The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1941, Page 4

" y Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER - o T R. L. BERNARD Vice-President and Business En President Manager ed in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Doulas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, in advance. 00; six months, in advance, $6.00, one month, in advance, $1 Subscribers confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of their papers. Teleph News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associgted 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 heretn ATION GUARANTEED TO B THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE. Inc Mves, with offices in San Francisco Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. National Newspaper Represen Los Angeles, Portland, SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building. FROM ALASKA TO E Major Gen. Henry H. Arnold, whose “beat” as head of the Army Air Corps has several times in- cluded Alaska, is now off in a new direction. The General has been sent to Britain for staff talks and first-hand observation, in his capacity as Deputy Chief of Staff representing the air rvice. A few other ranking officers, inclucing Major Gen. James E. Chaney, have been abroad. But more air officers of senior rank in both the Army and the Navy serv-! ices could well be sent over promptly to supplement the faithful work of our air attaches in Britain and| elsewhere, With each new development of the Blitzkrieg and each intensification of the sea war on England’s lifeline, it becomes increasingly apparent that new technical developments and new tactical uses of the air force play a dominant role in modern war. There can be no question that our own air force must be equipped to master whatever may be brought | into play against it. It is imperative that the latest changes in the use of such a force should be known by direct observation to our flying officers. This knowledge can best be acquired, despite the risks involved, by active participation as obervers with the British. NGLAND THE TANKS BEGIN TO ROLL A rash of photographs in- The Empire and every newspaper in America heralds the fact that at last we are beginning to get delivery on modern tanks— the backbone and gristle of mechanized warfare. Out of a plant five city blocks long and two blocks wide, big enough to produce a thousand pas- senger cars a day and standing where there stood | only the heavy gumbo of a cornfield last Septem-l ber, tanks are rolling in Detroit. Four months ago the pilot model of the M-3 25-ton medium tank which the Chrysler Corporation will build for the Government was only a bundle of blueprints. It| now rolls off the assembly line full-armed and ready | for combat. Remarkable as is the machine itself, with its| maneuvrability over almost any conceivable type of{ ground and its great and versatile fire power, lhe‘ swift exactness of its production and of the tank arsenal to produce its counterparts in mass con- struction is more remarkable still. | Associated Press, { was sald by Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a moment | the chorus that in spite of all temptations he re- Knudsen asked President K. T. Keller of Chrysler by telephone, “Will you make tanks?” He received an answer typical of the spirit of the automobile industry, “Yes, Where can I see one?” In the months that have intervened since the automobile industry was asked to participate on a large scale in the defense program there has been uninformed talk of delay and some public impatience because defense materials had not begun to pour out of Detroit by magic, But the magic was working and the spell of “make-ready” was being woven. Now the time of production is at hand, and the M-3 tanks from the new arsenal are symbols of a co- ordinated effort of mass production which will be more tremendous than anything of the kind that the world has ever seen. No Indeed (Cincinnati Engquirer) German sources,” according to the “say that we have no thought whatever of attacking the American people, just as we know the American people do not want to attack us. No normal human being—only someone 150 per- cent demented—can imagine such things.” If it was the intention of Berlin's spokesmen to reassure the United States, they have gone about it in a very unassuring manner. Their language is strongly reminiscent of what “Authorized of indignation preceding the attack upon Poland, after President Roosevelt had suggested that Ger- many give evidence of her peaceful intentions by promising to attack none of her neighbors. Asserting that his sole desire was peace, Hitler addressed questions to each of the near-by European states, asking if they feared an act of aggression by Germany. The nations asked to testify to the be- nign intentions of the Third Reich included Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. We might suggest to the “authorized German sources” that they clarify the dissimilarity between Germany’s talk and her actions, when ready, in the case of the nations of Europe, before expecting us to be reassured by similar talk. Ko-Ko Versus Matsuoka (New York Times) Writing on the death of William Danforth, vet- eran Gilbert and Sullivan star, The Herald Tribune remarks that it is “not so easy” today to laugh at ‘The Mikado” or at “Pinafore,” because of today’s| realities in Japan or on the Atlantic and in the| Mediterranean. If our neighbor means that it is not| as easy as once upon a time to laugh at Ko-Ko nnd| Dick Deadeye, the thing is not to be denied. It is | not as easy as it was two years ago to do a great| many things—to go to bed with the last reports| from the radio, to wake up'to what the new day may | bring, to do one’s work, to eat one’s lunch, to watch children at play in the park, to watch people in the theatre as once upon a time, or to read books, or to listen to music, Today is that kind of a world. But if “not so easy” means that today it is dif- ficult to laugh at “The Mikado” or at “Pinamore,” we disagree. A great many people have not found it hard. It is the old story of this very queer thing the human soul and that other mysterious thing called Art. Between the two of them they have al- ways made it possible for men to create their own realities and keep them apart from the bitter 'actu- alities of the day. One reads of Japanese bombers over Chungking and one does laugh at Ko-Ko and| Pooh-Bah. One reads of British setbacks and dan- zers and one can still accept the proud boast of mains an Englishman. Now and then comes a stab of pain, and the laughter is not as loud as it might be, but we laugh. It is not as easy as it used to be, but it is not too difficult. If the RAF. has been really hitting Nazi cul- ture centers, as charged in Berlin, the British fliers must have much better eyesight than most of us. “Auto Output to Be Cut Twenty Percent for De- fense.” Twenty percent for defense but not one- It was on June 9 of last year that Willlam S. thousandth percent of a sparkplug for tribute. Wathington Merry- Go-Round (Oondnued from Page Oue) ed long ago o \ !3. bers were vigorous in urging that Axis funds be frozen. They were: genthau; | long ago. Secretary of War Stimson; Secretary of the Navy Knox; Attorney General Jackson; Secretary of the Interior Ickes. around and help subsidize Nazi and | dinner speech). Fascist propaganda here. The two | things don’t make sense. P However, Cordell Hull and Jesse | Activities; Jones opposed. Other members took | Stands. no firm stand one way or the other, 50 most of it having been secret- | and bureau drawers. There is no definite evidence that Germany is using funds | for propaganda or subversive | activities in the U. S. A. | Regarding the latter point, Attor- ney General Jackson contends that the financial transactions of Ger- man companies in the U.S.A. should Secretary of the Treasury Mor- |Dave been registered and checked This can be done under | the laws for freezing funds. He es- | pecially contends that the financial | activities of the German-American | Board of Trade in New York should They argued that it was useless | Pe registered (this is the organiza- and silly for the United States to ton Which paid the late Senator give all-out aid to Britain, then turn | Lundeen handsomely for an after- However, Hull contends that there is no proof refarding these German there ‘speech of scrappy Representative | Luther Johnson of Texas who as- sailed Lindbergh as an appeaser. At mention of Lindbergh’s name the Republican side of Congress broke into loud applause. Democratic side remained silent. Quick as a flash, Johnson shout- ed: “I want the Record to show that this applause came from the Re- publican side.” The Republican answer was a louder burst of applause. A little later Representative John in strong boxes | o MAY od] [ SO 0w | 7ot | weo [m] i [ sar | 1 7 §26|27)28|29 HAPPY BIRTHDAY | MAY 15 { Harry I. Lucas Ensign James W. Paine Mrs. Mary Arnold | James Sofoulis Jr. | Virginia Langseth | Henry H. Larson Clairella H. Olson Clifford Shearer I John M. Saloum John Lowell Mrs. T. F. Stafford Helen T. Bradley ‘ *-— 4 “The stars incline ' but do not compel” || -— 4 FRIDAY, MAY 16 ‘ Balanced good and evil influ- ences rule today which will add thrilling pages to history. Labor| is subject to adverse portents, but} the stars encourage progress in co-| operation with defense plans. Heart and Home: Women are es- pecially fortunate under this con- figuration and they should make much of the benefic influences di- recting them toward fine achieve-| ment. It is a lucky date for sign-| ing contracts of all sorts and is Girls will be interested in love af-| fairs which inspire them to enlist| in government-sponsored organiza-i tions. | Business Affairs: The impulse to| travel will be widespread through coming weeks when railways will profit. Many changes of places of residence will shift populations of small cities. There will be gredt prosperity among small merchants and owners of minor though many car owners will be naval and air service. | National Issues: Economy in the with growing intensity of feelifig as evidence of waste is sought 'I| various centers of training for the various branches of the' United States service. Dangers' ‘due ‘to voted for defense will be advocn'éea‘ those who read the stars. Lessons in warfare learned recently in England should be utilized in the United States. Economists and mil-| itary experts will lend valuable aid to the Federal government. | International Affairs: While war remains on foreign shores or the wide expanse of the oceans the| people of the United States continue to be skeptical regarding| dangers which menace the nation.| From north and west will appeari sudden perils, as surprise methods| are tried. Threats or feints, rather; than actual attacks by a foe are indicated at this time. New efforts to block aid for the British will be more successful than in the past, if the stars are rightly interpret- ed. | Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of splen- did opportunities. The stars en- courage changes and new starts for many men. Children born on this day prob= ably will be exiremely intelligent. These subjects of Taurus should McCormack, Democratic floor lead- er, lauded Wendell Willkie as a “man who has shown himself to be an out- standing American.” The entire Democratic side broke into enthus- iastic applause. But not a hand was clapped by a single Republican, not even by Rep- resentative Joe Martin, GOP floor leader and manager of Mr. Willkie’s campaign. the matter but appeared to favor freezing the funds. At one time Roosevelt, in a private conversation with Hull, al- most brought him around to freez- ing, but in the end he backed away. CAREER BOYS FAVOR FREEZING Most of Secretary Hull's State De- partment advise: even many of the Career Boys—also have urged him to freeze German and Italian funds. | For three months, Dean Acheson new Assistant Secretary of State has been endeavoring to persuade him—without success. Acheson was appointed to his job partly because he and Hull were congenial. But that has made no difference. Hull remains adamant. In the inner Cabinet meetings, Secretary Hull gives the following reasons for opposing his Cabinet colleagues and-the President 1. Freezing Axis funds would give Germany an excuse to retaliate HULL’S MOUNTAINEER PIQUE Inside fact is that Hull's opposi- |tion goes back a long way to a rivalry with Morgenthau and Ickes When the question of freezing Axis funds first came up more than a year ago, it was proposed that the Treasury take over not only this matter, but also various other State Department functions, such as con- trol of munitions shipments. Mr. Hull became extremely indig- |nant. He told assistants that the | Treasury was trying to take over | the State Department’s duties. And |he has been suspicious of every | Treasury proposal ever since. Likewise Hull never forgave Ickes | for refusing to sell helium gas to | Germany for the Graf Zeppelin. | About that time, Ickes called the |turn on Hull for selling arms to | Germany up until the outbreak ‘of |war — despite the treaty of 1920 | which prohibits the sale of arms to Germany. against American property in | Germany. (Other side contends that Germany will do what she wants with American prop- erty anyway, and that Ger- many has more property to lJose in the U. S. A. than we , have in Germany. 2. There is mot much real Axis money in American banks, HHTHETLHY LINDBERGH AND WILLKIE Two very interesting episodes oc- curred during the House of Repre- sentatives debate on the bill empow- ering the President to take over idle foreign merchant ships in U. S on Lindbergh and Willkie. JOHNSON AND FDR When President Roosevelt threw his weight behind energetic young Representative Lyndon Johnson as successor to the late Senator Morris Sheppard, he had the Navy in mind. Sheppard was chairman of the Military ‘Affairs Committee, and thus invaluable to the Administra- tion in preparing the country for defense. Although it js not gener- ally known, the President has been relying heavily on young Johnson in the other branch of the national defense. Johnson is the Texas Rep- resentative on the House Naval Af- fairs Committee. How he got there is an interest- ing story. Shortly after Johnson was elected, in a surprising political upset, he met Roosevelt at Galves- ton on one of his fishing trips. Al- though only a freshman, Johnson strongly urged the President to back establishing naval air bases on the Gulf Coast, particularly at Corpus }Chrls(i. Not only did Roosevelt ap- prove the Corpus Christi plan, but he was keenly impressed with the energy and foresight of his newest Congressional su T. have kindly natures and strong characters. (Copyright, 1941) young fellow coming up from Texas | named Lyndon Johnson whom the Navy needs. I want you to put him on the committee with you.” Vinson executed the suggestiom; although friends of Johnson couldn’t understand why he was willing to accept a place on a committee which at that time seemed far away from the things of primary concern to the people of Texas. Today the wisdom of the decision is only too apparent. Johnson has been the driving force behind the great Corpus Christi base, and he has become intimate with Secretary Knox, Under Secretary Forrestal, and the other naval officials. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) WE WANT SPINACH! NEWARK, N. J, May 15—8o0 you don’t like spinach, eh. You'd be out of step in New Jersey, the WPA reports, citing statistics gatl\-‘ ered while serving lunches in 188 high schools. b In every county but one, srn- ach was a popular dish. But a8 for *string beans—they were 'as um= popular as spinach was supposed (0 = 4 As soon as the Presidest pebitymed | | to Washington he put in a r| harbors. They gave a unique slant| Carl Vingon, veteran of | the Committee on Nm | First episode ot 1t was during thq “Carl’” said R 1 2 from THE EMPIRE o e e e o e e 0 YEARS AGO MAY 15, 1921 The eleven graduates who were to receive diplomas this year from the Junea Casey Ward. A Bosson of Treadwell. from Belgium. L. leave | confer with people there relative to school plans. A u High School included Charles Perelle, Lance Hendrickson, Ideal 213 6 8 [ 9410| | 12|13(14(15|16|17 192021 zz 23 24 Wj}iendmkson. Honorah Kelly, Ben Burford, Marie Goldstein, Florence S , Laura McCloskey, James Bussey, Marian Summers and Katherine baby boy was born at St. Ann's Hospital to Mr. and Mrs, C. T. Mrs. Bosson was a recent arrival on the channel D. Henderson, Territorial Commissioner of Education, was to on the Estebeth for Haines to attend to some school matters and handsome Chilkat blanket was acquired by the Alaska Museum and added to its collection of Southeast Alaska Native exhibits. On May 30, Memorial Day, a package of poppy seeds from Flanders Tk | Field was to be planted in the lawn at Governor's Mansion, according | to the Governor. | Heckman of Ketchikan and were part of a supply received from France. The seeds were presented to Gov. Riggs by Mrs. J. R. here was a neighborhood surprise party in honor of Mrs. John qustafsom made up of Mesdames Oberg, Lagergreen and Bodding as H 0 R 0 S C 0 P E | hostesses at the Lagergren home. | | James DeBlondeau, rancher of the Chilkat Valley, who had been W 'in Juneau for several days on business, left on the Estebeth. | eather: Highest, 70; lowest, 60; clear. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox e - < A el S ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Neither James nor John : are going with us.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cognac. | NO, A as in AT, accent first syllable. Say, “IS going with us.” Pronounce ko-nyak, O as in OFTEN MISSPELLED: Arbitrator; OR, not ER. SYNONYMS: Stir, WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” bustle, fuss, ado. Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: peculiarly significant for those who" IMPROMPTU; offhand; extemporaneous. engage in unselfish public service., promptu.” “The program was im- | MODERN ETIQUETTE ® poprrra LEE Q A. Q A. A. L P 2. 1 in 1864. 2. 3. 4. 5. For Should one say “thank you” to a servant? Certainly. It is the courteous thing to do. Are si crumb scrapers still in use? They are sometimes used if the tablecloth is of plain damask, industl‘fl’s. but thev are npt practical for lace or embroidery. One may fold a napkin Automobile sales will be large, Ven to the thickness of an iron-holder and use this. engaged in training for milltary, tpem should she also write a note of thanks later? When a man brings flowers to a girl and she thanks him for It is not necessary. spending of the vast SUMS Of MOTICY | g oo v o amsumeswm-smmamom- b & Y . C. GORDON 00K and LEAR Who was the only President of the United States who was subversive agencies are foreseen by actually under fire of an enemy in time of war while President? What is fiat money? By what other name is the Society of Friends commonly known? ‘Which bird is the greatest enemy of the mouse? How fast do some of the cirrus clouds travel across the sky? ANSWERS: Apraham Lincoln, during General Early’s raid on Washington Paper currency which is made legal tender by law, but which will| has no exchange value, Quakers. The owl. 230 miles an hour. For Graduation tfivening graduation—and informal evenings .. uate frock of Swiss organdy. Pretty in pale pastels, as well as in traditional i gy D W e Dr. A. W. Stewart Directory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Bl ngren Building PHONE 56 DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Clfice Phone 469 | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIRCPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office l;ol;n: 10-12; '1-5, 7-9 ~ Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. ——e e ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Collage of Optometry and Opthatmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground D — Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 (The Charles . Carter| Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin Sts. 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