The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 6, 1941, Page 4

" Daily Alaska Empire by length of service, following the death of the fors THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1941. mer Chairman. 194 MAY 1941 frum i ' d 3 Published every evening except Sunday by the “Length of service is his solitary qualification. mmmmmmm 2 0 Y THE EMPI R E Profflfll Son'alt' _ EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Without entering into the question of his sincerity, lr e C O r y Fraterna gch‘e l:; PIRE Y Rl e Presidens [One may say that throughout his eight years of Gastineau Chann( R. L. BERNARD - - Vice Prestdent it dind e M"‘"‘"wmnco in the Senate he has not said anything or 6|7 10 | May 6, 1921 Entered in the Post Office in Juneeu ns Second Class Matter. | done anything that in a sensible legislative system | The Pacific Steamship C m' any wired Washingt sking’ that S IBTION BATES: A 1e Pacific Steamship Company ngton , aBking thet | g e e T UNT Delivered by carrier in Joneau and Douslas for $1.25 per month, | WOUId entitle him to this position. Two and a 13|14 17 | haval reserve engineer officers be assigned to steamers operated on, Drs Kaser and s JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 e D s oonthe, i wAvbes: Suie; | DAL ‘:”’}a"‘: after dr:;g’ 1:‘;‘::;:;“;?:;;* 20(21 | Alaska mail routes, pending settlement of the marine workers' strike | g > Mmon::y :z“:“{l 0,;:;!“‘: h, in ad $1.25 | against a ‘hate wave’ a - : 3 at b - hipping. P f ::' ég&’%fi;m‘;&\;}fi":&mn favor it they will promotly mottr | (i " what, business is it of ours?’ he then de- 27/28 |“hmh had almost completely tied up all American shipping. A Freeburger g N e Business Office of any faflure o w o- | SHIDS. I . i spi 3 beginning at 7:30 p. m. e elophones: News Oftice, 602; Business Office, 374, | manded. He opposed offering American _how"'““w | The midnight luncheon served by Claude E. Ericson of the Gastineau i ?m:'ms VERGNE? T H?)KE. = ) et it —|to the unhappy viotims of ithe diptatoms, chilcrer Hotel to the members of the Territorial Legislature, the clerical forces of e Worshipful Master; JAMES W. W Avsoietns Preds B :xrluxl\ely entitied to the use for | NOL excepted. He stirred up a foolish and unjust HAPPY BIRTHDAY | both houses, reporters and cwults was a most elaborate affair. Covers , Secretary. i republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | hatred of ‘aliens’ Denouncing Nazis and Commun- v\ele laid for forty. — ] ; :lwl:redned o this paper and also the local mews published | o 0 T ol owed their ‘line’ in his opposi- Bk e T 6"’\Ttnre d el i) s 3 | 4 s Own § T ALASKA CIRGULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | lion to the repeal of the arms embargo and to the MAY 6 | LeRoy Carrigan, a freshman at the Juneau High School, returned Dr. A. W. Stewart i~ THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. passage of the lease-lend act. To put the Military it AR 110 his classes after recovering from a broken arm. . ” . ey oot B s o] - g ams. S Ak g ‘i GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, Natlonal Newspaper Representa- | Affairs Committee under his thumb is to violate Shirley Ann Edwards | it DENTIST - ! SZ.'?QE"C‘EE‘.’Q'J‘"JE.'."Y;?E’.53'33‘553:’ Los Angeles, Portland, grossly the principle of democracy which says that Eimer W, Weugh | George S. Hubbard, expert radio aid, who with a working party had 20TH CENTURY BUILDING e e s s e ST L of (L8 PR le s binding on ‘thetr Willis Hopkins ‘complezea the installation of an arc transmitter at the Ketchikan radio ) " anetican B‘E“"R;’:‘)}‘f'“’ T i Sy HTeproNstIRETEs, Alfred Raymond | station, arrived here on the Latouche. He was to make some calibrations Oftice Phone 469 i { Senator Reynolds has gone to bat for Alaska on T. F. Andresen |'of the Juneau system and was to be here about a week. o I S e G T “ several matters pending in Washington in the past Milo Hilliard | Lefigt 2t “Th H " : |few years. For this we thank him and hope he T. F. Dennison o 0 v i 1 g 1 th R R S T Y ” i " 5 Bernard M. Stone, who had been in Juneau for several months on e hexa tore does not consider us ungrateful. He Is by all re- Booiiis (MRy- (ORSSRY business, was to return on the Northwestern to Hyder where he had D! Judson Whlfller Your Rellable P | ports a good fellow and a Somthern gentleman. But & | sxtansive Hitaiats CHIROPRACTUR ellable Pharmacists 4 it takes more than that to head up the Senate Mili- | e B, Drugless Physiclan BUTLER-MAURO ¢ tary Affairs Committee in this year of peril, 1941. } Mrs. Florine Housel was leaving on the Northwestern to visit with Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 DRUG CO. { }Wn can hope, with the rest of the nation, that the H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E ‘fr\omk in Ketchikan. Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. o i | Senate can find some way to avoid the catastrophe. > S PHONE 667 ity o i e B R { . s i “The stars ncline | Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fletcher, whose marriage :cct\::'r.edla (e\\; dx: Pm omce Slb‘ilfim . i eV, 3 ere 3 3 Ves t . eir home in R While Rome Burns but do not compe[' ,nm]mu.s, were to leave on the Northwestern to make Dr Jo H Geyer NOW LOCATED AT ) ) south. . h.n . § (Eniiadelobie Bl WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 : VLA e DENTIST HARRY RACE » The Navy, we are informed, is about to purchase Benefic aspects rule totay, which Weather: Highest, 40; lowest, 37; rain. Bovis 5 ¥iiund Blag. DRUGGIST ne! tine r T NG R a 335-acre tract at Weymouth, Mass., for construc- PHONE 762 *The AN IRON LUNG FOR JUNEAU tion of a dirigible base. The cost will be $5,000,000, |Should be fortunate for labor‘fl‘:?».....—.—-—-——-—-—m—"‘—"-‘ P B Sqnlbb Stores of Alaska” i i s PR Considering that we already have one dirigible|its aspirations. It is a me; = . by i & Last week’s tragedy, in which a young Juneau|,... and no dirigibles, this proposal borders on the date for launching any new .us. Daily essons 'n ng IS W L GORDON [ man died of infantile paralysis despite efforts made|fantastic. The Lakehurst base would seem ample|Nness or promoting any important| . J “The Stere for Mul' 2 to save his life in a homemade iron lung and in)under such conditions. enterprise. i . ald - - D D S ) e o ) an emergengy lung rushed here by plane from Seat-| Unfortunately, it is also reported that new diri-| Heart and Home: Women S b L kv ERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. vell- 2 3 a- q S ISUSED: Do not say, “What do you think of me tle, should awaken the community to the necessity|gibles may be built before long, as part of the de- :‘_e" d‘v’;‘;]edst::_';?;ru;h::r:':?;;g‘:;:t % “?;I?;r:‘i[‘_m\lsx ?_m, Y ohag o Ondu?heol'.m Afih Coll~ge 3 o of having equipment of this sort on hand in Ju-|fense program. K T X - - | soing 4 4 . G R, A of Optometry and ront St.—Triangle Bldg. neau for emergency use. That makes it twice as bad. they will w“"lbu!f dir;:sflg :‘r\\: OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Poem. po-em, O as in NO, E as in Opthatmology ; The improvised lung which Dr. Robert M. Coffey| Dirigibles have been conspicuous by their com- month to nationa | END, and not POME nor PO-UM. b R i Seniad " and Kenyon (Spike) lvfcl.ean tinkered toget);er sey- | Plete absence in this war, Even Germany, which ponaail ol | RAS it OFTEN MISSPELLED: Regalta; two T'. L Ay 5 9 ; A fathered them and clung to them after the rest of|® Sign of warning against new or- SYNONYMS: Mystify, perplex; ‘pussle, bewilder. o eral yea 0 was credited with ki | 1 v 4 sk 4 Food Finer and years ag eeping the recent ganizations which may enlist man = 5 s ! o Slive" for 24 Yhuts donbteil this | Europe abandoned them, has thrown up the sponge. tations. Tt gis| WORD: STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Secvice More Complete at 3 V’C“m la ye Jor o5 n:ours 0.]:1 Z:w ‘; in ; e It is a terrible waste of time, money and man- undert false xeir::;n ‘;nl mas ” , increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: n l . Srrithn i ottt ol Pi ung\m“cr to start bullding these huge coffins-of-the-air [ ¥ 10 ¢O8T07 I hfl MUNIFICENCE; lavish genejosity. “His large donations to the church eiene w. A“’recl“ m BAmor could have done better. But there may be cases|at this time, when every dollar and all available |UVty Of established womems chubs 11 Fiificence PHY. ¢ in the future in which a good commercial lung will|gkilled labor are needed for the real implements of the Red Cross and Y.M.C.A. This are testimonies of his munific s:m;.hmnmmu cnrmg snop - save some local resident’s life. As long as there:derensg, is a fortunate date for 5{‘“5 who Yalash M’ k 4 is even a 1,000-to-one chance that we might have| Dirigibles have a ghastly record of disaster in|Mmake the "‘_cq‘“a'ma‘;emfi ]:&ax;s;: | 5 " ' to have a good iron lung available at a moment:}peacenme We recall that on one occasion the}‘?@ 5 OD‘T”,';L_ sexderu[ms rule of i MODERN ET'QUETTE Y g —a notice, we should take warning now, while the mat-|Were used in war games, and didn't survive those. [;‘l‘erss;"i HORY. 2k ! ROBERTA LEE FINE Bl nudisn dhin such eqipmeCt Wb, ‘gfim Iofe fihey, Wonld Uast 1o mpen WA n 0 BUSINESS AFfAIrS: DEIMONSITATION | 1 s e oo o e oo e o - o - o s o S es o) The charles w cmer Watch and Jewelry Repairing it seems to us, is a cause to which the public would s guess. of the amazing possibilities of mer- o ’ . contribute readil We hope President Roosevelt will squelch this Ay i A ractuil p Q. When one is a house guest, is it permissible to borrow things at very reasonable rates | program of diverting defense energies to the hobby\:::“‘:;i‘l’l‘gd dgmz:a::lfchf:ggtal: from the hostess Mofluary PAUL BLOEDHORN OUR FRIEND JOB |of & few well-meaning but, painfully-misteken en-| Lo, e rem pon. the i Agls A. Do not be the sort of guest who has to borrow everything. If Pomt S Bkl e & PRI SR thusiasts. powers and will prove of supreme, Becessary to borrew, be H!hl't‘ to rev,urln thf article promptly and in as PHONE 13 E ‘ " " i t was lent to you. “Seniority at its worst,” is the way the New . aid to Britain. However, there will| good dition as it was when i B York Times refers editorially to the proposition that Cost of Occupation be huge shipping losses this month Q. Should one stack his dishes on the table when finished eating? e e % i here is a sign presagingsome A. Never. Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina might | (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and 4 « < y g v 5 shortly become Chairman of the Senate’s all-| Alexander Sachs, well known economist, brings 30:;“0{ 1:,‘:0‘;:1. s::::oc:nlosiog\;:;r:‘- X el R f().r ¥ gul‘lu Ve ailong llhc :.(l“h‘tl:hmm:l?i'rmce is JOIIGS-SIWS Shllll B 0w G important Committee on Military Affairs. to light some interesting data on the costs to France gesplts enemy effort n;gimcles of b 2 n; lskvcorx\;ldi‘l!;‘d (lo::m‘c]u;ul: a ::‘gil:cr“l)‘;b]ic lflzlcc is difficult LADIES'—MISSES’ Senator Reynolds is the gentleman who made a|of military occupation by the Nazls. It is SIENifi-|orriciency will be wrought throughy oo con StmOKINg on the streeh and i &3 : READY-TO-WEAR brief excursion to Alaska several years ago and has|cant because of the German charge that it was lack|.ountless channels. 56 i Qeward Street Near Tnira been talking about it in Congress ever since, how he|of realism in the reparations settlements following| Natjonal Issues: Sabotage, the ......_.___.......-........-—.—————-—-——-—-—»—-—; shot a walrus at the risk of his life, how there xs‘thfi Worl_d“":fl; ::flt mflaet flnot{:‘r ar inevitable| seers prophesy, is to cause grave 1 an island in the Arctic Ocean, Wrangel Island,| 2nd precipitate 6" DEPSEILL WOKIQ JOTIRIS: hazards as the summer advasces, LO OK d I_E A RN which should be ours and not Russia’s, and so on. | According to hs“hs- Hitler has ‘mmdi l:ipon and congressional investigations will a n A. C. GORDON i In' the Senate, Reynolds is Iooked upon as:an | 16 F¥ench, who have lost most of the rich ipdus-|muiply, Efforts o discredit comal ¥ . L ol o ey JAMESC COOPER ] TR | trial area, a burden of payments in excess of. $2,-|nitt the watch fo secret » amiable, possibly a harmless, windbag. A recent Jack mittees on the Or.", SECTR s A ) ; : : 900,000,000 a year. And to protect against the loss i i 1. Ho ny voyages did Columbus make to the New World? C.P.A. 8tinnett dispatch to The Empire described him as § i machinations of enemy agents will s G L Ao T Rt T L oh the | .2 latke past of this tuoume Ryoush Inflation, e | sspunie, torms difficilt o detegh! . 3. Wherels thste fhie Jeast raln(allin the worldp Business Counselor Brunswick Bowling Alleys . il L , D. C. azis are taking over the capital assets of the French el 3 o ” 2 R T T S S TR T record, Senator Reynolds would hardly seem to be| “ranging from tangible goods to controlling inter- Young men and women are v»am_vd 3. What does the word Inflmanuel mean? COOPER BUILDING : 3 | ; of a prognostication that there will 4. What American bird builds “the most remarkable nest”? = - the man for the important post he seems about to|ests in industries and business enterprises.” be sensational exposure of treason- et B fasnont Tt bathter Reme | ncA viclor nadl” assume. 1 By comparison with the reparations imposed by|aple activities in colleges. 5. What was the first name o ot o ¢ # t Says the New York Times: ‘the Treaty of Versailles on Germany the payments brandt? L C. Smit and RECORDS International Affairs: Persistent- T . C. Smith and Corona “Because the United States Senate sticks to “i being exacted from the French are more than three|;y the stars presage for Russia an AEBWERD TYPEWRITERS Juneau Melody House i foolish and obsolete rule of seniority, come hell or fimes as great, and approximately five times the|access of power and prominence 1. B, Sold and Serviced by Hexvioinaral GunSiop high water, it is in danger of having as Chairman Sche%:le of peym_e;:lts undgrt_the Da:ei Plan. & the second World War. The seers 2. Arica, Chile. i Second Street Phone 65 of its Committee on Military Affairs a man com- | . ¢ g ki b conditions make 1| who prophesy that Stalin's lifespan, 3. “God with us. J. B. Burford & Co. pletely out of sympathy with his party majority, the | .- chmy But Tt Peanak s l‘; the zheo g‘ Of| will end within two or three years 4. The oriole. “Our Doorstep Is Worr by i Oongressional majority, the Admintstration and. thet e s 3 R other nations|goresee many changes for the So- 5. Rembrandt was the FIRST name of Rembrandt Harmensz Van Satisfied Customers” A < which come under his control. It also throws im-| e government and alliances that. Rijn. expressed public opinion of the country on the sub- | portant light on the question of whether the out- w11 -ald in i undermining Nt jn. AT ject of national defense. Senator Robert R. Rey-|come of the war is a matter of indifference to this|girencth. If the war does not end| . A ——————% * nolds of North Carolina lays claim to this position, country. i s i METZLER HERE HERE FROM LIVENGOOD - i : o ;’;‘slof;"d:;‘w‘: prophesicd, & A Oliver J. Metuler, district sales | Mr. and Mrs. Keith N. Jones of . . attuc gency A ) d give them priority in |than it w: t December, whick 4 v < | Biinee pasiE Siiaas b PishiRE JROURRRS €0 I rived in Juneau from Sitka several | aftemoon. Registered at the Gas- | | free. Hours 10 to 13; 1 to 5; CALIFORNIA Mer = | machine tools, plus a constant flow | was five times greater than at the| Persons whose birthdate 1t 'is 5 ago Bk ill fly to the In- | tineau Hotel, Jones left Livengood: 7 -00 Ty of changes arising from combat ex- | beginning of 1940. have the augury of a year of gopd| J2YS 8€0- Metzler will fly to the In- eariy Shhine. and ot 86 %o 8:00 by appoinment. . . perience abroad, production of tanks | R L o e re| Leior for a several weeks trip as| ¥ I Gastineau Hotel Annex 478—PHONES—371 0-Roun . Small arms ammunition, the big ppiness. TREre| oooryations are booked. miles to Fairbanks to catch a south- | | gouth Franklin St. Phone 177 Grocery and Mext Market . is still in the early stages. gest immediate need, is slightly be- | will be change and travel through| i ; bound PAA plane. Pt Ll L U PR Heavy tanks are still on the draw- | hind schedule because of delays in [red letter months. : — High Quality Foods at b (Condinued from Page Ou®) | ing boards. The Army has not yet | obtaining presses. However, this is| Children born on this day prob-| _ Empire Classifieds Pay! Try a classifled ad in Ine Empire l Moderate Prices made up its mind on the value of | expected to be made up shortly when | ably will be unusual in their tal- Al‘c“ Befls appears that Hitler's productive ca- | these armored glants; it will be at | three new Western plants hit their [ents and original in their points| H M P e b. NOTICE pacity In planes, tanks, guns and | least another pear before pilot mod- | stride. Production has already soar- [of view. Highly intellectual, pro-| el'o eets Afi'lcan l'emlel' PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AIRMALL; ENVEL.OPES, showing other vital arms is double the maxi- | €18 Toll off the production line. The { eq steadily. In March it was 40 per | found in thought and sincere in| Audits Taxes air Toute' from Seattle to Nome, on mum of our defense program, and ‘fu'st medium tanks made their ap- | cent greater than in January; by |character, they have the promlse‘ Systems Bookkeeping le at J. B. Burford & Co. ;dv. insiders are insisting that the only | Pearance recently, will start coming | july it will be 2% times greater, and | of a noteworthy experience in liv-| Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone gv6} | —— — ~ hope of coping with him is immed- | Off the lines in a steady flow by by next January 3% times greater | ing. ! et et ' Tty a classified ad in The Empire. iately to launch plans to outstrip | June, and will hit 300-a-month in |than July. (Copyright, 1941) him. September. . . Light tanks, of which 3,687 are on ere 18 no substitute ror order for delivery by May, 1942, are ARMS j MORE AND LESS the most advanced of this arm. By | Deliveries of the Garand rifle are TO Wed Rush Hol.t N W > 4d ist The imagination reels under what ' June deliveries will be at the rate | Well ahead of schedule and the rate Newspaper daver tlSlng this means in industrial terms. of 330 a month and will step up |is increasing steadily. The same is . . ¢ For one thing, it means a tre- | rapidly thereafter. true of sub-machine guns. ] mendous speed-up in the rate and Production of the new heavy me- —_————-——_ i quantity of production, plus another PLANES chine guns, for land and planes, is ! vast expansion of plant capacity. At the moment the aviation pic- | just getting under way — eight i For another, it means a drastic cur- | ture is in a state of flux due to|months ahead of schedule. This is U s E B C A R s H tailment of consumer goods, such as | developments abroad. A few months | an outstanding achievement of in- i automobiles, electrical appliances, | ago the chief demand was for fight- | dustrial organization and ingenuity; s i aluminum ware and other daily er planes. Today, bombers are to|the facilities had to be built up s “necessities.” | the fore, particularly long range | Practically from scratch. ee “s Today ffll‘ ufllell Steel, tin, zinc, rubber, copper, | bombers carrying heavy loads. Also. The output of anti-aircraft guns h F 1 N sluminum and other vital raw it is definitely known that the Nazis | is just getting started. The delay i y materials will have to be diverted are bringing out new machines. was caused by uncertainty of the ManY Klnds and TYPes ioc o0o0se I'rom: y to armaments. The picture is not a In March we produced 1216 mili- | military experts as to the exact : eomfortable one, but there are|tary planes, of which 500 were train- | function of this weapon, plus the plenty of military experts who grim- | ers and 700 combat ships. About 200 | complexity of producing them. There CONN“RS an C“. 1y hold it to be the only alternative —one-sixth of the total output— |are 191 different parts in each gun, PRONE 411 to a Hitler triumph. were bombers. In April these figures | and there are different types for Thus briefly summarized, the de- | stepped up to 1,375, of which 250 | land and sea. o fense question-mark consists of two | were bombers. By September, bomb- Production of other artillery is i parts — what is happening to the er output is scheduled to top 600 a | making headway, but here again CAPITAL—$50,000 B present program, and what new month, when four huge plane as-|the delay was due to the failure of SURPLUS—$125.008 plans are in the works. sembly plants in Kansas City, Fort | Army brasshats to develop modern v As indicated, the new plans are Worth, Tulsa and Omaha get into | cannon in the past. While the Nazis Helen Louise Froelich | . still largely in the discussion stage. | operation. were bringing out a steady stream ’ |‘ Regarding the present program, cer- | It takes 100,000 (seven times) |of new, fast moving, heavy caliber Ahonephoip COMMERCIAL AND tain data can be presented, though more man-hours to make a bomber | cannon, our ordnance experts were | Here is a new portrait of Helen VINGS ACCOUNTS for military reasons most of it is | than it does a trainer. asleep at the switch. Louise Froelich, biology instrue- 1 SA’ general rather than detailed. But it Similarly, the tactics experts were | tress at National Park College, For- | & § PS is sufficiently specific to show the AMMUNITION asleep in developing panzer and est Glen, Md., who is to wed formel": N over-all situation on the major arm- | Powder output is one of the |parachute forces, in motorization| B: S ?e"’ét:'if“’h g“l"l ]fuwo; SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES . B o o Lo | Loashiestilioms dn the defase plor [ arut mashanbycn Suo/ SumRdng Vimapgs s n ————————————————————————————————————————— will deal In detail with the indi- | ture. Starting practically from zero |ing the deadly and obsolete close 4 ) 4 vidual items. a year"ago, miracles have been per- | order formations. When the full |for the costly, and possibly dis- | 4dis- | Commander of the British expeditionary force whhhmudmltllhnl | formed. By July we will be produc- | story of the defense ram is told, | astrous, unpreparedness of the na- | | h and is now resistin, bined n fo ko < | prog! 3 |in Nort| e g the com! : TANKS ing more powder than at the close | the Army, with its paralyzing sys-| tion when the crisis first arose. there, 1 Sir Archibald Wavell is pictured Uk L A S K i Because of the Army’s failure to | of the World War. TNT output is | tem of promotions by seniority, will | (Copyright, 1941, by Unfted Feature | Christian Smuts, premier of the Union of S - o2 ) 1 y Y develop mechanization in the past, equally abreast of needs; by Sep- ‘ be charged with much of the blame Synllicate, Inc. -