lessons in English %/ 1. corbon B e s 3 ‘WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I do not say as yet what Omit AS. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Campanile, Pronounce kam-pa-ne-le, far a:_;d | | first A as in ADD, second A as in SOFA unstressed, both E's as in ME, It is a day in which small deqei's, accent on third syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Chargeable; observe the E followlng the G. SYNONYMS: Joy, gaiety, merriment, happiness, gladness. Let us WORD STUDY: AGGREGATE (verb); “Use a word three times and it is yours.” | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’'s word: to collect or unite into a mass or sum. | amount aggregated two hundred dollars.” Spain 26,000,000 Italy 44,500,000 Yugoslavia .. 16,200,000 Greece 7,200,000 Bulgaria 6,500,000 to be effective. Rumania . .. 14,100,000 Turkey . 16,150,000 Mussolini’s fleet at coastal points and island airdromes. | British have almost driven Italian fliers out of the|control the liquor traffic throuzh in the air might have saved the day. air and the island bases proved to be too scattered As a consequence the fleet has| moved recently without eyes, Proper reconnaissance| ¥arn that the old routine of busi-| As it was, |a period of national peril. Business Affairs: Economists, who Iness affairs is definitely ended.| foretell that the readjustment and “The | MODERN ETIQUETTE * rosrrra LR If the adult members of this vast population could have as free an election as we had in this country last November, who can doubt how the vote would go? It would be thumbs down for Hitler everywhere, perhaps even for Mussolini in his own country. It is the rule of the armed few that keeps more than two-thirds of the total population of the seven countries under Axis influence or domination with only Greece actively at war with an Axis part- ner and Yugoslavia and Turkey defiant but trying to keep out. What is the thing called Nazism or Fascism, after all? Hundreds of speeches have been made about it. Volumes have been written about it. In réality it is‘guite’simple.” It is merely a system.for giving people the kind of government they wouldn’t take if they had correct information and a say in the matter. There is no reason in human nature why 130, 000,000 people in Europe shouldn't get along as well together as 130,000,000 people in the United States. Given an opportunity they will. Tt is fair to say that a war aim on which Britain and the United States can agree without quibbling {s that they shall be given the opportunity. VITAMINS AND WAR Even physicians are hardly aware of the revolu- tion in nutrition which was brought about by the last war and which is still in progress. Very little was known about vitamins in 1915. Indeed, the word had not even passed into medical vernacular. Nevertheless, British experts were already beginning to think of vitamins in terms of deficiency diseases, whereas the Germans could see nothing in food but calories and were therefore worrying about pro- teins, carbohydrates and fates. One outcome of the war was Professor Edward Mellanby's discovery that rickets is the result of a lack of vitamin D. Another was the clarification of scurvy. And so with other afflictions caused by lack of vitamins. The importance of all this was not lost on the world. In 1918 the Medical Research Couucil of Great Britain sent to Vienna a mission, headed by Dr. Harriet Chick, to study malnutrition. She found not only scurvy and rickets rampant, but an aston- groped its way to disaster. . Ambition | (Philadelphia Record) ‘We must applaud, we suppose, the courage of ontain in condensed form 101 best sellers. The hooks raige from the monumental “Anthony Ad-| verse” to “Main Street,” Hitler's “Mein Kampf” and Ludwig’s “Napoleon.” All this is in 1,200 pages, or an average of little more than 10 pages to a book. ‘We don't believe the cult of capsule culture can 20 much further. We don't expect to hear of a five-inch version of the ‘Five-Foot. Shelf’.or a 10-page tabloid edition .of the Bible in "rmmzmg popular digest style.” But we wonder how much readers will get from a volume that pretends to give the best of 101 books from judicious cutting. Our guess is the readers will get just what they want—ability to bring casu- ally into conversation a remark like: “I was read- ing ‘Mein Kampf' the other night. . . .” Minor Amendment (Cincinnati Enquirer) When Nazi authorities admit, as they have in recent days, that the Royal Air Force is causing| damage in Germany, it reflects not only the fact that the offensive operations of the R.A.F. have! been stepped up, but also a noteworthy change in German propaganda strategy. The practice of the German propaganda minis-| try heretofore has been to minimize to the extreme, or deny altogether, any damage which British bomb- | ers might be doing in Germany, and meanwhile to expand upon the terrific punishment which the luft- waffe is meting out to Britain. This was propaganda strategy well calculated to buoy up German morale through the hardships of ! a short war, but it was very poorly suited to a long‘ war. After so long a time even the most stupid| would begin to wonder how England could still be‘ standing, and would begin to ponder the officially denied damage to his own country—for, no matter how vigorously bomb damage may be denied by the staff of Joseph Paul Goebbels, it can be seen by the people of the affected community. NEW DEFENSE TAXES disguished hostility between com- | birthday of Hitler draws neaj, as-| | of uncertainty while Mussolini will | reorganization of trade and com- | merce will proceed rapidly while| prosperity extends to all parts of |the country. In April, 1943, it is | prognosticated, the security of the| nation may be in the balance be-| and the devaluation of gold or de- flation. National Issues: Democracy will | be emphasized in the training of men enlisted in aviation, the Army fluence will not be tolerated ln; even the slightest degree as great‘ bodies’ of young Americans, pyove) their superior qualifications ; foc, service. The stars presage mmg for youths from every station. in givil| life as splendid soldiers, sailors.and | in defense of the United States. International Affairs: As | the| trologers foretell reverses for ,the Nazis, for Saturn will square ,the Fuehrer’s natal planet in the tenth house, an evil portent. Difficult and treacherous foreign relations .are| indicated. Stalin will be a source| have passed the place where he, can be considered of value to the‘ Axis plans, Instead of becoming an| asset he will have proved .a seri- ous and hampering liability. Persons whose birthdate. it i have the augury of a year of pros- | perity in which come pleasant sur- prises, Changes and travel are fore- cast. Children born on this day. prob- ably will have eventful lives. Haz- ardous experiences will bring great rewards to boys while girls ,will enjoy varied friendships. (Copyright, 1941) curred when the union men had'to ' charter a plane from Washington to Milwaukee in order to get“the |agreement ratified by strikes Mon- day morning. So union leaders -of- \fered to.take the company officials and the man should cross behind her instead of in front of her. |and the Navy. Pull or political in- et ey o Sy LOOK and LEARNA C. GORDON e e 0 -2 e s e el 1. Which alcoholic liquor is considered the most harmful? L ALL FOR SAKE Q. When a young man phones a girl and says it is impossible to keep a ccrtain engagement, which has totally slipped the girl's mind, should she tell him that she had forgotten the engagement? A. Not unless she wishes to appear very rude, Q. Is it proper for 1 publisher who has just announced a book that will| cause of taxation, strained credit, Walking? a man to cross in front of a woman, when A. Mo, the woman should have the right of way whenever possible, Q. How should peas be eaten? A. With the fork; never with the spoon. 2. What early day character conducted explorations in the ship in 1,200 pages—not that a lot of books don't benefit | flyers are molded for varied. duties “Half Moon™? 3. What is a bibliography? 4. How many matches are struck by Americans in one minute? 5. . What three parts of speech may an adverb modify? ANSWERS: 1. Absinthe. 2. Henry Hudson, 3. A list of books relating to a given subject or author. 4. More than half a million. 5. A verb, an adjective, or another adverb. OF FRIENDSHIP took over a quarter of a century ago, wouldn’t be on hand for his 25th anniversary. Reynolds been released a few days before °t had But on the important day he ap- City Jailer Charles R. Jordon was| Peared in police court, drew a 30- afraid for awhile that Blue Rey- day sentence for drunkenness ana nolds, who was in jail ‘when Jordon went back to jaii to i p celehmte LEXINGTON, Ky, April 11 Wathinglon Merry- 6o-Round (Oondnued from Page Oue) Greece to the south of the Yugoslav army, thus getting behind it, or to force the Yugoslavs to withdrnw,’ thus exposing the Greek flank. MARCH TO’ ADRIATIC Another part of Yugoslavia to watch is Montenego and along the Albanian frontier. For years, Serbian officers have been itching to march as victors down to the Adriatic. Once in 1915 they marched there de- feated. And having no great love for the Albanians and even less for the Italians, they are throwing an important part of the Yugoslav army into Albania. NOTE: Yugoslavia, or “Land of the Southern Slavs,” is made up of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Monten- egro, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Hercig- ovina—where, at Sarajevo, the last war started. All except Serbia and Montenegro were under the Aus- tro-Hungarian Empire before 1918. Montenegro, or “Land of the Black Mountain,” maintained its own king for centuries, never was conquered by the ¥ , much to the disgust of | more Montenegrins. The But in 1918 it joined | Big money gifts are due for a heavier tap in the new defense tax plans now being formulated behind the scenes. For some years there has been no boost in the gift tax, chiefly because of the argument that it takes at least 15 months to realize any reve- nue from such a levy. Until recent- ly Congress labored under the hal- lucination that defense taxes were only. temporary. But it is now clear that a lot of additional revenue will | be needed for a long time to come, so the gift tax is due for an upward overhauling. Also certain to be kited again are income taxes, and.the so-called “nuisance taxes”—levies on liquor, tobacco, and tickets. Administration chiefs would like to avoid this, but see no other handy source of big revenue. The alternative is a gen- ral sales tax, which has consider- able backing on Capitol Hill, but is strongly opposed by President Roose- velt. Present plans call for laying the tax question before Congress shortly after the House returns next Mon- day from its two-weeks reecss. The Treasury will submit a number of “formulas” for its consideration, ALLIS-CHALMERS PEACE | For 19 hours last weekend, five | members of the Defense Mediation Board sat with labor and employers behind closed doors, battling to set- tle the Allis-Chalmers strike. The ' confereneeé 'began Saturday “ {Il is about the AT Py % lmomlng in an atmosphere of un- pany officials and strike leaders. | There had been over 70 days of labor war, climaxed by street fight- ing and tear gas. The outlook for agreement was anything but bright. All that day, into the night, again all Sunday the mediators wrestled with the two groups. Sunday the elevators shut down, donferees climbed five flights to resume de- liberations. Angry shouts occasion- ally punctuated the proceedings. Then, suddenly, at 7 P. M. there was a loud burst of laughter, and | 15 minutes later everyone was beam-'| ing. An agreement had been reach- ed. Actual'y the peace accord came about 6:30 P. M., at which time Eugene Meyer, publisher of The Washington Post and one of the mediators, drafted a resolution com- mending Willlam H. Davis, chair- nan of the mediators, for his ex- ceptional leadership. Meyer showed the proposal to the company offic- ials and they approved it. He then put it up to the union men. “Did the company officers accept the resolution in toto?” inquired Ed Hall, international representative of the union, “Well, practically,” said Meyer. “They quibbled over one word.” It was this statement that brought the burst of laughter, in which Al- lis-Chalmers officials joined. Both sides recalled that quibbling over words had characterized most of the |} two days’ negotiating. NOTE: Striking illustration ' of goodwill after the agreement oc- |home at the same time. MERRY-GO-ROUND . In the caste-bound British Navy ' enlisted men can rise to the rank of ' Lieutenant Commander, but U. 8./ Navy brasshats do not permit en- listed men to take examinations for permanent commissions except in one branch — the Supply Section. Even here the bars are up. The law lpermlts enlisted men with :four |years’ service as Warrant Officers to take examinations for an ensign’s. | commission—but the brasshats have | permitted no examinations . . , Dr. 1 George A. Buttrick, former President of the Federal Council of Churches and a supporter of Herbert Hoover’s plan to feed Nazi-occupied Eurgpe, claims that Secretary of State Huil also approves the idea . . . To H. Harris Robson, Director of the Mari~ ,time Commission’s emergency ship- building division, and M. L. Wilcox, his assistant, the 5 P. M. oultting gong means nothing. They hold con- ferences with shipping execuuvu around midnight. Copyright, 1941, by United Fnture Syndicate, Inc.) ; ————— NOTICE 5 ' The new telephone directory has been delivered. Any patron who has not received his book or is not listed therein please call the Ju- mn!( OlAlVAlD PU Pl L_“Stealing the scene” from mmge:mmnmdmruuum-m- Directory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel | Drs. Kaser and Freeburger Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY. BUILDING Glfice Phone 469 | Dr. Judson Whittier Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5. 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle PHONE Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 8—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 pm, ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry ana Opthatmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground r\-———_l Helene W. Albrechs PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. 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