The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1941, Page 4

Y ey Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday b+ the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY gecond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD Prestdent - = Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Junesu and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By meil, postage paid. at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- Mvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. 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 slso the local news published herein. " ALASKA CIRCELATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Represen tives, with offices in_San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, | Beattle, Chicago, New York and Bosto SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building. ALASKA’S NO. 1 PROBLEM A routine announcement from the Division of Communicable Disease Control of the Territorial Department of Health reminds us that tuberculosis is still Alaska’s No. 1 problem. Ninety-four new cases of the disease were reported to the Division in the two weeks ending April 14. Although the unusually | high number of new cases is accounted for by sev-| eral artificial factors, it is still a reflection of a very| dangerous condition prevalent in the North. | Twenty-two of the cases, never reported before, showed up on death certificates. That is, 22 Alas- | kans died of a preventable contagious disease which was never diagnosed or reported to public authori- ties while they were alive, Seventy of the cases were discovered by one Government physician making a special diagnostic study in Southeast Alaska alone. It seems that to find tuberculosis in Alaska, one has only to go out and look for it. This disabling and killing disease is present all about us. It is true that the native population of Alaska is more generally afflicted by the disease than the white. But that should be no source of comfort to the white population, which is living side by side with a condition which is making deeper inroads every year into the ranks of non-natives. The pity of it all is that tuberculosis is prevent- able. Science has known for years how to control and stamp out the disease. In most of the States tuberculosis stands far down the list of killers. Here in Alaska it is the prime cause of death. We lack the one thing needed to control and, cure tubercu- losis, and that is facilities for adequate hospitaliza- tion of those afflicted. What we requirc. and utter- ly lack except for a very few beds provided by the Office of Indian Affairs for native patients, are hos- pitals. Every tuberculous patient while in the in- fectious stage must be isolated from the rest of the population if we are to check the disease, After cure| a careful follow-up must be maintained. Persons with tuberculosis can be cured by rest, proper nor- ishment and in some cases by the simple lung sur- gery known as pneumothorax. All we are doing| now, except for the small degree of isolation made possible in the limited number of beds we have available for natives, is sending a dribble of afflict- ed patients to sanitoria in the States. This will never solve. the problem. In fact it won't even let us hold our own against the disease. We must have tuberculosis hospital facilities in Alaska. Competent medical advice dispels the widely-held impression that tuberculosis cannot be cured in the Alaska cli- mate. It can, if we have the hospitals. The 15th Territorial - Legislature memorialized Congress ‘to provide ‘Alaska with a large tuberculos] | hospital. Nothing is so badly needed by the Terrl tory. Nothing would do so much for the present and future welfare of Alaskans. The Legislature also appropriated $3,000 for diagnosis of tuberculosis, to | supplement Federal funds and those raised by the annual seal sale of the Alaska Tuberculosis Asso- ciation. That is a start. But much, much more needs to be done before we have even begun to cope with this menace. We urge. upon the Federal Gov- ernment the necessity of helping us to build a large tuberculosis hospital in Alaska. We urge upon Alas- kans the necessity of being aware and keeping aware of this greatest of our Territorial problems. | | Bear by the Tail (Cleveland Plain Dealer) We are afraid United States immigration author- ities grabbed a bear by the tail when they arrested and began deportation proceedings against Jan Val- tin, author of the best-seller, “Out of the Night.,” His is one of those cases we definitely would not like to have to decide. N On the one hand, it can be argued quite force- fully that to let a man who apparently is guilty of illegal entry get away with it, especially when he probably came here in the first place for no good purpose, would be setting a bad example. Moreover, it would seem unfair to all thase thousands who have slipped into the country for no other reason than that they liked us very much and wanted to live peacefully in a land of freedom. On the other hand, Valtin gives every evidence of having reformed. If one-fifth of what he tells us in his book about Communist and Nazi under- ground tactics is true, he has done the country a service in telling it. In fact, he probably has done more to put us on our guard against fifth column- ists than even that patriotic citizen, Congressman Dies. It must also be considered that to deport him to his native Germany would amount to a death sentence. Nor can one escape wondering whether the same government which has for so long avoided doing anything about ridding the country of the malevo- lent influence of Harry Bridges would be consistent if it worried too much about one who is now so harmless as Jan Valtin, A Note on “Chivalry” (New York Times) Three German fliers have escaped from Cana- dian internment camps into this country. One of them, Baron Franz von Werra, is out on bail. Two of them, Lieutenants Heinz Rottman and Bernhard | Gohlke, have been ordered deported to Canada. Ger- many has appealed the case through the consulate in this city. In Berlin an “authorized spokesman” de- nounced the action of the immigration officials in strong terms. “If this is true,” he declared, “it is hardly a sign of chivalry in a country which delights to call itself the land of the free.” “Chivalry” would no doubt require that we give Messrs. von Werra, Rottman and Gohlke a bunch of roses apiece and a ticket back to Berlin via Tokyo, Vladivostok and Moscow. They could then resume their butchery of British civilians from the air. If | this is chivalry, we lack it. If we permit any es- | caped German airmen to strut our streets while we are bending every effort and making heavy sacri- fices to help Britain shoot their comrades down we are far more simple-minded than even Berlin can believe us to be. z Playgrounds of the Future | (Phuaaeipma record) | A kind of chemist's Utopia has been outlined by Dr. Francis J. Curtis, Monsanto chemist, in 2 paper prepared for the American Chemical Society. according to a report in the New York Times. He believes that in the future agriculture and manufac- turing may become so mechanized and scientific that farming, carpentering and masonry may survive chiefly as recreations—the way horseback riding, archery and rowing survive today. We - suggest other activities for this playground |of the future. There ought to be an automobile |that a man can drive by shifting gears and moving a spark lever, instead of using automatic devices. There ought to be a musical instrument that a man can play with his hands, instead of relying on radios and phonographs. And there ought to be a place where a man could sit and think, without help of radio commentators—or newspaper editorials. { destroyers were so top-heavy that S on | T | weo [ rmun [ 7 | B EnE 4 7|8(9(10]11 =314/15|16(17(18 21/22/78(24(25 28/29/30] ' |* public is entitled, there has grown up a maze of red tape in the De- fense agencies which hampers and they tended to turn turtle in the wat- er, Navy Intelligence claimed that ‘it Wathingfon Merry- Go-Round (Oondnued from Page (ue) own initiative, made public a com- plete enumeration of dollar-a-year men on its staff. Similarly, we were refused a list of employees of Miss Harriet Elliott's Defense Consumer’s Division and their salaries without a formal writ- ten request. In contrast, the tradi- tional practice of established agen- cies such as the State and War De- partments is to publish the salaries of every official in the annual regis- ter, Again, the RFC at first refused ©o reveal the salary of Senator ‘Cot- ton -Ed” Smith’s son-in-liw, who is on its payroll; and it wds forthcom- ing only after the question was put up to the RFC Board and debated there. The Bureau of Foréign and Do- mestic Commerce, like the RFC, ruled with an iron fist by Secretary Jesse Jones. Recently Carroll Wil- son, executive of the Bureau, as- sembled all its employes and threat- ened them with “severe consequenc- es” if they gave -any information to newsmen about the sweeping re- organization now under way. One of the new officials Jones bhas brought into the Bureau is Robert Fitz-Randolph Martin, former re- search director of the anti-New Deal National Association of Manufac- turers. Confused Red Tape Height of ridiculous censorship was the refusal of the National De- fense' Commission to disclose the salary of Mrs, Margaret Holmead, daughter of William H. McReynolds, White House Secretary, who had in- stalled ‘her as Personnel Director of the slon although she had no experience in this field. In addition to this squeamishness about, revealing facts to ‘which Lhekfacc that thirty of the Navy's new had traced part of the news leak to which bode ill for industry. Subvers- ive ideas will be sown among work- ers by fifth columnists and, by mud- dled thinkers. Despite ' obstacles, manufacturers are to° accomplish wonders, According to the seers, perils lie among the intelligentsia in| rolleges and universities, Youth| movements will give unwitting en- couragement to our enemies. National Issues: Erasure of party lines will be advocated ‘8§ war clouds cast larger shadows upon the Western Hemisphere. Unity of purpose will be apparent Néxt sum-| mer as legislators have cause for! speedy action relating to “defense. Leaders, young and old, will'develop in- all parts of the "ddfimgy. In civilian life there will be the most unselfish service. There is an omen that seems to warn ‘that dverwork| and worry will curtail distinguished careers of American statesmien, International Affairs: There is a sign read as presaging a,_serious| setback for Britain with resultant| effect upon neutral peoples. It will ! arouse increased intensity of effort | :n every branch of the British war service. The stars presage a period | of extraordinary conflict in which‘ the Nazis will resort to every hor- rible device known to them, but there is to be a quick reaction and ultimate victory for Britain, Persons whose birthdate it is may have annoyances and losses in the coming year. Treachery is indicated in certain financial agen- cies, but there will be eventual gain and much happiness. Children ‘born on this day pron- ably will be highstrung and talent- ed. They should be fortunate if they adhere to conservative ideas. (Copyright, 1941) confuses the average reporter and has the effect of censorship. The Office of Production Manage- ment, for instance, has some 30 cif- ferent publicity agents, each in charge of a different section. A call to any of them is taken down in shorthand by a stenographer and ‘ranscribed for the OPM'’s perma- nent files. Of an entirely different nature is he censorship exercised by the Navy, which beyond doubt has be- ome the most high-handed agency n Washington in its, attitude to- ward the press. In the suppression of certain kinds of information, such as naval secrets the press is glad to cooperate. For months, nothing appeared in print about the 22w device for detecting the approach of airplanes, until iso- lationist Senator Nye made a speech about it, The press also has cooper- ated in protecting ship movements and the Navy's new bombsight. a civilian engineer employed in a | private company, And the admirals | made it so hot for the firm which employed this engineer that he al- most lost his job. In this case, the Navy did not deny that the destroyers were topheavy. it admitted the truth of the story, but then tried to crack down on what it thought was the source. In other words, it did not want the taxpayer to know that his money, spent on brand new destioyers, had been par- tially wasted. KNOX AND MRS. PATTERSON This policy of news suppression was inherited by Republican Secre- tary of the Navy Colonel Knox. But he has done nothing to change it. If anything, he has increased it. And because he himself is a news- paper publisher, he knows the game. One thing he apparently did not know, however, is that it is usually wiser to speak softly of a lady. Not long ago he was talking' with Elea- 20r Patterson, red-headed: publish~ °r of the Washington Times-Herald, Censored Criticism In recent weeks, however, the Navy has gone further, has even threatened censorship as a means of protecting high naval officers from criticism. Navy brasshats have long ceen sensitive about press criticism but have never Lrought such pres- sure to stop it as today. Today, there is definite evidence that Naval Intelligence has been tapping telephone wires and shadow- ing newsmen who have unearthed news which the Navy does not like. Even the FBI does not tap wires ar the result of a Supreme Court ruling Naval secrets are not involved merely criticism of certain brasshats, And Naval Inteiligence appears to ibe chiefly interested in the sour of the information; in other words, what officers in the Navy, or off cials in other government agencies, have uiscloséd inefficiencies. When this column revealéd the of ship movements, “What about pictures of ships?” the lady publisher asked. “If you publish a picture of a British ship in an American vort,” shot back the Secretary of the Navy, “I'll put you in jail.” A short time later the battered British battleship Malaya arrived in New York harbor. Remembering Knox's threat, Mrs. Patterson slap- ped a picture of the ship on page one, She has not yet gone to jail. - NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, air route from Seattle to Nome, sale at-J. B. Burford & Qo.. . adV. Empire O] Pay! Subscripé Tor The Empire.. when she asked him about his newly; initiated policy of suppressing news | Stag Party Tonight For W._N. Redling Approximately 25 friends of Wil-' liam N. Redling, whose marriage to Miss Valerie Pearce will be an | | event of next Wednesday evening, ! will gather this evening to honor him at a stag party. Invitations were extended by Ro- bert Cowling and the affair is to be held in the banquef room .of Percy’s Cafe. Yy from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO APRIL 18, 1921 Rate of $5 a ton on paper pulp shipments from the Alaska Pulp and Paper Company's Speel River mill to Seattle had been arranged by the Alaska Steamship Company, according to word received here by Willis E. TINCTURE; a slight trace; vestige. tincture of madness.”—Seneca. s e - i < | MODERN ETIQUETTE * roperra vee “There is no genius free from some '| The Charles W. Carter " Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Directory B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 Drs. Kaser and P. M. Visiting brothers }| Nowell, Alaska agent of the steamship line. Freeburger welcome. E. L. HUNT- & ER, Exalted Ruler: M. . v gy E. P. Pond, of the firm of Winter and Pond of this city, who had been DENTISTS H. SIDES, Secretary. Bir 2gren Bullding 7 4 & H APPY BIRTHDAY at San Francisco, was to arrive on the Princess Mary. PHONE 56 \ y b 7 TR MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 ! A. E. Gurr, who for six previous months had been at Prince Rupert Second and fourth 159¢ 16V kak o engaged in the logging business, was to return here on the Princess | #———— Monday of each month | Mary. i | Lis B Y Dr. A. W. Stewart || ({G)¢ mace ey 'I';,]?n‘:ssh !\zz::rlxy Mrs. Blanche McGraw took passage southbound for Vancouver, B. C., DENTIST VERGNE L. HOKE, Dorothy Schroeder where she was to take up some line of business. 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Worshipful Master; JAMES W. § Iris Gray e LEIVERS, Secretary. Willis E. Nowell W. F. Prentice, who had spent the winter in the south, was due here Glfice Phone 469 b SR e G- Mrs. Henry Hansen on the Princess Mary. i +* " P. P, Birdawell e PR 2 "Tomorrow's Styles { 4 Crissy LeFontaine J. L. “Dolly” Gray was elected new chief of the Juneau Fire Depart- Dr J d w ik 35 * _ |ment to replace Sim Freiman, resigned . Juason hlfllel' Today H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E George Mann and H. G. Nordling. who had been attending the con- l)r;m fgsm SN —~— | vention of the American Legion at Valdez, returned here on the Admiral Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7~ lad' “The stars lMlin‘ G. H. Canfield, of the Geologlcal Si left the Admiral Watson ! ompel” . H. Canfield, of the Geologlcal Survey, left on the Admiral Wal but do not e pel for Ketchikan to make surveys of the waterpower sites on Revillagigedo L L ] ' {Tstana. Dr. John H. Geyer Juneau's Own Store | <} SATURDAY, APRIL 19 s o One of the most delightul social events of the season was the tea DENTIST - TOLLR Sy SR g | Aflverse.aspecs mreias Kl dOm- | given by Mrs. W. S. Pullen in honor of her aunt, Mrs. Luther Hyde. Room 8—Valentine Bldg. inant under this planetary govern- PHONE 1762 Y] i ment, There is an evil sign for labor P T Hours: § a.m. to 6 pm. The Rexall Store’ § . Weather: Highest, 37; lowest, 31; partly cloudy. | which may cause serious clashes! Your Reliable Ph: i in centers of government work. A e | Heart and Home: Women should 2 b BUTLER-MAURO i pursue tasks to which they are ac- D 8 2 2 Y ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. DRUG CO. customed while this configuration a' essons In n |S N 3 & - revails. All the household arts will y g W, ke HPRO0 wguomm e be revived, and again knitting and | @ sesscascascascmcamcmmommommoancasrancaseansancansassan . thaimology i i ( weaving will engage attention. Need g X “ & op Pos’ o“lce subSIahon "1 3 clothing & icti s ‘WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Jack is a splendid tennis Glasses Pitted Les 1 By fnog;n:::; ;’Ocm’;’;l;"‘w arg. | Plaver.” Say, “is a SKILLFUL tennis player.” nses Ground NOW LOCATED AT | | robes, carefully assembled for spec- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Sanguine. Pronounce sang-gwin, A as HARRY RACE . ial cases, Organization of the women | in AN. I as in IN, accent first syllable. | of the United States will become so OFTEN MISSPELLED: Manner (kind; custom); manor (a man- n el l[ DRUGGIST exact that duplication and omis- |sion). ene W. Albrech “The Squibb Stores of Alaska® sion will be prevented. SYNONYMS: Put, deposit, lay, place, set. PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS 4 Business Affairs: Labor, is subject WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Phone 773 to sinister planetary influences| jncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Valentine Building—Room 7 “The Stere for Men"” 1 SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Bldg. Mortuary Pourth and Franklin You'll Find Food Finer and Q. When you have given someone a gift. and he expresses delight | ; PHONE 136 Service More Complete at r' over it, would it be all right to say, “I am glad that you like it"? m BARANOF o A. Yes. J Q. Is it necessary that receptionist in an office be pleasant and corrnn SHDP l 48 e Jones-Stevens Shop | A. Yes, if she wishes to retain her position. That is one of her LADIES'—MISSES AL LR ] chief duties. ol * i Q. Doesn’t it show good breeding when a person patiently awaits i Qeward Street Near Tnird FINE % his turn te go through a revolving door? 5 " Wateh and Jewelry Re ‘ % A. Yes;j nndhhe s!;lo;xld behcareéul ngt to obstruct the way of those at very reasonable rates { who are coming through from the other side. 4 PAU‘L BLOEDHORN JAMES C. COOPER §.FRANKLIN STREET | ' | LOOK and LEARN % e Couaael : A. C. GORDON Bustnse [r—— W Does a hen SIT or SET on its eggs? How dees the catfish get its name? In what State is the Painted Desert? Of what organ are the cornea and retina parts? 5. Who was the member of the British Parliament of Jewish birth, who said, “I will sit down now but the time will come when you will 1. 2. 3. 4. BOWLING L. C. Smith and Corons TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J“.OE. Burford & Co. h e | e s Xt ty i ; 1. Sit. % 2. From its cat-like whiskers and the purring noise it makes when ht. Brunswick Bow! Alleys cmg& North central Arizona. DB.. H. VANCE e b | 4. The eye. m‘n e v. n di H £ i, 5. Benjamin Disrael Mm & wcummm o nm“dlfigzmg oS " 7 to 8:00 by appoinment, SCHAFF SISTERS T0 1941 qicen eandidate for the.tie| | Oastinean Hotel Ammes Jopaibdelione, |+ SA“, 0" VA(A'I'ION T South Franklin St. Phone 177 g £ | ) o Secon: R Sailing on the southbound Bar-l HALIBUTER SELLS anof tomorrow morning, Betty and| Ole Westby, skipper of the hali- Ann Schaff, Juneau waitresses, will| but boat Oceanic, docked at the leave Juneau for Seattle and Port-|Cold Storage dock this morning to land on a two-months’ vacation. |sell 11,000 pounds of fish to the One of the sisters is employed at| Alaska Coast Fisheries at prices: the Royal Cafe and the other at'of 7.40 and 6.25 cents per pound. | .S;befr a He Afterj Five Years “Miss McArdle” Albert J. Hawkins Arrested on charges of stealing $35.from a fellow roomer in Pitts- burgh, “Miss Dorothy McArdle” turned out to be Albert James Hawkins, a runaway boy who had. been masquerading as a girl wait- ress for five years. other things Hawkins revealed that he i _bad many dates and that “sure the fellows ' wanted to kiss me.” A an‘nn,ha‘ insisted on him. Albert is shown % as McArdle” and as Albert. e INSURANCE || ‘ Shanu;k—Agency — There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising * Archie B. Belis «PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Taxes Systems Bookkeeping | Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 _— GMC TRUCKS Compare Them With All Others! PRICE - APPEARANCE - ECONOMY DURABILITY CONNORS MOTOR CoO. PHONE 411 SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First N; .