The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 25, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER - President R L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrler in Juneau and Doul: or §1.25 per mo; 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- Uvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES 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. "ALASKA CIRCULATION JUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN r“AT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., tives, with offices In_San Francisco, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J, Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building National Newspaper Representa- Los Angeles, Portland, SENSE IN CENSORSHIP Action to revoke pilot who flew a newspaper photographer over the crippled British battleship Malaya as it limped into New York harbor for repairs on April 6 is the latest move in the struggle between the Navy and the press over the “gentlemen’s agreement” censor- ship which Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox has sought to impose on newspapers. A few days before the British warship, which was struck by a torpedo on the high seas, reached our shores, the Navy circularized the press in the New York area asking editors not to mention ar- rivals in the United States of British vessels. Such information, the Navy said, might be of value to Britain's enemies. Most New York newspapers printed nothing when the Malaya steamed slowly past the Statute of Liberty to anchor in plain sight of the German consular offices, But one or two city editors couldn’t resist the temptation. One of them sent a photographer out in a plane to record the arrival of the vessel. The picture was featured prominently on page 1. The staffs of other ne papers grumbled. Meanwhile thousands of persons had seen the Malaya in the harbor. Hundreds had talked to Malaya sailors ashore in New York's bars. These seamen, wearing “Malaya” in inch-high let- ters on their hatbands, were not reticent in telling how they had helped shell Genoa a few weeks be- fore and how they had later been struck by a tor- pedo while on convoy duty. Now the Secretary of the Navy has filed a com- plaint with the Civil Aeronautics Board to discipline the pilot who flew out over the battleship. The flier is accused of three violations: flying below 500 feet over New York harbor, flying below 1,000 feet over a congested part of New York City and flying closer than 500 feet from another plane in flight. Very likely the pilot is guilty of all these technical violations of the regulations. But we have looked carefully at the Malaya photograph in this week’s “Life” magazine and we would be willing to testify that the plane wasn't any closer to the ship than numerous photo planes have been to other ships in New York harbor in the past. We are still waiting, too, to learn whether Secretary Knox has filed a complaint against the other plane, within 500 feet of | which the photo plane is accused of flying. If the photo plane was within 500 feet of some other plane, the other plane must have been within 500 feet of the photo plane. The Secretary, we are convinced, is not motivated by any desire to see that air safety regulations are complied with. He is rather trying to scold the press for failing to hide a British battle- ship up its editorial sleeve. Censorship is a thing the American press doesn’t know very much about. But it knows enough to be convinced that no such system as the Navy's will ever work. If it is really important that certain information shall not be made public, a definite | and explicit policy must be laid down by the Navy. the license of a commercial | (for the first time in history), | not publish anything about ship movements, shore base construction, vessel contracts or anything else | concerning the Navy is asking something which newspapermen, however willing to cooperate, will | never be able to carry through to the Navy's satis- faction. One gentlemanly newspaper keeps still and sees Itself scooped by a rival. Or all newspapers might keep still and then see the precious informa- tion come out fully-illustrated in a national maga- zine. The Empire has seen Navy censorship work, or Army and Navy pointing out that national defense attempt to work. In preparing our recent Progress and Development editlon, we sent letters to the work was the biggest thing happening in the Ter- ritory this year and asking that we be furnished with articles telling exactly as much about Alaska work as the Army and Navy wished to tell. The Army complied promptly with an excellent review of its activities in Alaska, telling its airbase con- struction story as it wished it told and not, we are sure, giving away any secrets valuable to potential enemies. From the Navy, by contrast, we received a curt note: “There is no additional material which we wish to have published at this time.” What could The Empire do? We couldn't pretend the Navy wasn't building bases in Alaska. The work had been widely publicized in national magazine ar- ticles. We had to write a story from what infor- mation we had at hand. If this story met with the approval of the Navy, it would be a coincidence. We think that every American citizen will agree with us that the Army policy in this particular mat- ter was so far superior to the Navy that there is no comparison, If we must have censorship in the interest of the national safety, let’s have it. But let’s not have an indefinite half censorship that nobody can follow and which accomplishes no good purpose. For Bases in Eire (Cincinnati Enquirer) With the battle of the Atlantic increasing in intensity, Britain’s need of naval and air bases in Eire becomes more and more imperative. For with- out them the protection of shipping afforded by home-based aircraft and light naval vessels is ex- tremely limited. Only with bases in Eire can Brit- ain’s radius of protection be widened several hun- dred miles to the west, where losses apparently are the heaviest. Efforts to make the Irish, who depend upon the British for most of their food and who must rely upon Britain for protection in case of a Nazi thrust against them, see the realities of this situation have thus far produced no results. Here is a spot where American pressure may do some good. For Eire needs, and needs badly, large stocks of food and military equipment. She has asked the United States to sell these items to her. The State Department, however, is shunting these requests aside, and is reported to be offering instead full aid under the lend-lease program if Eire turns over the sorely needed bases to Britain. Remembering their past grievances, the Irish probably will adhere to their stubborn policy and refuse to negotiate with the British. But there is “|reason to belleve that they may negotiate with us. Relations between Eire and America are more cor- dial, and we can avoid the type of pressure Britain would have to use to obtain the bases, and at the same time hold out important inducements of our own. So far Eire has resisted American lend-lease proposals, probably in the hope that she can buy what she wants without bringing up the issue of bases in the negotiations. If the United States makes it plain that this is unsatisfactory, there is a possibility Eire can be persuaded to yield the bases. D. U. N.? (Philadelphia Record) The question of “Union Now" xs agitating the Daughters of the American Revolution, now attend- | ing their annual Continental Congress in Wash- ington. While no move was afoot to form a Daughters of Union Now, opinion among the delegates was re- ported divided over this country’s uniting with the English-speaking democracies. Our best guess is, | however, that no resolutions will be offered calling Revere “Wrong Way Paul” or renaming their Con- tinental Hall “Oliver Wiswell Annex.” ‘While the gals were perfectly correct in con- | | sidering that the Revolutionary War is over and asking a British citizen to make the opening address this country isn't ready yet to call Benedict Arnold a hero or George Washington a Fifth Columnist undermining the British Empire. So, we hope the D.AR. sticks to its knitting | for Bundles for Britain and comes out with good, resounding resolutions against Communism, sabotage and sin—without trying to fight the Revolution all To ask newspaper editors to be good fellows and over again, from the wrong side. Wathington when it is dangerous to get too rarlare reported to have come via ahead of public sentiment, and when he is in step with it. | French Tunis (only 90 miles from Sicily). Merry- Go-Round (Oondnued from Page Oue) today the map of Europe resembles | that of 1804, when Napoleon had | swallowed the entire continent ex-| cept Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Turkey. Those same five countries are the only ones standing today. Napoleon at that time was working with Russia. It was not until 1811 that he turned against Russia, and the tide later turned against him.! Remembering that, perhaps, Cordell Hull has been woonig Russia, the country he hates, but the only strong ally to whem the democracies now can turn. ROOSEVELT THE POLITICIAN Inside the Cabinet, Secretary Huil is not the only man worried about | the war situation. Even more wor- ried ,at least more articulate, are| Republican Cabineteers Stimson and Knox, Democrat Morgenthau, and | ex-Republican Ickes. In some de-| gree, furthermore, the entire Cabi-| net shares this worrk. Some are greatly concerned at the President’s inactivity. Though faced with a desperate catastrophe, they feel that he has been waiting for public opinion to eatch up to him. Roosevelt always has prided him- self on keeping his ear tuned to political ground-swells, being able But today, some White House ad- visers believe Roosevelt is aplying too much smart politics to gauging public opinion, instead of getting out in front and forming public opin- ion himself. BRITISH REVERSES Specifically, here are some of the things they think the public should know: 1. That London has been as bad- ly battered by recent air raids as Coventry; that the city is such a chambles that even the British, as tough as they are, heroic as they are, are beginning to wonder how long they can hold out without help. 2. That British airplane produc- tion, because of the raids, has fall- en far below that of last autumn— probably under 1,000 planes a month, (Hitler is5 reportefi producing 5,000 a month.) 3. That Britain has been so hard up for modern mechanized equip- ment that she could not fulfill her promise of tanks and aircraft to Turkey. This was why Turkey did not carry out her pledge to aid Yugoslavia, 4. That Turkey's new pact with | Germany will reveal secret clauses | permitting the Nazis to use vital Turkish railroads to get troops to Syria—a long step toward the Suez Canal. 5. That the French in North Af- rica show signs of cooperating with Hitler in carrying supplies across the Mediterranean, thereby aiding Axis attacks on the British, In fact, Nazi to feel the public pulse. He knows|munitions for the desert campaign 6. That in addition to the attack |on Suez, renewed efforts at invading England seem to be in the making. These are some of the desperate- ly discouraging reports that have|- - - been placed before the President— reports that make his Cabinet mem- bers believe the convoying of mer- chant ships across the North At- lantic by the U. S. Navy is neces- sary immediately, or it may be too late. They are equally convinced—and 50 is the President—that the first de- fense of the United States continues to be the British fleet; that once the British fleet falls, the United States plus the Monroe Doctrine would be open to simultaneous attack on two oceans with only a one ocean navy to defend it. MERRY-GO-ROUND In addition to making a bare- knuckle reply in Collier's to Colonel Lindbergh’s recent “Letter to Ameri- cans,” which urges an appeasement policy toward the Axis, Wendell Willkie also will take the stump in the Midwest against other isola- tionist leaders: He will use Rush- ville, Ind., his campaign headquar- ters, as base of operations. . . Pres- ident Roosevelt has just completed his own landscape design for the new Naval Hospital, outside Wash-|a good deal. He'’s uu .and ington, He worked on it with a large | slender, like a center ot etball wooden drawing-beard, @ 'pro- | team—though he's 60 fessional draughtsman, entrat- d Jesse are good friends, but ing especially o @ pat I roads | he “Cotton Ed” Smitiy are 2 connecting the éosplu!'.s 12 build- ings. All had to' -eemime, yet. grounds 2 THE DAILY' ALASKA FJVIPIRE F‘RIDAY APRIL 25, 1941 APRII. mmmmm [ Jade 8|9 11 15(16 18 22|23 2930 HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 25 Minnie Fields Mrs. Della Clark John Notferstad Gerald Cashen Harry Atwood Clarence Campbell Mrs. Clarice Stevens Loraine Taylor F. F. Fields L HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” SATURDAY, APRIL 26 This is a day of mixed planetary | influences. Caution should be the| watchword, especially in making, financial investments. There is a promising sign for spring theatri- cal attractions on stage and screen. | Heart and Home: Fashions of| long ago will contrast sharply dur- ing the summer with uniforms worn by women. Public service will absorb the energies of many young girls who will reveal unusual abil- ity in numerous professions largely monopolized by men in time of peace. Many wartime conditions | will prevail through the summer for which college girls should pre-| pare with the aim of succeeding in public service. Defense programs The Sourdough Club of the Uni Burford, was sending out boosting Territory. by the Alaska Road Commission. sentatives acting as a committee of lat the A. B. Hall. Mrs. Henry Roden and son, H. City of Seattle for Juneau. City of Seattle and had resumed his Behrends Store, arrived on the City Weather: Highest, 38; lowest, 33; WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do syllables, and not de-liv-ri. nance; no I (artillery). WORD STUDY: increase our vocabulary by mastering HUSBAND (verb); “He husbanded his resources to the will enlist women of all ages, is foretold. Business Affairs: There is evil portent read as presaging loss es on the high seas. Commerce will| * be heavy, however, despite diffi-| is| for the United States Navy prognosticated. Officers and men| are to demonstrate their superior- ity in surprise attacks from secrm, enemies operating while neutrality | exists. Food supplies in immense | quantities will be sent to starvmg‘ war victims, | National Issues: Public, health will again be widely discussed, San- itary provisions in military reser- vations as well as in cities will be| vent excessive use of alcoholic bev- | erages in Army training camps will| gain emphasis. Prohibition will be| advocated, But the seers forecast| a new method to restrict the use| of hard liquors. Girls who drink| will be frowned upon so generally| that cocktail parties will lose their | popularity among smart young folk. International Affairs: According| to a foreign astrologer who has! studied the maps of Hitler and| Stalin, any German-Russian pact will be of short duration. The So- viet government is to change many of its extreme Communistic points of view. The stars appear| to indicate that Stalin will be the| gainer in Axis cooperation and that he will outlast Hitler and Mussolini in retaining power, although he has the possibility of tragic death. Persons whose birthdate it is| probably will have a year of rare good fortune and happiness. They| should guard against accidents and avoid hasty decisions, Children born on this day may be talented in music, dignified and ambitious. They may be deeply emotional and should be wisely guided by parents and teachers. (Copyright, 1941) many roads . . . . Popular source of | hand-wrought iron ware for Wash- ington antique lovers is Collins’ Forge, in Farmington, Conn.,, oper- ated by Laurence Colline, coilege graduate and former newspaperman, | . Just before sailing for South America, Douglag Fairbanks got some straightforward advice from Alzira Vargas do Amaral Peixoto, daughter of the President of Brazil. MILLIONAIRE BUYER The New Deal has brought a lot of professors to Washington, but not many millionaires. Will Clayton be- longs to that smaller company. His office is on the top fioor of the Lafayette Building. Jesse Jones put him there with a title, “Deputy Federal Loan -Administrator,” but forgot to give him a salary. Will Clayton didn't say anything, so he works for nothing—not even a dollar a year. At the beginning, he tried to spend the $500,000,000 that Congress hand- ed the Export-Import Bank last year. | But Latin America wouldn't ‘take it. | Will Clayton says we did such a whopping business with Latin Amer- ica last year that they don't need| credits any more, So now he’s buy- ing rubber and other strategic ma- terials, Clayton comes from Houston, where he owns about as much prop- erty as Jesse Jones, which ds saying ::; MODERN ETIQUETTE * soperra Lem Q. one do? A. This depends entircly upon tmav plainly show annoyance, which may have an effect. bear it. Q. “bore,” A. Enter his office and say ment with Mr. Harris is due.” Q. Should the gloves be removed when in church? A. Fhis is entirely optional. Of Wide CONCErN. AZILAtion {0 Dre- | Greseemeemomnemsemsmssms st s moen s e oo con cmm s as oo LOOK and LEA e - D 4 00 0 e el 1. What tree furnished the original writing paper of man? 2. How tall is a giraffe at birth? 3. What is the proof of pure grain alcohol? 4. In boxing, how long is a round? 5 What Scottish poet's works are considered the most musical in the English language? ANSWERS: 1. The beech. 2. About six feet high. 3. One hundred and ninety proof. 4. Tnree minutes. 5. Robert Burns. 20 YEARS AGO % APRIL 25, 1921 students whose homes were in Alaska, through its secretary, W. K. Donald MacKinnon left for Hailnes where he was to be employed With every member of the Territorial Legislature, Senators and Rep- { themselves, the Legislative Ball was given by members of the 1921 session Carl J. Johnson, linotype operator on The Empire, arrived on the Miss Grace Davidson, former employee in this city at the B. M. C. W. Cheatham, Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads for the Depart- ment of Agriculture, arrived in Juneau on the City of Seattle from his Iheadquarters at Ketchikan. Mrs. E. Callaghan arrived in Juneau on the Ambassador to meet her daughter who recently came here. Daily Lessons in Engli et - - el S “My glass broke,” or “My glass has broken.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Delivery. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ordinance (that which is decreed). SYNONYMS: Donation, gift grant, present, gratuity. “Use a word three times and it is yours.” to direct and manage with frugality; When a woman with a small child calls, and the child tramples culties due to the world war. Fame | the flower beds, and the mother seems unable to control it, what should How can a secretary help her employer, and she knows he has another appointment? “I am 50l 1941. HE EMPIRE versity of Washington, composed of articles to various papers in the one to see that all guests enjoyed B. Struble, were passenger on the position. of Seattle after a long absence. cloudy. b lish ¥ 1. corpoN not say, “My glass has broke.” Say, Pronounce de-liv-er-i, four Ord- Let us one word each day. Today's word: economize. utmost of his ability.” the value of the friendship. One Otherwise, who is entertaining a ry, Mr. Hill, but your appoint- RN A. C. GORDON York Cotton Exchange. He wanted to prove that Clayton had cornered the market, but Clayton said it was only “hedging,” and Smith lost the bout. Will Clayton was born on a cotton farm near Tupelo, Miss. He quit school after eight grades, and stud- jed shorthand. He still remembers having as a client an itinerant ora- tor named William Jennings Bryan. He distrusted orators then, and he still does. That'’s why he joined the Liberty League when Rcosevelt came into office. His contributions were gener- ous, but they were cancelied out by his wife. She, Susan Vaughan Clay- ton, is a great admirer of Roosevelt, Directory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr ngren Building PHONE 56 e —— - s Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Gtfice Phone 469 | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTUR Drugless Physician Office hzol;m: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H Geyer Room l—vuentlne Blag. PHONE 1762 Hours: 8 am. to 6 pm, ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Collge of Optometry and Opthatmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground —_——— Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 Jones-Stevens Shop | LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Thma | — % JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corena TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Satistied gmnfownfls' » | DR.H.VANCE | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 o b; 7 0 8:00 by appoinment. and for every dollar Will gave to Jouett Shouse, Susan matched it with a check to Jim Farley . More hedging! Aided Smg Edward Kiernad pictured above, and rushed them persons are dead as a result sining policeman ‘and one of were killed in duels. A ‘pruoner, of As an aftermath to the escape attempt of three desperate convicts from Sing Sing prison, Ossining, N. Y., pol.lce arrested two con- fessed accomplices, Edward Kiernan, left, and William Wade, both with first degree murder. The two admitted they smuggled three .38 caliber pistols and three sets of handcuffs into the prison. Four of the break, Aprllon‘mrd,-nm-‘ 3 Sing Escape and Willlam Wade into court where they were charged escaping convicts, John Wa Miller, Archie B. Betis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Taxes Systems Bookkeeping Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 6768 B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 P. M. 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