The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Bunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Al HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD - - Entered In the Post Office in Junsau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, 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 fallure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Bustness Office, 374. President Vice-President and Business Manager power were eliminated as a factor in the control of’ the Atlantic? i The facts are not reassuring. Fifteen battleships for us, and 20 for the Axis. Six aircraft carriers under the American flag, and eight—with a great preponderance of air strength—for the Axis. Thirty- seven cruisers for us, and 75 for the Axis. On our side 159 destroyers; for the Axis, 271. On our side 105 submarines; for the Axis, 284. In ‘total ships, 322 for us, with an aggregate combatant tonnage of 1,250,000; for the Axis, 658 ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 1,835,000. 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 herein. "ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | GEROEVD >C1‘MOSE‘ Inc., Natlonal Newspaper Represent: Mves, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. 'SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building. WARNING TO AMERICANS The reverses which Britain has met in the Bal- kans and North Africa have played into the hands of our isolationists, and the crest of a wave of de- featism is washing thinly across the country. isolationists are saying again that the British cause is “hopeless”; that the war was “lost even before it started”; that we should be power to change “the trend,” even though we threw our whole force into it; that the wisest course for us to follow is not to “dissipate” our strength by sending guns and planes abroad, but instead to keep in our own hands, for our own use, the weapons of self-defense; and | that, so armed, we can be invulnerable against any and all attack from overseas. Those who hold these views stand in need of the President’s recent warning that Americans are not yet sufficiently aware of the seriousness of the war! situation and of its implications for the United| States. They are confusing dangerously the situation that exists today with the situation that prevailed in the last war. In 1917 there was a stable front in France, safely held by the Allies against Germany. Air power was still in its infancy; there were no bombers that could fly the seas. The seas them- selves, except for submarines and occasional raiders, were safe in the hands of the British, French, Ital- ifan and Japanese fleets, all associated with us in the| war. That was 1917. And 1941? There is no stable front anywhere in Europe; there is, on the contrar; a powerfully mechanized German Army which capable of moving at tremendous speed. Air power | has become a long-distance weapon. Italy and| Japan are members of the German Axis. Framnce is conquered and her fleet is incapable of opposing the | Central Powers, The British fleet today stands alone as an obstacle to German control of the Atlantic. It is an old and oft-repeated argument that if the Germans cannot cross the English Channel, they | cannot cross three thousand miles of open water. But suppose that we now follow the course which our isolationists urge upon us and that we curtail greatly, or even discontinue wholly, the aid we are giving Britain. How long would the English Chan- nel stand as-an effective barrier to Hitler in that case? And what odds should we ourselves face, in the defense of the Western Hemisphere, if, as a re- sult of Hitler's conquest of England, British sea Is any one entitled, in these circumstances, to believe that Hitler would not do what he has always done before—namely, exploit to the last ounce the preponderance of power at his command? Is there the slightest reason to assume, on the basis ‘of his record, that he would not push his vaulting ambition {to the very limit? He has always shown great dar- ing and a sense of timing. His whole strategy has been to strike before his opponents were prepared He has declared himself the sworn enemy of the “pluto-democracies,” of which we in the Western Hemisphere are the richest and the softest. We must assume that in the event of the conquest of England and the elimination of British sea power as a factor in the Atlantic, he would move at once, | before we had time to strengthen our position, to strike, with his allles, at the undefended states of South America. In that event we should indeed find American boys fighting on foreign soil. We should find ourselves attempting to carry on a naval war in two oceans simultaneously, with a one-ocean fleet which we cannot divide without weakening it dis- strously. And we should embark upon this precari- |ous adventure with our new bases in the Caribbean still unbuilt and our own coastal cities undefended by modern anti-aircraft guns. There is a clear alternative to the suicidal risk of choosing to face alone a ring of hostile Powers closing in on us from all directions. That alternative is to take advantage of the fact that we still have a courageous and resourceful ally in the fleld; to strengthen that ally by every means at our com- mand; to accelerate to its top speed the full force of our war industries, and to take whatever action may be needed—convoys of ships included—to bring our productive equipment into contact with the battlelines. In the Merry, Merry Month of May (Philadelphia Record) It's a little early, but we formally inaugurate the summer silly season with a story from Buffalo, | N. Y. Miss Heather C. Thorpe, guide at the Museum | of Science, reports that birds known as sapsuckers | are falling prey to villains among their own species,; It seems that sapsuckers open the bark of birch | trees when the say is running. They then sit back and let the air get into the sap so it can’ferment.| After a few days they begin drinking the fermented sap and get roaring (or do we mean screeching) drunk. “The birds,” says Miss Thorpe, “become oblivious to obstacles and frequently fly headon into trees, breaking their necks.” Apparently, this has been going on for years in western New York. Now comes the new part: “Others become the prey of watchful villain | sapsuckers, who have marked off private bars for| themselves. She saw a villain sapsucker knock off 11 of his fellows who were fluttering about blindly, | probably looking for a street car.” This story should make us all feel closer to nature. Humans aren’t the only ones who can stumble into a clip-joint. Hail to thee, blyths sap-! sucker. We feel happy as a bird. In Istanbul, Turkey, bicyclists must pass an ex- amination before they are permitted to ride in traf- fic. It's just a question of time before somebody | thinks of making pedestrians pass an exam on walk- ing. The Chinese reportedly use bees to carry mes-| sages like carrier pigeons. The next step for the crafty Chinese is to train the bees to sting the enemy if he tries to intercept the message. | aid in Europe and Asia which st _THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941. 20 YEARS AGO MAY 16 ,1921 Getting his twenty-second bear of the season and cutting tie twenty- second notch in the stock of his rifle, George W. Folta shot a black bear near Auk Lake while hunting with P. L. Coleman. f'ro'rfi THE EMPIRE | Alaska-Dano group of claims at Funter Bay, returned to the city after | inspecting the work at the mine. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAY 16 Allan McKenzle ‘Willis Talmage Thomas E. Taylor Barney Heins, operator of the Crystal group of claims at Snet- tisham, left for that place to start operations on his mine for the | Completing an examination of Wrangell Narrows, Dry Straits and matters in connection with the proposed breakwater for Wrangell Har- Edwin Hildre |bor, Col. James G. Steese, District Engineer, and Col. J. C. Gotwals, Robert L. Brown | Engineer Officer, of the Rivers and Harbors District of Alaska, returned Fred A. Sorri |to Juneau on the gasboat Trygve. F. D. Henderson | AN i 1R Mrs. T. F. Tomlinson Alice T. Dickinson — & HOROSCOPE “The stars incline ‘ but do not compel” || - P Weather: Highest | SATURDAY, MAY 17 e e T e i S T D - - 8. Adverse stars rule strongly toda: . -" n is by ‘hich be forti te fo T D I l E l h e may be untortunate for cer- | L)@Ily LESSONS IN ENQHISN w. 1. corpoON is in a place of eVil POrtent ATTEC- | § o oo oo oo e s e as w aoowiss oo e e ing the United States. \ Heart and Home: Matters of first WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Her cake was delightful.” concern for the comfort of the| Say, “Her cake was delicious.” family should command attention.| OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Remembrance. This is a time for serious contem- brans, three syllables, not re-mem-ber-ans. plation of changing social and eco-| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Team (a set of workers or players). nomic conditions. In schools and| (to abound). colleges young folk should prepare SYNONYMS: Throw, cast, fling, hurl, toss. themselves for technical jobs. Self-| R STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” John L. Carlson, owner of the cannery at Auk Harbor, was to be a passenger for Juneau on the Princess Mary sailing from Vancouver. Mr. Carlson was coming north to perfect arrangements for the operation of his cannery. Capt. C. S. Ward, Disbursing Officer for the Alaska Road Com- mission, who had been in Seattle on business for two weeks, was to arrive here shortly. 50; lowest, 40; clear. Pronounce re-mem- Teem Let us Yes; to as if the dress She should be just as careful were by playing a fast game of squash 19 years ago. But you can't keep ably have known—through re-in- Purpose of the rider, as ex- Wathingfon « Merry- vessel sailing. ship America, | Government owns NOTE—In the case of the steam- the United States surance companies—all about every plained by Chairman Carl Vinson‘ |of the Naval Affairs Committee, was to set up an independent agency to administer the far-reach- a heavy mort-|ing priority powers created by the eutflolingy flm?ng old, and RNE increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: ::;’,':: db:y e, R APPY| RATIONAL; having reason or understanding. “A rational nature utmost. Older persons should safe-| admits of nothing but what is serviceable to the rest of mankind."— guard their health. Outdoor rec-| Antoninus. reations and excursions are recom-: ° & mended for persons of all ages. | Business Affairs: Speed in 'fac-| ETIOUE"“I’E by tories will reach the top notch at MODERN ROBERTA LEE this time. Trade and commerce are subject to extraordinary conditions ;:‘;g’; A PO o0d AN b, | Q. Should a son be taught to seat his mother at the table? c a exporters, despite heavy losses. Odd A s/ 1s good “m"?"g' : P s inconsistencies will develop in the Q. When a woman is trying on dresses in n.hhup. shouldn’t she be stock markets where fluctuations very careful id makeup stains, not to strain the seams, or crush will be surprising or even alarm-| the garment? ing. Speculation will be tempting A. Certe to many, but should be avoided by her own those who have real foresight. In Q. Is it all right for a guest to use any receptacle in sight for an many places land values will ad-| ash tray? ¥ERCS: 3 o il A. No. He should ask for one if there is none at hand National Issues: DU | e ameamemms vam-samemmensesmens e ason VISR tion among war victims will con-| tinue to cause differences of opin- LO 0 K d L E A R by ion, but the stars seem to presage| a n A. C. GORDON be limited OWINE (0 INErNAtiOnal| dmr e mmomsomomnn oo o s s s misunderstandings regarding meth- | 1. What is the name of the drops which oculists use to enlarge ods of helping the unfortunate.The . pupil of the eye? seers warn that there will be do-| 2. What is a subpoena? i:f{:lc gfed:eb:v?e sl‘(‘)‘s):(:;ed‘zgr;fg‘;‘w What, in French hi‘story. was a Dauphin? storms, floods and earthquakes ‘are| What state’s inhabitants are known d.s “Tarheels”? reliable. Nature will reflect the fin-' . When is Flag Day celebrated in the 'U. 8.2 1¢st among human beings, it is"in- | ANSWERS: Lyee dicated. v Belladonna, or one of its derivatives. International Affairs: Evil per- An order to appear in court. tents regarding, coming weeks afe The oldest son of the king of France. seen in the stars. Mars is in a| North Carolina. place most threatening to the Unit- June 14. ed States which will suffer indi- 2E rectly and then as an active bel- ligerent, it is forecast. Labor' today, is in hostile attitude toward those who direct preparations for de-| fense. There is a sign read as pres- aging conflict of opinion regmd(ng‘ methods of assuring full coopera- him down. at the Y.M.CA. | ; = & (Copyright, 1941, by United Fea- With the Maritime Commission, tire Syndicate, Inc.) Captain Macaulay will be in charge e of the training program for the| The Daily Aiaska Emplre has the Merchant Marine. He is 65 years iargest paid circulation of any Al- Go-Round G (Oondnued from Page Oued amount of insurance at the rate of 75 cents per $100, but not enough properly to insure the car- go. Then they write to Bryant Og- den of the Insurance Bureau of the Maritime Commission asking for government insurance. Mr. Ogden, under the law, supposed to grant government in- surance when private insurance is not available. But he writes back to say that other private insurance is available at a higher price. So the steamship America finally gets its insurance for $1.50 per $100— but not all.of it. When it can get no more at this price it again writes to Mr. Ogden, who again asks if the private insurance field is exhausted. gage and control of the vessel, also bill. What Vinson did not say was is pays it a heavy subsidy. Yet the Maritime Commission shuns the in- surance fund voted by Congress and lets part of the profits—as well as the confidential informa- tion—go to Axis insurance com- panies. that the amendment actually would | make a handful of generals and admirals the real economic rulers of the country. Here is how this carefully dis- | guised scheme would work: The | new Priorities Director would have |a $12,000 salary, be appointed by SUMNER WELLES' HUMOR | the President and have to be con- Tall, dignified Sumner Wellss,|firmed by the Senate, but, actu- Under Secretary of State, has the ally, he would be boss in name erect bearing of a guardsman,| only. sometimes awes people by his aus-| The real power of this all-im- tere manner. Underneath, however, | portant agency would be wielded he is anything but austere, has a| by the Joint Army and Navy Mu- rich sense of humor. Here is the | nitions Board, made up wholly of latest story he tells on himself. |brasshats, Under the adroitly word- After a late banquet in the Wil- | ed language of the amendment, the lard Hotel, Welles came down in| “independent” Priorities Director | the same elevator with two women would be completely under their | who were slightly intoxicated. | thumb. “Say” said one of them in a| Defense insiders say real authors 8o this time the steamship Am- highly audible whisper, “look who!of the amendment are the admir- tion between employers and:' emi-| ployees. Something in the shnpe; of a real partnership of inm’ and efforts is indicated in the, United States. 2 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of an eventful year in which there will be défin-| ite changes, some of which are up-| heavals affecting domestic, finan- clal and social connections. Children born on this day prob-| ably will have unusual life experi-' ences. They may suffer accidents in maturity and should be careful. (Copyright, 1941) old, and he retired from the Navy| aska newspaper. into steadier quarters in the De- partment of Commerce the other day to become Maritime Commis- sioner. On one of those 50 voyages he carried Whitelaw Reid to London as Special Ambassador to the ystem: Bookkeeping ! | Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 678 1 B e erica gets more private insurance W€ have with us in the elevator— at the exorbitant price of $5 per | Sumner Welles! $100. You can always get private insurance if you are’willing to pay a steep enough price. And Mr. Og- den or the Maritime Commission, or both, seem to want no govern- ment competition with the insur- ance companies. INSURANCE POOL Then when the steamship Amer- ica is fully insured with private companies, these companies turn around and re-insure with a pool,| with his father while they weren't| including the Tokyo Fire and Ma- rine Insurance Co. the Meiji In- surance Company of Tokyo, Gener- ale of Triesti (an Italian firm) and American Airways last week. The! five German companies. This insurance pool also includes Scandia of Copenhagen, a country which has been taken over by Hit- ler; Cristiana General of Narway, also Nazi occupied; and Le Gen- eral of Paris, also in the hands of the Nazis. ‘When a ship is insured, informa- tion regarding its cargo, destina- tion, etc., is passed around among the inswrance . companies which participate. Thus the Nazis prob- 1 “What! That old stick-in-the- | mud?” replied the other. “That | couldn't be Sumner Welles.” UNDER THE DOME Nelson Rockefeller commit- for cultural relations | The | tee | will pilgrimage. They resented ;annklm Roosevelt Jr., close friend | of Fairbanks, putting this one over looking . . . A lot of people looked for Senate Floor Leader Barkley | during the Senate fight on Pan | President had asked defeat of Pan Am, partly because the fight got personal, he being accused being the tool of the Lehman banking interests. But when the vote came, Barkley was missing. ARMY AND NAVY RULE Only insiders caught the signifi- fance of that last amendment to the defense priorities bill in the House of Representa- 1 tives, with | South America wasn't at all keen| | about the Douglas Fairbanks good-' of | minute Cox Ials and generals, working under | cover with Representatives Vinson | and Gene Cox of Georgia, who see eye-to-eye with the Navy's crack- down on labor. Vinson sponsored the so-called “anti-strike” bill that was so extreme the Rules Commit- | tee gagged at it. Cox is among the | foremost union-haters in Con- | gress. | Navy brasshats never have taken (kindly to civilian control of the | defense program, have repeatedly tried to undermine it. But con- | gressional leaders have been warned | that unless the Vinson-Cox amend- ment is eliminated, Roosevelt will veto. | MERCHANT MARINE SKIPPER On December 2, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson sailed aboard the steamship George Washington for Paris. He returned in February, | spent a week in 'Washington, and went back to Paris. His final home- ward crossing was in July, 1919. The commanding officer of the George Washington on all four of | those _voyages was Capt. Edward Macauley, N.S.N.,, who, after cross- ing the Atlantic 50 times, walked Queen Victoria Jubilee in 1907. On| another he carried the King and Queen and Crown Prince of Bel- gium to the United States. And he carried home from Paris the re- mains of the American hero, John Paul Jones. And on yet another voyage, he carried the Assistant Secretary of the Navy on his inspection tour of | naval action in the British Isles| and Europe. That was in 1918, and the Assistant Secretary was Frank- lin D. Roosevelt. When Roosevelt was looking around for a man to succeed Max Truitt on the Maritime Commis- sion, Harry Hopkins mentioned Ed-| ward Macauley, the President re-|° membefed, and sent for him. In the days of the Civil Works Administration, Hopkins needed 2 man to run the CWA for Calffor- nia and found a retired naval of- ficer in San Mateo who could do the job. That was Macaulay, the same man who had served in'the battle of Santiago de Cupa, in 1898, the same man whuu“ ‘had crossed the Atlantic in sailing!ships Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Directory MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. VERGNE L. HOKE, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. Juneau’s Own Store Drs. 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