The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Maln Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER - President R. L BERNARD - - Vice- Pmlarm and Business Manager Eotered tn the Post, omn in_Juneau 2 sewna Class Matter. BSCRIPTION RA' Delivered by carrier R Jenbhs nouln “for $1.25 pe th. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, 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 notity the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of their papers. Telephones: 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 o Dot other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | berein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION tional Newspaper Representa- GEORGE D. CLOS Los Angeles, Portland, Mves, with offices in_Ban Prancisco, Beattle, Chie ew Yorl ton. SEATTLE RESENTATIVE — Fraok J. Dunning, 1011 | American Bank Building. WILL HITLER WIN — IN CALIFORNIA? If Hitler himself had set out to cripple Ameri- can defense production at a vital spot in a critical hour he couldn’t have done better than the few so- called labor leaders who called and have prolonged to 24 days the strike at 11 Pacific Coast shipyards. In the headlines ‘we read this sad story: “Britain lists 1,443 ships as lost in war; total 6,000,000 tons,” and the American reaction: “Work rushed on seized ships to offset losses by Britain; U. S. yards work- ing 24 hours a day.” Then—“Strike ties up 11 ship- yards.” Whatever may be said of the wisdom or folly of previous strikes in defense industries—and many have had justification—not one smelled of sabotage. | This strike does. It is a strike—of both AFL and | CIO machinists—called over the opposition of John| P. Frey, president of the AFL Metal Trades De- partment. It is a strike in violation of a pledge not to strike. That pledge was given in the master agree- ment between labor and industry which covered the| entire West Coast shipbuilding area and specified: | “There shall be no lockouts on the part of em- fair regard for the public interes | observed. | But interunion rivalries must not carry to the point where they impede the progress of national defense and play actually into the hands of the Axis powers. It would be well for union leaders to keep in mind in these days what has occurred to the | trade union movement in-those nations, and also | how it has flourished in Great Britain, even in war time. | The labor leadership of the United States is af- | forded an excellent opportunity in this crisis to prove | that it is big and public spirited and able to rise ) above the petty issues which in the past have been allowed to interrupt importani industrial operations. Before the new outbreak of strikes, arfecung more than $500,000,000 worin of shipbuilding pro- | jects on the West Coast, along with other phases of | would always be | the rearmament program, there had been an encour- | aging lull in industrial disputes. It might have been the result of a number of factors. Perhaps it was | due to the dramatic emphasis upon national defense needs which was created by the German blitzkrieg in the Balkans. Perhaps it was partly in response to the wave of public feeling engendered by the long series of strikes. Perhaps to some degree it reflected the sinister influehce of Soviet foreign policy upon certain American labor officials—the shadow of a party line which wavered for several weeks between the Kremlin's friendship pact with | drawal of recognition of Yugoslavia after Germany had engulfed the Balkans. Whatever their cause, strikes in progress today are reprehensible and cannot be tolerated. ( Ships are going down in the Atlantic, precious | ships, ships which may mean*the difference between survival and extinction of democracy, ships which | may decide whether the right to strike is to exist anywhere in this world, ships filled with the arma- ments which constitute Amerlca's answer to Hitler's challenge. Even with convoys. we may not be able to keep every ship from going down. But we can keep ships going up—on the ways of America’s shipyards. That this nation intends to do. It will not tolerate inter- | ference with that objective in this grave hour, when every vessel counts double in ‘maintaining democ- racy's bridge to Britain, last citadel of freedom in Europe. We say it seriously. Uncle Sam can't quibble on this strike. Unlike most which have gone before, it is a strike against him. Such a challenge simply ! must be met, swiftly and decisively. That large num- | bers of patriotic union men have broken away from | their headstrong leaders and returned to work is a good sign. But it is not good enough. . The causes |of discord such as have been raging on San Fran- | cisco Bay for the past month simply must be plucked out by the roots. A Wise Precaution Yugoslavia before the Nazi blitzkrieg and its with-| | THE DAILY ALASKA!EMPIRE, TUESDAY), JUNE l HAPPY BIRTHDAY | | JUNE 3 | Forrest Bates | Tom Cashen Jr. Mrs. T. L. Fletcher | Henry D. Lowman # Mrs. Alvin V. Goldman? R. F. Lewiston ¢ Mrs. Henry Tilden 3 Robert F. Eastman Mrs. F. F. Freeman — I HoROSCOPE! “The stars incline ; but do not compel”. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 Through the busy hours of } | day benefic aspects rule. It is 1 \date for launching importanty jects and for starting new tures in trade and commerce. Heart and Home: Under this sqay| the head of the house should I optimistic and happy. It is a fortu-| |nate date for seeking money pr special household improvements decorations. The stars stimulate vancement of family interests .?or many sorts. It is a day of pro X e] for the young. There is a good for new acquaintances of op sex; the head will' decide whe! it is worthwhile to pursue a friem- | ship which may involve the heart. Under this configuration the cgok may be difficult—labor comes ifito an influence causing vdiscontenuée Business Affairs: This should a profitable date for merchants, pecially those who deal in women wear and in fine jewels. Many gagement rings will be purchagéd, also numerous wedding gifts wi this rule continues. Shops will enhanced by many objects rese from the ruins of European m: | d‘ ts | subject.” breads, 20 YEARS AGO from THE EMPTRE JUNE 3, 1921 The steamer Spokane brought 15 Capt. C. S. Ward, Disbursing Of] sion, left on the Alameda for an official trip to the Interior. accompanied by Tke Taylor who was to have charge of the accounting end of the commisssion’s work in Fairbanks. roundtrippers who spent their time in Juneau visiting all points of interest, ficer of the Alaska Road Commis- He was Mining operations were closed permanently the day before at the Peserverance Mine by the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company, according 1 to announcement made by General Manager George T. Jackson. More than 80 persons were reported to have taken advantage of the Colored railroad dining car waiters, transferred to serve as dining stewards on the Alameda, gave their impressions of their first service on the sea. with one who had difficulty getting his sea legs—the curves on the ,ymlrond weren't nearly so “upsetting.” C. H. Flickinger arrived on the fine weather to join the Sunday School picnic given at Salmon Creek by the Methodist Epicopal Church. many of whom were recently According to an interview Alameda from Seattle to act as Juneau agent while Robert J. Cragg was acting agent at Skagway. The Misses Nadja and Mary Kashevaroff returned to Juneau to spend | the summer vacations after completing their teaching years in Territorial schools. Weather: High, 58; low, 43; clear. Daily Lessons in Engli WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Jones is well posted on the Say, “Jones is well INFORMED on the subject.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Supple. and not SOOPLE. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Carat (unit of weight).. by writers). SYNONYMS: Celebrate, commemorate, keep, obsene WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” T inecrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day, ‘Today’s word: Carrot (vegetable). | ALIENATION; a withdrawing, as of the affections. his heart from the king.”—Bacon. MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. What should one serve for the meat course at a luncheon? A. The more delicate meat disl with an accompanying vegetable such as new peas, artichokes, or string beans. b lish . 1. corpON Pronounce sup’l, U as in UP, Caret (a mark used Let us “The alienation of by : ROBERTA LEE hes like squab, chicken, or sweet- asparagus, Director Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger 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 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST | 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Gffice Phone 468 —_— Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. { Graduate Los Angeles Collage of Optometry ana [ Opthatmoiogy | l e ————————————————— Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. Carter Pourth and Pranklin Sts. ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Post Office Sabstation NOW LOCATED AT i HARRY RACE \ DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska”™ I “The Stere for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Compiete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP R —— L Watch and lnelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET — 5 ployers or suspension of work on the part of em- ployees.” It is a strike which does not involve any unfair labor practices by the shipbuilding concerns. Q. Should a business acquaintance of the bridegroom send his wedding gift to his friend’s home? A. No. All gifts should be sent to the bride. (Cincinnati Enquirer) The action of Justice Department and immigra- | tion agents in rounding up aliens known to be in ts to| of trade. Refugees skilled and handicrafts will contribute| the alluring stocks displayed in [ BCA Victor Radios | Instead, the strikers want an increase in wages, which already are substantial. Machinists have been paid $1 an hour, with time and a half for overtime. They have demanded $1.15 an hour, with double pay for overtime. They have been offered $1.12 an hour, with time and a half for overtime. So this strike, which ties up 11 important shipyards while draftees are serving for $21 a month, is a strike over just three cents an hour in pay, plus $2.30 an hour for overtime. ‘We agree with Secretary of the Navy Knox, who declared that this is' “not so much a strike against, the shipbuilders as it is a strike against our coun- try’s program of national defense.” The American public has always been resent- ful of jurisdictional disputes which result in the cessation of work. It will be particularly so at such a time as this, when it is convinced that defense production is the first consideration, and that it is a matter of little importance at the moment whether | an electrician or carpenter is a member of a union affiliated with the AFL or the CIO. It was unavoidable, of course, that union leader- ship would seek to avail itself of the opportunity| afforded by increasing employment incident to re- armament to increase membership. What with the recent rivalry between the two major labor organi- zations, it was perhaps too much to expect that a this country illegally is an eminently wise precau- tion. The Alien Registration Act adopted at the last | session of Congress gave the nation its first means | of checkup on aliens residing in the nation, num- bering several millions. This was intended not as a means’of harrying or persecuting the' Yoreign=born element of the pépulation, but rather to provide the world affairs considered —regarding the strangers ! within our gates. The new roundup of aliens is something quite apart from the alien registration last year. It is | aimed primarily at the aliens who dodged the Regis- | tration Act; not the foreigners who have business here or have come here to establish themselves as useful citizens of the United States, but rather the ones who have no business or right to be here. Most of the Axis seamen who have overstayed their legal leave in this country are in this category. The Justice and immigration agents acted in the | light of the fact that aliens here illegally, while in- cluding many innocent of any intent to abuse the nation’s hospitality, comprise in the main a group which is already dangerous and may become more so as the war progresses, What is taking place shows that Federal authorities are awake to the dangers, and are determined to see to it that no foreign “fifth -column” will -have a free hand in America. Wathingfon maps of the Navy Department before he made his broadcast. CAPITAL CHAFF Walter Winchell took a great lik- United States with some much needed information— | tail centers of American ci Buying should be generous. National Issues: As conven dates of organizations covering numerable interests draw near, cussions of public. questions monopolizé chief atténtion. will engage consideration, but stars are read as promising che ful acceptance of increased oblig tions. The people’s minds are be geared fo war needs and B/ hearted support is to be give: Administration when the sit: of the United States is fally m‘ stood. Slow to recognize perils,”, ericans are quick to overcome them: International Affairs: Astrologers read in the stars the portent of an assassination in Europe when a dictator or a leader in totalitarian affairs will be killed. Strange and unexpected incidents will add to & | taxicab? Q. In what order should two n A. The man nearest the door | by the two women. .;m-m-_-.———_.m 1l LOOK and LEA 1 D -t e s What sea’s water contains 187 How much did the discovery expedition of Columbus cost? men and two women get out of a first then the other man followed RN A. C. GORDON pounds of salt to the ton? What are the males and females of rabbits called? How many parables of Jesus Christ are recorded? Who is the chief executive of all the Federal prisons? ANSWERS: The Dead Sea. About $7,000. Bucks and does. Forty-three. ‘The Attorney General. the frightfulness of the second World War which is to reach its peak before autumn, although the conflict may be long-drawn<out. Crises are foretold for November 5, 1941; April 8, 1942; December 11, 1942; and March 11, 1943. Rev-' olutionary readjustments in world a years. aska having the best attendance in May. Chief Inspector for the Soap Box ‘| Derby, succeeding Bob Cowling, who will be Outside at the time of the affairs are indicated for sevex-nlmwe o Juns 0. prize for the Rotary Club in Al- Ellis Reynolds was designated the WITH Two Boy Scouts from Adj. Stan- DOUGLAS DUE FOR CONTEST ELKMEN Merry- o-Round (Condnued from Page Oue) —T TR R AT distance bomber. Also it gives the key to Roosevelt’s convoy plans. Fin- ally it illustrates what the Nazis coyld do to the United States if the plan were reversed in the Atlantic. Key to the plan is Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands. The admirals are reasonably confident that long dis- tance patrol planes ranging out from Hawaii in the mid-Pacific and | from the Aleutians in the north | Pacific would be sufficient to spot any Japanese ship approaching Am- erican waters. And air torpedoes of the type which crippled the Bis- marck could do the rest. In fact, the entire Bismarck incident has been a striking demionstration that long distance bombers plus island bases have revolutionized warfare in both oceans. AZORES AND CANARIES Now if you transpose the map of the Pacific onto the map of the Atlantic, you will also get an idea of why Roosevelt bore down so heav- ily on the importance of the Azores, the Canary and Cape Verde islands in his fireside chat. For the Azores are the Hawail of the mid-Atlantic, | while the Canaries and Cape Verdes might be compared to the Aleutions —in reverse position Whoever holds these stepping- stones across the Atlantic can sweep | that ocean with naval patrol planes | and bombers, just as the U. S. fleet can sweep the Pacific from Hawali | and the Aleutians. If we hold these Atlantic islands, then we hold the gateway to the Atlantic. If Hitler holds them, he controls the first, step towgrd Brazil —and the rest of the way is euy. | These were some of the things Roosevelt studied on’ the large-scale 1'.10:15 got under way. | personalities he was prepared to Another vital point he studied was not mentioned in his broadcast; be- cause no one is talking publicly about the fact that the British may have to withdraw from Gibraltar, even from the Mediterranean alto- gether. But in case of such a with- drawal, a glance at the map will show that these three sets of islands —the Azores, Canaries and Cape Verdes—could help to replace Gib- raltar. They sit astride the entrance to the Mediterranean, and long range bombing planes based on those islands could make it hot for any expeditionary force heading out of the Mediterranean for the Americas. All of these are reasons why you can expect vital action regarding the Atlantic islands. SLUGGER LEWIS That half-page newspaper ad sponsored by Southern coal operat- ors bitterly. denouncing John L. Lewis and charging him with “dic- tator” ambitions, had an unadver- tised sequel. It occurred several days after the ad appeared at the meeting of op- erators and miners called by the Defense Mediation Board in another try at reaching an agreement be- tween the warring groups. The conference took place in the spacious OPM council chamber used by the board for such pow-wows. As usual, Lewis made a solo entry |after everybody else was seated. | with anl eyes on him, he roared into action. Eyes flashing with anger, he told the operators that their ad was a personal insult to him; that since they had descended to dealing, in settle their differences on that basis. “I challenge any of you,” Lewis | declared, “to step ontside and fight | 1t out man to man,” There were no takers, Lewis sat down and the delibera- ing to Senator Capper of Kansas during his recent visit to the Capitol Capper, himself a successful news- paperman, owner of gevernl papers, is at 75 one of the most active leg- islators in Washington. . . . Despite the Good Neighbor: policy, U. 8. insurance firms has declined insur- ance on Axis ships seized and oper- ated by the Mexican Government. Mexico was following the lead of the U S. A. in taking the Axis ves- sels, but although the British will insure them, U. S. firms won't. Every year Homer Cummings hol “The Attorney General’s Golf Tour- nament” at Pinehurst, N. C, an event started when he was running the Justice Department. Chief rule is: “If any man brings his wife, he’s never invited again.” . .. After Gen- eral Allen Gullion, the Army’s ef- ficient Judge Advocate General, ap- peared in the comic strip “Hap Hopper,” he received a letter from an old boyhood chum saying: “I have been wondering where you were for forty years, and now at last I've located you through the funny pap- ers.” (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Miss Jean Taylor Is Enroute Home On Steamer Yukon Miss Jean Taylor is a passenger on the Yukon bound for Juneau to spend her vacation with her par-| ents, Mr, and Mrs. Tke Taylor. Miss Taylor has been attending business college in Seattle and previous to that was a student at Washington State College a Pullman. Persons whose birthdate it have the augury of a year pleasant changes and surpflm 'Ne are forecast. §¢| Program. The boys, who came to friendships and financial beneflm g ley Jackson’s Troop 16 presented a town from Lena Cove camp where the Troop has been staying since Thursday, were John Guerrero and W Children born on this day prob- ably will be intellectual and ‘artis- tic. They should be logical, refinéd, idealistic and fond of change. " (Copyright, 1941) —— JUNEAU ROTARY SENDS DELEGATE TO CONFERENCE Charles Carte—r Leaving on Friday for Denver and - Evereff Meetings Juneau will have a delegate at'a Rotary International conference for the first time this month when Charles W. Carter attends the in- ternational meeting at Denver, Col- orado, June 15-20. Carter plans to leave Junen.u nn the North Sea this week. He will gex turn to the Coast for the ‘Gramd' Lodge of Odd Fellows convention at Everett June 23. Then he will go_to Los Angeles to visit his daughter. He plans to return about July 15 from hsi first trip Outside in six years. ] At today’'s Rotary meeting, Sec- retary John L, Cauble reported on the flying trip he made with! Dr. W. M. Whitehead, Rod Damell. Don Skuse and Mr. and Mrs. 'Lou Hudson to Petersburg to see District Governor R. Vincent (Nig) mesent a chlnet to (.he new {Sam Wanamaker, Harry Maxwell of Fullerton, .Cali- '|fornia, and Fred Luthie, of Seattle. but costly, “roast kid” meat is a specialty of a local hotel whose guests say it's tender” and looks like veal. Visitors at today's meeting were ——o—— GETS ENGLAND'S GOAT WOKING, England—Unrationed, “light, white and Subscribe for The Empire. Weather permitting, the slumping| Douglas nine is scheduled to meet| the Elks on the Firemen’s Ball Park tonight for a seven inning battle. After throwing away a nine frame fray in Douglas on their own field Sunday, the Islanders are expected to bear down on the cellared Elkmen tonight. ———.— CURTIS RETURNS Traveling man T. R. 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