The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1941, Page 4

g ” g 7 Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks, HELEN TROY BENDER - - - - President R. L. BERN - Vice-President and Business Manager Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: Ohe year, in advance, £12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00, one m in advance, $1.2: Subscribers will col Entered in the Po: er @ favor if they will promptly notify Uvery of their papel Telephones: Ne MEM! F ASS ED PRE! The Associgted Press is exclusively entitle republic 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. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc. Mves, with of; in_San Francisco, Beattle, Chic New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building. to the use for National Newspaper Representa- Los Angeles, Portland, THE FIRST STEAM CROSSING National Maritime Day will be observed in the United States tomorrow to commemorate the feat which first began after all"—the first trans-Atlantic crossing of a vessel propelled by steam. It was on May 22, 1818 that the 350-ton Savannah left port at Savannah, Ga., and headed for Liverpool, relying upon her combinatiton of sails and steam paddle reach England in a month's time As against the multiple-screw, many-thousand- horsepower, oil-burning modern liners, the Savannah boasted only a low-pressure engine of 90 horsepow with a cylinder diameter of 40 inches and a stroke of five feet. The vessel originally had been con- structed as a packet for the New York and Savan- nah trade. The idea of using her as a trans- Atlantic steamship occurred to Captain Moses Rogers, who had been associated with Robert Fulton and Robert Fulton and Robert L. Stevens in their early steamboat experiences. The vessel and her steam equipment cost the Savannah shipbuilding firm which outfitted her the tidy sum of $50,000—impor- tant money in those days. The Savannah's paddle wheels were arranged to fold like fans, so that they could be protected from harm in stormy weather. She took off from Savannah, after a trial run to New York and back, with her smokestack industriously belching smoke, but two hours later the wheels were shipped and the vessel proceeded by sail. Rogers, as captain and engineer, was taking no chances with his ma- chinery and fuel. Steam was used only in calm weather until England was approached. Off the coast of Ireland a King's cutter mistook her for a e of any faflure or irregularity in the de- | wheels to :cnuwd vessels to take roundabout and zig-zag routes |across the seas—an Atlantic crossing is made in a few days instead of a month. As a part of the war, | planes are being “ferried” across the Atlantic in a few hours. We have come a long way from the Savannah and her belching smokestack. But that little packet was the forerunner of our great mer- chant marine of today, a merchant marine which, with replacements, might prove the salvation of de- mocr in the world. Alaska has particular cause to join in the cele- bration of National Maritime Day. We, particularly here in Southeast Alaska, are a maritime people. We depend for our very lives upon the steamers which ply our coasts. National Maritime Day means something to us. We owe much to the iron ships and around. THE OLD MAESTRO New York's City Council recently tried to put Mayor LaaGuardia on the spot by making him choose between two names for a small park in lBrooklyn—‘Cal]ahan-KeIly Park vs. Amerigo Vespucci Park. | The Little Flower didn't fall back a message suggesting the | “America.” for it. He sent park be named An Exile Comes Home | (New York Times) | Haile Selassie has re-entered in triumph the | capital from which he fled into exile five years ago. fron men which serve us faithfully the year| et e e e o) MAY 21 George Willey Virginia Dufresne Mrs. T. J. Selby Edward F. Rodenberg Melville S. Leath Samuel Feldon Harley J. Turner B. B. Green F. D. Ransome Ethel Gardner T. F. Maloney B S— HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” | He was the first of the peaceful rulers to be forced| |out of power by the developing might of aggression. | It is fitting that he should be first also to regain his throne. | There has been a good deal that was pathetic| Oriental whose will, while he ruled, was law to [ive“ millions of people spread over 350,000 square miles | of territory. Admittedly he was doing the best he could to lead a backward population along the paths| and their airplanes made resistance futile. He him-| s is five years ile, d e S : self, throughout his five years of exile, never ceased ,nq og. Work in some line is Ob-| i CUBE, I as in IT, A as in ASK, and accent LAST syllable. to appeal to European consciences for the justice al European nation had denied to him. His appeamnoe} before the League of Nations to demand its help was | one of the dramatic incidents in the last years of| that body. | The League could give him no answer. i e — THURSDAY, MAY 22 Benefic aspects seem to rule to- the signing of pacts and agrec-‘ to make “this a small world, and in some degree admirable in this bearded little| o) ic or all sorts. Workers come under favorable direction of the stars. Heart and Home: Good . news may be expected under this con-| ment and advancement for young ligdtory to persons of all walks. of | life, the seers declare. Return to| activity of men and women Who| have retired from their profession- al activities will be widespread in IS the summer, it is predicted. This| SUFFICIENC THE.DAILY. ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1941 20 YEARS AGO F4 THE EMPIR MAY 21, 1921 Approximately 225 piles under the warehouse and office building and cther places on the wharf occupied by the Pacific Steamship Company | were to be renewed, making an expenditure of about $6,000. 3 The Old Stand collection of minerals, for years ranking as the best and most complete of its kind in the North, was purchased by the Terri- tory for the Alaska Historical Museum. Mrs. O. H. Stearns, accountant at the Frye, Bruhn Company Market, was returning 'here on the Princess Mary. | Miss Jane McNally, employed as a stenographer in the last Terri- torial Senate, was to leave on the Princess Mary for Seattle to visit. Miss Marian McBride was to leave on the Princess Mary for Van- | couver, where she was to meet her mother, Mrs. J. C. McBride, and the two | were to pay a visit to California. | Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kirk were to leave on the Princess Mary to be delegates to the Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodge conventions at Spokane. Miss Lillian Collins, of the force of the Juneau postoffice, was {leav\ng on the Princess for a vacation trip to the south. Miss Etta Brown of Douglas, an employee of the B. M. Behrends "Bank, was to leave for the south on a vacation trip on the Princess. Mrs. P. R. Bradley, of Teradwell, was to leave for the south on the Princess enroute to Culver, Indiara, to attend graduation exercises of her son Philip at the Culver Military Academy. Weather: Highest, 44; lowest, 41; rain. [day. It is A date MOSt fOTTUNALE TOT | ememmeemss o e 2o e o o o o S0 o e s erom oa Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon - e e+ o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He was aggravated by his of progress when the Italians invaded his country| gioyyation which- promises employ-| wife's failure to appear.” Say, “He was IRRITATED.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Musicale. Pronounce mu-zi-kal, U as OFTEN MISSPELLED: Meanness; two N's. SYNONYMS: Certain, sure, confident, unerring. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ; competency. “The sufficiency of my merit is to know “sanctions” had failed and it had no other weapon.|j; » time for cheerful service into, that my merit is not sufficient.”—Augustine. But now the pendulum has swung back and he is again enthroned, riding into a gayly bedecked Addis Ababa to be received by a British General whose aid has wrought this wonder. | Forests and Defense ! _ | (Cincinnati Enquirer) Because their need is immediate and more obvi-| ous, it is easy to slip into the error of interpreting which there must intrude neither| questionings nor criticisms. Business Affairs: Experience among big businessmen of the na- tion will now prove of great ' value to the government. Defense prep- arations are to set such a stan- dard of gigantic enterprise and splendid achievement that history will be made according to a patfem| immense and unprecedented. " 'Tlhe e e ] f MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprrra rEE Q. After a young man has taken a girl to a party, would it be all right for h > ask him to call? s, That is her privilege. Q- When one is a guest at a house party, may one give orders to the needs of defense exclusively in terms of tanks coming summer is to mark® umby servants? and ships and planes and to overlook the equally important defense measure of resource conservation. seeming miracles in proving the' extra service is required, the guest The Forest Service of the United States Depart-‘ ment of Agriculture reminds us that the struggle of purpose which accomplishes power of a great nation. National Issues: Need of highest, A. No, unless a servant has been assigned for that purpose. If should make her wants known to the hostess. Q. Is it obligatory to send a gift when one receives an announce- for natural resources has been the basis of most of attainment among specialists called | ment of a commencement? history’s wars. Our possession of such resources is| | one of our most vital assets, and of these resources| the products of the forests are playing an increas-| into the service of the United States Government will be recog-| nized as world conditions presetit vessel on fire—as did others—and chased the Savan-|ingly important part nah for a whole day, being compelled to drop a shot | across her bow to halt the smoking ship. | The Savannah spent five months overseas, visit- | ing the great ports of all Northern Europe, but h(‘r‘ career as a steamship was over soon after her return. | The great Savannah fire ruined her owners and | forced them to sell the vessel. The new owners re- | moved the engine because it and the fuel took up so much room the ship was commercially impracti- cal. Eight years passed before another steam cross- Wood now produces motor fuel, edible sugars, synthetic wools and cottons, material for the manu- facture of explosives, and literally hundreds of «other | products essential for modern war. This is in addi-| tion to its more widely recognized uses in war, for| cantonments, pontoons, shipping containers, rosin| for shrapnel filling, and plywood for training plsml's.1 Conservation of natural resources is national de- fense in its best and broadest form. The restoration and wise use of our resources of wood, soil, water, and wild life, with their tremendous effect on the| ing of the Atlantic was attempted. Today—or at any rate up until the time the war ' jmportance at | security and well-being of all Americans, is of vital this time. VT;zhinulon i Mesry- o-Round (Oondinued from Page Oue) ship its medicines to South Am- erica. So the New Jersey ccmpany{ was given “permission” to move into this field—but only on three con- ditions. These were as follow: 1. That the U. S. firm deal only through agents of the parent Scher- ing firm in South America. 2. That all labels be printed so that the packages and trade marks exactly resemble those formerly sup- plied from Germany. 3. That the profits of this busi- ness be split, the lion’s share going to the Swiss holding company. As a result, New Jersey Schering, with a total capitalization of less than $500,000, last year turned over a net profit of $2235,000 to Chefa. NOTE: Key man in the Justice | Department’s war industries inves- tigation is Edward P. Hodges, bril- liant young anti-trust attorney who | will shortly publish his first book, “The Supreme Court and Section | One of the Sherman Act.” ! 30,000,000 TONS SHORT power shortage was expected in 1942, | when defense production is sched- | uled to reach its peak. Latest inside word is that a sim- i ilar situation is developing in steel | —a commodity vital to every phase | of the defense program. A serious steel shortage would be disastrous to both the United States and Britain. Like aluminum, the question of steel capacity has been a hot behind- the-scenes controversy for months. As early as last summer, some de- fense experts urged immediate ex- pansion of plant facilities. The. in- dustry, backed by One Dollar Men denied that this was necessary, in- sisted there was ample productive capacity to meet demands. Finally, after many weeks of ar- gument, Gano Dunn, head of the J. G. White Engineering Corpora- tion, was asked to make an impar- tial report on steel, and his findings, in effect, upheld the steel makers’ contention that new plants were not needed. However, as a hedge, he promised another report in three months to keep abreast of developments. This report is due in a few weeks. but meanwhile a lot has been happening on the steel front. STOLEN TONSILS Democratic glamour girl Evie Rob- ert (Mrs. Chip Robert on more form- al occasions) was sitting in the lounge of the Mayflower Hotel. Sud- denly she pointed across the room “There’s Julian Greene,” she said, “and I have a notion to have him arrested. He stole my tonsils “We were in the same hospital having our tonsils cut, and T sent my tonsils in to his room so he could see them. And I haven’t got them back yet. Mine were bigger than his and he stole them.” STEEL SHORTAGE Those “business as usual” chickens of the $l-a-year men are still com- Dunn’s report estimated steel re- | quirements in 1942 at 91,000,000 tons. But the private estimates of OPM experts, based on the expected ex- pansion of the defense program, now: go as high as 120,000,000 tons, or about 30,000,000 tons more than Dunn’s total Inside word in the steel industry is that Dunn will boost his first estimate to 100 or 110 million tons. But even if he does this will still be at least 10 million short of what the OPM experts say will be needed. If they are right, the only solution will be a drastic curtailment of steel for civilian purposes. That is what is happening in aluminum, and it may happen in steel even before 1942. Rear Admirol question that has got to be decided soon.” - NOTE: It takes from 15 to 18 months to build a blast furnace, from 8 to 12 months for an open hearth furnace and from 4 to G| months for an electric furnace. This | does not include possible delays in securing construction materials. RUMORS SQUELCHED The Army's Morale Division says there’s no truth in the rumor of suicides at the rate of one a day in the draft Army. In fact, they have not heard of any suicides at all. . . . The rumor that Frances Perkins’ niece is the wife of Harry Bridges is entirely false. . . . Regarding John E. Waters' statement that Ickes is “a contributor to the Communist cause,” Ickes says: “It is a lie that 1 ever contributed so much as a red cent to the Communist cause.” Mr. Ickes adds that he has made small contributions to the Civil Liberties Union, which he does not in any way consider a Communist organ- ization. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) iiWomen's Dormitory - Soon for Bremerion There’ll be a women's dormitory soon for single women employed by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Brem- erton, Washington, it has been an- nounced. Notification reached the Thirteenth Naval District from the regional director of the Farm Se- curity Administration, Portland, of the authorization of the funds Cost and capacity of the new dormi- tory was not announced. Dormitories for the housing of 500 single men have been under discussion, as well. Hundreds of men and women now live outside Bremerton, or ferry | across the Sound, in the absence of adequate housing facilities at Brem- erton. More than 13,000 men and ing home to roost—and to plague Samuel M. Robinson, Chief of the | women are now employed by the the progress of armament produc- | Bureau of Ships, predicted this last | Navy there. tion. Everybody now knows about the grave shortage in aluminum, due to week before the House Naval Affairs | Committee. ——————— new problems. Diplomatic training’ will be advocated for future careéfs nvolving internationall negotia- tions. Through war's exigencies will! be demonstrated the urgency ‘of reforms in the mannet of conduct-| ing many branches of the nation’s| business. ¥ International Affairs: According to a London seer the foundation' map of this country contains pq;-\ tents of supreme significance. With Uranus rising in the ninth degtée of Gemini and Mars in the twen- tieth degree in conjunction with a violent fixed star the next few months must be supremely diffi-| cult for the great democracy. Jist| a year from now, in May, 1942, Sa- turn and Uranus will enter Gemini. Uranus will remain in this sign for seven years. During one preyi-| ous Uranus visitation the Amesi- can Revolution took place and in another the Civil War was fought. The visitation of Uranus to Gem- ini next year will be of peculiar interest on this account. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of bene- ficial progress in unusual circum- stances. Travel and gains through writing contracts are indicated for certain subjects of this sign. Children born on this day have the promise of great success in life. They may attain eminence in ae- ronautical, scientifice and mechani- cal lines of work. (Copyright, 1941) Sponsoring Committeefo | Meet Tonight The sponsoring committee of the Women's Volunteer = Service will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the City Hall. Announcement of the gath- ering was made today by Mrs. Er- nest Gruening. ELKS TO INITIATE FIVE NEW MEMBERS i At a regular meeting of the Ju- neau Elks tonight in the Elks hall, five new members will be initfated into the fraternal order. : The initiation will be the tirst under the new officers recently in- stalled. Reports on progress on the new building will be given by N. C. Banfield, chairman of the House Committee. bl —_————— FOSSES TO SITKA Mr. and Mrs, Harold Foss® -~ “There is not enough steel ih this ON SHORT TRIP H. M. Hollman, u'ur‘yl failure to get new plants started in | country for everything,” he warned l mann's Pharmacy in time. Recently this column also | bluntly. “Steel is going to have to - | Sitka on -the st r North w,& When the vessel left & ol 1§ for a short trip to.Sitka ‘om ihe it =il revealed that an 800,000-kilowatt | be rationed like aluminum. That is a | steamer North Sea, - . i daughter, Judy, were pagsse Empire Classifieds - Pyt A. No; it is entirely optional. et - B - S e ———— ] 1. What is a newspaper’s chief source of revenue? 2. Which is the most poisonous snake in the world? 3. For what purpose is a pulmotor used? 4. What ancient people first introduced the use of an alphabet into Europe? 5. Where are the Everglades? ANSWERS: The sale of their advertising space. The kino cobra of India. To restore respiration artificallly. The Phoenicians. In southern Florida. Lol B Guards His | Directory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Bl agren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. 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