The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. @ELEN TROY BENDER - President L EBERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Satered in the Post omce in_Juneau as Second Class Matter. BSCRIPTION RATES: tetaling- 663521~ tons; - - isinteresting to note that. Norway's losses of ships and men were larger be- tween September 1939 and April 1940, while Norway was neutral, than they have been since. Leaving the matter of size' aside, the Norwegian merchant fleet is the most modern and efficient afloat. Two-thirds of, the ~ vessels are driven by diesel engines and are capable of speeds from 12 delivered by carrier S Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month: By mail, postage paid, at the fol One year, in advance, £12.00; six monf one month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if the: she Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- ivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. lowing rates: i 5 ‘wdvanocs, se.00; | 10 16 knots under full load, compared with an aver- age speed for steam vessels of 10 knots. Average age of Norwegian vessels is lower than that of any other merchant fleet in the world. Norwegian cargo vessels have an annual carrying capacity 40 to 60 'y will promptly notify MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoctyted Press is exclusively entitied o the use for 1 all news dispatehes credited to 1t or Dot othier- wise credited in this paper and also the local news publisbed republication of berein. percent in excess of the 10-knot steamer. In tankers, Norway has 2,000,000 tons of which 1,750,000 are modern motor vesséls with speeds of ALASEA CTIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE F ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. THAN THAT O 12 knots or more. Britain by eomparison has 3,000,- E LARGER 000 tons of which one-third are slower steamers. GEORGE D, Mves, with of Beattle, Chicago, } c' nc SEATTLE American Bank Buildisg. JUST ABOUT RIGHT A little more than one-twentieth of the popu- lation of the United States lives Juneau’s class. The 1940 census ti tional Newspaper Representa- 'ln filncllw Los Angeles, Portland, ATN'I - rnnl Ll When Germany invaded Norway April 9, 1940, evefy single ship on the Righ seas'or in harbors not copntrolled by the Axis Powers obeyed the wireless instructions issued by the Norwegian Government. Many, too, of those in Axis harbors managed to slip out and join the free merchant fleet. To control this fleet of nearly 4,000,000 tons (roughly 1,000 ships) the Norwegian Government established “NOTRA- SHIP” (the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission), which is the largest shipping:concern in the world. Norway's contribution to the'‘Allied Merchant Fleet is of decisive importance, considered either 1n’ terms of ships or of the men who man them. The enemy is doing his utmost to destroy' Allied sea- lines. The men who manb fthe ships stand in the front line of battle. From the seamén, who have the hardest duties of all, there has been shown the most unconditional loyvalty to the legal Norwegian authorities. It is probably an understatement to say that at the present time the Norwegian merchant fleet is worth more to the democracies than a million soldiers. Dunning, 1011 in small cities of urned up the fact that places in the 5,000-t0-10,000 classification are the fastest growing of all sizes of cities and towns in America. Only 4.8 percent of the nation's popu- lation lived in communities of this size in 1930, while the 1940 percentage is 5.1. By comparison, 2,500-to- 5,000 cities did not gain at all, while those in the 10,000-t0-25,000 bracket gained only .2 percent. The census showed 965 places in the United States in the 5000-t0-10000 classification, as com- pared with only 851 in that group in 1930. Total population in such cities in 1940 was 6,681,894. One of the 114 cities which grew into this bracket be- tween 1930 and 1940 is Juneau. Both the large cities and rural territory lost population during’ the decade to small cities. No wonder. Life -is ‘nowhere more enjoyable than in a little city. We have the conveniences of restaur- ants, theatres, daily newspapers and community spirit, without the unfriendliness and lack of social eontacts -of the large cities. NORWAY’S SHIPS To those who have thought that Norway's ef- fectiveness as a defender of democracy was pretty well destroyed by .the Nazi.invasion a year agq, it comes as a pleasant shock to’learn that' Norway's merchant marine, ‘'now in the service of Britain, is larger than that of Germany and is, in fact, second only to the merchant fleet of Britain herself. “News from :Norway,” the mimeographed infor- mation sheet ;distributed by the Royal Norwegian government’s | press representative in Washington, lists gross registered tQnnage before the start of the | war at 4,834,902 as compared with 4,493,000 tons of German shipping. - No figures are available for the| losses suffered by the German merchant marine since the war began but they are certainly large. Up to March of this year, Norway-1ost “159 ships Keep Them Separate (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Almost unnoticed outstde of “Washington, the House of Representatives has passed a bill providing that the Speaker of the House should fill the office of President temporarily if a contingency ever arose }when the President-elect or Vice President-elect, | should not qualify and neither the Electoral College nor the House was able to agree on a selection for the office. The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution adopted in 1933, made it the responsibility of Con- gress to provide for the succession tp an outgoing| President in such a contingency. Students of the Constitution pointed out during the heat of the 1940 election that it was dangerous for. Congress not to fulfill this responsibility, since there have been times in our history when confusion -over the succession | might have led to disturbances -if' not civil war. It is well, therefore, that Congress finally isi getting around to this important- matter, but it'is a serious question whether the House has acted wisely| in making it possible for one of its ‘oWn members to serve even temporarily as thei chiel' executive. This, is seems to us, violates the principle of the separation of the executive and )egislauve powers in our form of government. | We hope, therefore, that the Senate will revise this bill. A better .plan might be' to allow the Sec- retary. of State in,the outgging ;administrntion to| hold over as acting Preskhmgimm 4a ‘regular Presi-| | dent had been selected. . & Secretary Ickes is in charge of all the oil in the| country. We trust he will pour it on the waters of controversy and not on the flames. e | Matsuoka says his country. needs stronger ties| with Russia. It is only recently, ‘however, that Japan | has considered Russia fit to be tied. \will be severe from those who do| |nat toil or plan for national safety. Wathingfon Memry- Bo-Round (Condnued from, Page Ou® ' try in the Pacific rather than two. countries fn both the Pacific and the Atlantic simultaneously. So a plan was devised to starve out | the Japanese military machine by cutting off cotton,..copper, scrap jron and especially ‘oil, simultane- ously mobilizing-the peace’ machin- ery of thé Nihe Power Pact and the League of Nations. . All-important. facter: in this jplan was stationirig the British fleet in Singapore and. the: T a fleet along the Califoiriia ‘const £o shut off im- ports—it being clear that the Jap- anese fleet, because of tremendous distances, could not cross the Pa- cific either to_Singapore or Califor- nia without being' short of fuel ol and at a serious disddvantage. President Roosevelt even sent Ambassador Norman Davis_to Brus- sels Cornference to whip up this| plan, and told him to go the limit.| But- the State Departmént rewrote his speeches and sabotaged every| move he made. Roosevelt was off the Mexican coast fishing. The strategy was a complete bust. OIL FOR JAPAN’S NAVY One year later, 1938, the Navy wanted to revive the plan when Jap- an purposely sank the U. S. gunboat Panay in the Yangtze River, But cautious Cordell Hull and career boys said no. Two years later, the Knox-Stim- son-Morgenthau-Ickes factions in- side the Cabinet persuaded Roose- velt to O. K, two executive orders embargoing all oil and all scrap iron to Japan. But when the State De-; partment heard about it, Hull and the career boys threw up their hands in horror, persuaded Roosevelt to change his order, bar only No. 1 scrap and high-test gasoline. After weeks of haggling Roosevelt .|as France. The element of distance + Hished. 4 Prmuh 1ndo~ch1nqe naval; ‘|from the Dutch East, Inties.’ Also | 'Qm.\sl; sux)pon is gone. fiupara.ee-,remns But the real truth was that F a change of governments in the is-| in; blockading the Japanese has van- | land would be easy. ish Japan. Mow,, holds powerrul But the State Department said No. bases, | Like the French "in ‘Ttaly and in the “Near East, the State Depart- ment had what seemed like good new is.one day's steaming dsst'ance 1y pushed in Europe, they have o | French ‘was stlll the ‘real language ships to speak of at Singapore, Also|0f American diplomacy. the support of Russia is gone. That (Another French Lesson by The| country, once willing o cdeperate | Washington - Merry-Go-Round' - will with 50 submarines operating from | follow soon) Viadivostok, now is m the Axis \ (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature| !pocket Syndicate, Inc.) Finally, the embargo simnnon is completely reversed. Instead of the SOUTH IS “oR'IH United Asunes cutting off Japan's iron, oil, copper, cotton, Japan now! NEW ORLEANS, June 17 — The| is demanding all of the Dutch East| Mississippi River, which has al Indies’ tin and rubber —without| | general course almost directly which’ American industry is almost south flows directly northward past paralyzed. New Orleans at the original sec- 'Edso‘ h:/hsl}l‘e the United St-at:s Wait- tion of the city. A ship sailing from 0 0e was put on the.other New Orleans for the mouth of the river, southeast of the city, starts| FINAL FRENCH LESSON its trip-toward the north. { Being a devoted friend of France, |~ the United States now is adopting a Two Sta,['s Meet French lesson even in dealing with France herself; also with her neigh- bor Portugal. | One month ago, after Vichy an- nounced its open -alignment with |Hitler, Roosevelt prepared to send i message to Congress emphasizing | the. importance of the Atlantic is- lands (Azores, Cape Verde, Canar-| iies) and of French West Africa as jumping off places to South Amer- | {ica, Simultaneously seven ships began loading U. 8. marines at Quantco,| Va., for a secret landing on the Azores. The plan was to take these | vital stepping stones in mid-Atlantic | |under the temporary protection of| the United States. But Roosevelt waited: Alsg The State Department, being gentle- | manly, queried the Portuguese Gov- ernment. And the Portuguese said | they would object strenuously ' to' American Marines on the Azores.| They said they would fight. i So Roosevelt continued waiting. | Later he referred to the Azores in| this fireside chat, and Portugal vig- | ‘orously protested. Now Portugueae i ipopular with the Fascisti who pre- have the augury of a year of un-| ; Harnish, the hero of Jack London’s . & dog team 1,500 miles round trip , was said to have been inspired by a '- { gmmmmmmix 2|13|4(5/6 16{17(18|19/2( 232425 26 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 17 | Henry Hansen Mrs. Tom Taylor ' George F. Shaw Jr., Mrs. F. D. Speliman ‘' Katherine Thomas F. M. Slattery Mike O'Rafferty Mrs. Hazel Campbell . | “———-——————Q | Association. 20 YEARS AGO ¥ wupins JUNE 17, 1921 A public farewell reception to be given June 20 for tormer Governor Thomas Riggs and Mrs. Riggs was announced by Chairman W. G. Johnson of the special committee appointed by’the Juneau Commercial Everyone on the Channel was invited and urged to attend. J. W. Gucker:was in town calling on the trade. Territorial Senator Luther C. Hess, of Fairbanks, was a brief visitor in Juneau while the Northwestern was in port, Miss Florence Helen Stansfield and James’ Af Nichols, Douglas High School instructor, were married the evening before at a quiet ceremony | perfarmed by the Rev. C. E. Rice at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. George Naud. Mr. and Mrs. John Slee and five children who had lived on Douglas Island for about 13 years sailed on the Princess Royal en route to Galt, Ontario, to relocate 4t their former home. Four Channel boys arrived on the Northwestern after spending the school year at Gonzaga University in Spokane. They were Harry H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E |Ellingen, Melville Leak, George White and Raymond Kelly. “The stars incline ! but do not compel®™ L —" ‘WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 Sinister portents appear im: the| horoscope for today. Bad nev:sl which should stimulate defense ef- forts is prognosticated. Mars is in threatening sway. Heart and‘ Home: Women are under adverse influences while this configuration prevails. They may‘ reflect the depression caused by war developments and may * be prey to apprehensions concerning the men of their families Who are in the service. The seers emphasize the need of persistent optimism as women perform tasks that aid the nation and the Allies. According to readings of the stars final victory belongs to the democracies, but not until supreme sacrifice and invin-| cible courage have been offered by Americans. The late hours on this date are favorable to constructive| tasks. | Business Affairs: In the rising/ prosperity home building and mo-| torcar buying will be extensive,! even though prices of materials may soar. The tendency to enjoy to the full all that remains or Am-| erican comforts and luxuries willl be widespread. Because the .mor-| row is menacing to .many they will decide to make the most of today.| For that reason trave! in the Unit-| ed States will bring large profits| to transportation companies and‘ resort hotels. Vacation days:will be memorabie for generous spgnd- ing.. 1908 | National Issues: While thisplane«{ tary government prevails criticism | of the doers in war prepnnmns\ Warning has been often given that the fifth column profits thréugh even well-meaning opposition to Government. policies. Sile) is golden Lth month wheq;q‘ a speaker cannot support the policies of the Administration, astrologers warn. Sensatioral incidents are foretold in Washington where t_he summer is to breed traitors as well as heroes, ', International Affairs: Italy Wil suffer severely at this time when the seers forecast increased ,prob- lems inyolving the welfare of wo- men and children. Mussolini occupy a desperate. positio in which he becomes a figureh viously. followed him and now re- sent Nazi domination. A tragedy in’ which a statesman is the victim is prognosticated. The Mediterran- ean is to be the scene of more than -one historic battle. Persons whose birthdate it is usual experiences in which disap- pointments may lead to success or happiness. Children born on this day prob- ably will have eventful lives in which they overcome many diffi- culties including love ‘obstacles; (Copyright, 1941) ELAM HARNISH IREI(S OutT 10 “END OF TRAIl Hero of London Novel Dles in Fairbanks of Heart - * - Affack FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 17.— The end of the trail came to Elam famous novel “Burning Day. in which Re was portrayed undlg‘,hh ! | own mame, when he dropped dead - yesterday of a heart-attack beside his cabin home in Fairbanks. In Londén’s tale, Harnish mushed from Circle City to Skagway and return in 60.days, The writer’s story trip he made with ].nndon Announcement was made of the marriage on April 20 of Miss Belle Hood, daughter of Mrs. W. L. Gray, and Wilbur K. Burford, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burford. The wedding was in Seattle. The young couple had been attending the University of Washington. cloudy. Weather: High, 63; low, 50; e e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon e - - D -+ S WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The dog stayed inside of the yard.” Omit OF. ' OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Indict. ' Pronounce in-dit, first I as in ILL, second I as in ICE, accent last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Boundary; ARY, not ERY. SYNONYMS: Interpose, interfere, intervene, mediate. 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: ENNUI (pronounce an-we, A as in AH, E as in ME, accent first syllable); boredom. “A scholar knows no ennui.”—RicHter. MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprrra rEE Q. When one has finished smoking, is it all right rflerely to lay the cigar or cigarette on the ash tray? A. No; the fumes are disagreeable to some people be extinguished. Q. Shculd the whole hand be dipped into the water when using a finger bewl? A. No, dip only the fingertips, and one hand at a time. the fingers with the napkin, on the lap. Q. What should a bride wear when it is necessary to leave' for the wedding trip directly after the ceremony, without change of costume? A. The bride should wear a tailored costume, regardless of 'the hour or_place at which the ceremony takes place. It should ‘always Then dry 1. How many degrees difference is there between the freezing and boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit thermometr? 2. What are Leonardo da Vinci’s two most famous paintings? 3. What is another name for quicksilver? 4. In what war did Grant and Lee fight on the same side? 5. What name is given to a short rein fastened to the saddle harness to prevent a horse from lowering his head? ANSWERS: 180 degrees. “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.” Mercury. The Mexican War. Check-rein. - FORMER STAR WEDS of a N Charles Ray, one of the top stars in the silent movie-era, adjusts the ring.on the finger of his bride, the former Yvonne Guerin, atter their finally extended the order to all newspapers are whipping up public| grades of scrap, but fuel ofl for the!opinion against the United States. Japanese navy, plus ordinary gaso-, At about the same time certain | line, plus a lot of smuggled hlgh-‘French leaders familiar with Marti- | test gasoline for Japanese bombers, nique informed Washington of their | still leaves for Japan—lzrgely with | anxiety to cast off from Vichy, come | State Department bl |under the protective - friendship. of So, taking its lesson trom France | the United Stteas. They . describedi; —the . United States ;waited. .11 | the .people of Martinique as out. of And today; the United States fac~|step with Vichy, tharoughly in st.epl €s in the Far East the same resultsywith the.United Btates..®hey :said 21 dot «dike in 1897, later was.a:pros, a passenger. Harnish stampeded in the Klm- and-lonerinmnnyoempx," "'M wedding ceremony in Hollywood. It was the second marriage for ny,mhmentynrshnphytdmemulrmmhum was 70 years old at death. . 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