The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1941, Page 4

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GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc. National Newspaper Representa- \ves, with offices in_San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. 101 SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, American Bank Building. TAP THE TAKU Construction of the International Highway link- ing Alaska and the States is a certainty for the near| future, according to members of the International | Highway Commission now visiting in Juneau. These | members, thinking in large terms of a hemlsphere! highway, find it hard to explain the apathy with which Southeast Alaskans view the prospect of hav- ing a road link between their Territory and the great Outside. Southeast Alaskans have never been very much interested in International Highway talk because they have believed that road when constructed would pass them by. They have had Visions of the great artery of travel between the States and Alaska lying well back of the coast mountains and ice cap where it would do them no good. They have felt that such a route would do this part of the Territory actual harm by deflecting much of the tourist and com- mercial traffic which now visits Southeast Alaska by steamer on the Inside Passage. If a road can be built in the Taku Valley, as has been advocated through the years by a few far- seeing Alaskans and as the Commission now sug- gests, to bring Juneau and Southeast Alaska into direct touch with the International Highway, the Commission will find the people of this part of the Territory hearty boosters of the major plan. A Taku Valley feeder to link the International Highway with tidewater would be about 100 miles in length. Its construction would be entirely feasible from an engineering standpoint. To bring such a road into Juneau would require a short ferry across Taku Inlet. This is no difficulty and does not de- tract from the plan. Anyone who has driven in the Puget Sound country, along the Oregon Coast or should be extended in that direction as a starter. Other likely routes from $heypfotécted chanhels of Boutheast Alaska to the Internatfonal fithw&\/ might lie via Haines or the Stikine. Such feeder roads would add immeasurably to the military and com- mercial usefulness of the highway and enhance its charm from the standpoint of the tourist. Members of the International Highway Com- mission have had the vision to bring this great plan for an overland route to the threshhold of construc- tion. Alaska now should have the vision to make the highway serve Alaska in the greatest measure. Such service calls for a road between Juneau and the great North-South artery. ‘ FREE OR SLAVE Robert Ley, leader of the German Labor Front, | puts the hopelessness of the democratic cause in a | nutshell. He finds that 300,000,000 people in Europe | under German control are facing 40,000,000 British |and 130,000,000 Americans, and what doubt can there |be of the outcome? Europe will outbuild, out- ! fight and outlast the English-speaking partnership. Inasmuch as there are only 80,000,000 Germans in Europe by the Nazi claim, the other 220,000,000 mobilized Europeans in the Robert Ley estimate will be non-Germans. Of their cooperation he feels con- fident, whether they like it or not. German soldiers and Gestapo will see to it that Frenchmen, Poles, Czechs, Belgians, Hollanders, Norsemen, Southern Slavs and Greeks make their proper contribution to Hitler's war effort. Some people might doubt whether even German ruthlessness can make slave labor as efficient as free labor, but to this Robert Ley has a convincing an- swer. The trick has been done—in Germany. The thought to keep in mind is that Ley serves Hitler in the capacity of leader of the Labor Front. Just how much sympathy for Labor Yhere is in him is apparent from the matter-of-fact way in which he groups the subjugated, terrorized and plundered peo- ples with his own Germans to constitute a block of *300,000,000 Europeans.” In other words, to Robert Ley his own German countrymen are as much slaves as the conquered Poles and Czechs. Fishing for the Record (New York Times) Every fisherman knows what unsatisfactory at- tention is given to the painstaking accounts of his| angling exploits. He is familiar with the vacant stare of reluctant courtesy, the rasping unbelief of | the skeptics, the weary indifference of the non- angling spouse and, hardly better, the preoccupied | enthusiasm of the fellow-fisherman impatiently wait- ing his turn to tell a better tale. Of this unsatis- | | factory condition the Canadian Government, in spite | of its immediate concern with more important mat- |ters, has duly taken note and formulated some re- | medial steps. No lesser department than the bureau |in charge of Mines and Resources has decided to! | take a creel census. To the visitor interested in fishing a card will | be given as he enters certain of the Dominion’s na- | tional parks, and upon this card he will be asked| to record his achievements. His name and address i will, of course, be on it, the name of the lake or | stream fished, the species caught, their number and| | length, the hours spent fishing and what lure and| | method were used. This would seem to be an ad- mirably complete questionnaire, but to mere statisti- | cal completeness is now added the touch which shows | ! how thoughtful of its guests’ pleasure Ottawa in- Itends to be. “The fishermen are asked to record “their failures as well as triumphs,” says the dispatch, | in the San Francisco Bay:region knows that the car | a5 these are just as important to the limnological ferry gives the motorist a pleasant break in his journey and an appreciated rest from driving. In anticipation of the not distant day when the service of the parks as limit catches.” This sym- pathy and this graceful recognition that some of the best catches are never measured save with the distant, bulging eye are sure to be appreciated by [ HEPPY BIRTHDAY | JUNE 12 Hawley Sterling Earle Osborne Nels H. Rogne Douglas Gray Beatrice Bothwell Robert Geyer Mrs. Albert Schrammen Joe Riedl Borghild Havdahl Swen Swenson R. F. Arthur Mrs. T. M. Simonsen Ralph Merritt L ————v— | HOROSCORE | “The stars incline | but do not compel” || FRIDAY, JUNE 13 . 20 YEARS AGO fms mas THE EMPIRE JUNE 12, 1921 Asserting that the basic American idea is that government is insti- tuted solely for the protection of citizens in their right to work out their own individual destinies unhampered by restrictive regulations, J. A. Hellenthal delivered the oration at the Elks’ Flag Day exercises in the Elks’ Auditorium. Jack Laurie was high man in the shotgun shooting with a total of 21 out of a possible 25, and J. Williams on th.e rifle range was high with 81 per cent in the weekly shoot of the Juneau Shotgun and Rifle Club. Married men gave a bachelor nine a drubbing 10-0 in the baseball game played at the Last Chance Basin Park. Lineup for the teams in- cluded: Married Men—Kearney, 3b.; Barragar, 2b.; Henning, rf.; Wood- ard, 1f.; Grostline, ss.; Gray, cf.; Baggs, Ib.;; Fry, c.; Bernhofer, p. Single Men—McDonald, ss.; McCloskey, 3b.; Monroe, cf.; Gamarra, ¢.; Parma- kof, 2b.; Beaudin, If.; E. Lottsfeldt, rf.; Henry, 1b.; C. Lottsfeldt, p. Um- pires: Kokash and Smokoon. John Davidson, of Douglas, sailed on the Princess Alice to spend a month with his mother at Rolling Bay, Washington. James Freeburn, of the Chichagoff Mining Company, was a south- bound passenger on the Princess Alice. William Quick, Thane barber, left on the Princess Alice to relocate in the States. Quick had spent many years here, Weather: High, 64; low, 41; clear. O e - - - S % Daily Lessons in English % . corbon Adverse planetary aspects are ac- tive today, which is not unusually| important in the government of the stars, although sensational|P1an but th: events are forecast for this Friday at.” Say, “They could mal both E’s as in SET, I as in IT, accent OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cleanliness. e S - e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “They could make no other ke no other plan THAN that.” Pronounce Kklen-li-nes, first syllable. International Highway is a that up the Taku. reality, begin to think about building feeder The Thane road Alaska should roads such as out of Juneau the great United the Little Fellow menfolk south of the border. What department in States ever showed such interest in ? Wathinglon Merry- o-Round 5 (Condnued from Page Oue) had no desire to infringe on any rights of labor, but they contended that the country should be protected } against certain labor elements now taking advantage of these rights for questionable ends. RAW MATERIALS Tighter control over strategic materials is desired to prevent boot- legging for non-defense purposes, and to force plants with stocks of such materials to use them for de- fense orders, g Army authorities have strong sus- picions that there is bootlegging but lacking authority to curb it, they have done nothing about running it down. However, on record are two cases of plants with large stocks of strategic materials which have held back from taking defense orders. The new bill would give the Gov- ernment a club to use on such cases. Also the Government could take over the canners. The day the War Department sent the bill to Congress, it filed a new kins said: “Stettinius was absolutely right about aluminum. He made no mistake in his calculations. Iam sure that we have plenty of it, despite all the hue and cry about a scar- city.” NOTE: At about the same time forthright Edward Stettinius, Chief of Priorities, frankly told the Presi- dent that he, Stettinius, had made a mistake in reckoning the amount not have placed such reliance in the estimates of Arthur V. Davis, head of the Aluminum Corporation of Amer.ica. FOUR SICK SENATORS The health of United States Sen- ators is not a very good insurance risk these days. No less than four stalwarts of the Senate are now ill —two of them seriously. Democratic leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky has been ill in the Naval Hospital with an infection which has spread from his leg to his eye. Worn out as a result of many legislative battles and the long Congressional strain, Senator Bark- ley’s condition is none too good. | Pat Harrison of Mississippi whose | scintillating wit once was the terror of Republican administrations, also has been seriously ill and absent from the Senate for nearly two request with the Labor Department to exempt the canners from the Walsh-Healey Act. The canners have been refusing to sell direct to the Army on the ground that they can't afford to pay the prevailing wage scales required by law of gov- ernment contractors. This has forced the Army to bi canned good from food brokers at a considerably higher price. Since the Army food bill now amounts to around $750,000 a day, a big chunk of money is involved in the con- troversy. If the “draft property” bill be- comes law, the Government could take over the canneries if they per- sisted in their present attitude NEW ALUMINUM EXPERT Ernest M. Hopkins, President of Dartmouth College, and staunch Republican adviser to Wendell Will- kie, is now serving as a One Dollar Man in Washington, occupying a position on the key OPM Priorities Board. However, he has disagreed vigorously with the idea that the country faces a deficiency of alum- inum and other war materials. Holding forth to Ola Dealers at a dinner party not long ago, Dr. Hop- months. He is still at Hot Springs, | Arkansas. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, |another Democratic stalwart, has | undergone an operation recently, but |1s on the road to recovery and would |be back in Washington if not for | doctor’s orders. Finally, Senator Wagner, German- |born but staunch New Dealer from | New York, has been suffering from a heart ailment. Latest reports are |that he will be able to come back | whenever he is needed for an im- |portant vote. Wagner is the author (of more New Deal legislation than almost any other Senator. NOTE: In contrast, 83-year-old Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, ten to fifteen years older than any of his above-named colleagues, still is spry and energetic, having just taken unto himself a new wife. MERRY-GO-ROUND George Powell, young inventor. has submitted plans to the Army for an anti-aircraft shell that op- erates on the “electric eye” prin- ciple. The shell explodes when a plane comes within the range of its | detonating photo-electric cell. . . iualph A. Bard, Assistant Secretary of aluminum available and should | 10! the Navy, packed his fishing tackle and went to the old Hoover | fishing camp on the Rapidan, came back with three small trout. Dis- gusted, he said, “There’s no fishing | here at all.” . . . Rural Electrifica- | tion Administrator Harry Slattery is proud of having strung up wires in Alaska and the Virgin Islands. Also, he is making a survey in Puer- |to Rico. . . . The latest edition of Who's Who in Latin America does not contain the names of President Avila Camacho of Mexico, President Medina of Venezuela, President Carias of Hond] , or President Moronigo of anx‘:y i SABOTAGE EXPERT On thegnight of.July 30, 1916, a terrific explosion occurred on Black Tom Island, in New York harbor. | More than 2,000,000 pounds of muni- tions stored in that arsenal explod- ed, and the blast was heard as far as Philadelphia, 100 miles away. That was nearly 25 years ago, and the task of fixing responsibility for the disaster has been the life work of many men. It was only last year that the case was finally settled, and the German government was held responsible for having directed spies and saboteurs to destroy Black Tom. One of the lawyers in that case Wwas John J. McCloy, of the firm of Cravath deGresdorff, Swaine, and Wood. A few months ago, Henry L, Stimson, from his office in the War Department, called John McCloy in New York and said: “Are the Ger- mans engaging in saboage now as they did in 1916?” “I don't know,” said McCloy. “You know all about sabotage,” said the Secretary, “and I want you to come down here and work with our intelligence division and find out about it.” So last September McCloy came to Washington as expert ocnsultant to the Secretary of War. In December he was made special assistant to the Secretary, and last week hé became Assistant Secretary of War. McCloy was born in Philadelphia 46 years ago. He is a graduate of Ambherst College. He served over- seas as a captain of artillery. After six months on the job, he is prepared to answer the question Stimsen put to him last September. He believes present-day German sabotage has much more finesse than the sabotage of World War I. Instead of blowing up munitipns last time by arousing public in. . arsenals-—which proved a boomerang the Thirteenth. Mars is in domin-| ant place. { Heart and Home: Under this con- | figuration the young members of the family may be restless and de- sirous of recreation. The evening! should be of medium interest for social matters. Dances and im-| promptu entertainments will in- OFTEN MISSPELLED: Grisly Grizzly (somewhat ray). ¥ &SYNONYMS: Low, base, worthless, sorry, insignificant. 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: VACILLATING; wavering. “The decisive man will accomplish much and the vacillating man, little.” (horrifying). spire transient romances. The stars are believed to encourage deceit| or two-timing among young couples. There is a promising sign today for the planning of vacations. The seers advise travel and change, in| view of what the future seems to presage. Business Affairs: This is not an auspicious sway for commerce. Special perils on the high seas are forecast. The United States Navy will be active in the Pacific. In the! financial districts of key cities of| the United States there will be| extraordinary interest. All the signs foreshadow many months of pros-| perity so great that the lean years will be forgotten. Real estate will| be a source of profit and wijll at-| | tract buyers of small means, . | National Issues: Despite ififth| column alarms and spy hunt$ there| will be agents or representatives of [ the Axis powers in high places where they will enjoy the confl-‘ dence of the people. In the em-| ployment of the United States Gov-| ernment men and women will have| opportunities to betray the nation. The seers warn that because of| extremists who gain publicity it ls" possible for unobtrusive persons to succeed in espionage and they fore-‘ tell a sensational discovery, " International Affairs: Astrologers foretell that all powers that.have Joined the Axis will thus to sad - disillusionment as bly they must be victims of Téyerses and misfortunes. In the revealed portents of the di is not to be won suddenly or easily. There will be desperate battles and leading dairy states. sleges, if ‘the aspects are mightly read. it Persons whose birthdate ,')t is| have the augury of a year of changes. The pendulum of for-| tune may swing from fortune to misfortune, but the months will bring many pleasant surprises. Children born on this day prob- ably will be endowed with marked intelligence. They will be artistic, faithful, determined and success- ful. (Copyright, 1941) dignation and precipitating our en- trance into the war—the Germans are using “more ingenious devices of destruction.” McCloy declines to be very speci- fic about this, but he intimates that the corruption of labor leaders and the strengthening of the Commun- ist hand are part of the new pat- tern. Perhaps outright sabotage in the form of explosions will come later—when the great stores of arms and munitions have begun to ac- cumulate for shipment. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) War Has Put Price 0f TopHlight Dairy Cows on| Escalator AP Feature Service SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—Sixty Holstein-Friesian cattle, auctioned off here reported at the highest av- erage price obtained anywhere in the United States in the last ten years, gives testimony to the slaugh- ter of herds and critical economic conditions in Europe. { Holsteins come from the Nether- lands, where their origin has been traced back to the dawn of the BreéChrisMan era. Transplanted to the Hitler whose final defeat is.to be!United States in Civil War days as spectacular as his brief series|after several unsuccessful attempts, of successes. But the World War uithey now account for about 60 per MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra 1EE Q. Should a saleswoman or salesman always conclude a sale with a “thank you” to the customer? A. Yes, this will leave a pleasant impression with the customer and places bcth the customer and the saleswoman on a level of mutual courtesy and respect. Is it really necessary for a hostess to serve tea to a formal H caller? No; she is not obliged to do so What furniture should be in the room when giving a musicale? A. The piano, chairs for the performers and for the guests. No other furniture is necessary. D e 1. What is an embargo? 2. What is the speed of light? 3. How many legs has the common house fly? 4. In what famous American short story does a headless horseman appear? 5. Who invented the pneumatic tire? ANSWERS: 1. 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