The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1941, Page 4

: 1 | } l THE DAI LY ALASKA BVIPIRE TUFSDAY JUNE 24, |94I Dmly Alaska Em‘fii e by the RE PRINTING COMP. secnnd -na Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD - - tntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; ne month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ne Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- ivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 003; Business Office, M. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associgted Press is exclusively entitied to the use for | republication of all news dispatthes credited to it or not othier- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pul herein ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc,, National Newspaper Representa. Wves, with offices In San Prancisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building. President Vice-President and Business Manager NEW FISHERIES LEGISLATION Something very big indeed has been brewing in Washington for the Alaska fisheries. It is a bill designed to supersede the 1924 White Law and other previous legislation under which the fisheries of the Territory have been administered. The White Law gives the Secretary of the In- terior broad authority to determine where, when and by what means fish may be taken commercially from the waters of Alaska, A rough draft of the pro- posed new measure, just unveiled by the Fish and Wildlife Service, would vest the Secretary with even greater powers. Stated purpose of the bill, to be known as the Alaska Fishery Law, is “to protect, preserve and de- velop the fisheries of Alaska.” A reading of the | present draft shows that it is still in very imperfect form, with many points of vagueness and uncertainty which will require more definite statement or clari- fication before the precise meaning and effects can be determined. It is evident, however, that it would introduce into the Alaska fishery administration sev- eral fundamental ideas which are quite different from those on which regulatory msvxnes are now based. The more important points briefly stated, are as follows: 1. Instead of tacitly accepting fishing opera- tions as a public right or universal privilege to be limited or controlled by law and regulations as in the existing laws, it would PROHIBIT ALL FISH- ING m. Alaska except as expressly permitted by the Secrétafy of ‘the Interior, with no proyision for hearing or appeal. in the proposal, 2. It would extend the authority of the Secre-| tary of the Interior to control of deep sea fishing in the North ‘Pacific; ‘north of the latitude of Dixon's | Entrance, prohibiting impoftation of food fish taken in these waters except as the Secretary may permit. 3. It would placg al fishermen and operators of gear or boats used in fishing operations—also all operators of dams, TRAPS, or other fixed obstruc- tions in any waters of Alaska—under license or per- mit, immediately revocable, without appeal. for vio- lations of law or regulations. 4. It would authorize the Secretary of the In- twrmmmtrm the oumbers: ot-untts of ww Be employed in each fishing area. 5. It would give preference in the issuance of fishery licenses to those engaged in fishing during the years 1939, 1940 and 1941. 6. It would authorize the Secretary, in his dis- | cretion, to LEASE oyster bottoms or TRAP SITES at a “reasonable” rental. 7. It would require detailed reports to the Fish and Wildlife Service from all engaged in fishing OR FISH PROCESSING. From the present phrasing, the requirement apparently might be extended to | every phase of operation, including detailed costs, | selling prices and even complete sales records of lrLshery products. 8. In some respects, it would fortify the De- partment’s enforcement officers in their . police powers. tent with the proposed law, but does not in any way identify or define the laws or parts of laws so re- pealed. Included in these provisions is enough dynamite to shake—if not the earth—at least the broad Ter- ritory of Alaska where fishing is the No. 1 industry. Alaskans, who don't like Harold Ickes anyway, will do some tall shouting before agreeing to enactment of a bill which says “the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to determine when, where, to what extent, if at all, and by what means the fishing . . . may be permitteda.” Charles E. Jackson, Acting Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, says this original draft is only tentative and is subject to change after further study. The draft, he says, was, prepared in the office of the Service and has not been submitted as yet to the Department of Interior, He promises that packers and fishermen will be heard on the subject before anything is done toward enactment. But he says “it is hoped that a bill embodying the consoli- dated opinion of the government and others con- cerned will be introduced for consideration in the present session of Congress.” Interested Alaskans—and all of us should be in- terested—had better rouse themselves to a careful study of the proposed legislation and its implications. Free French Forces ., (New York Times) With Vichy edgmg ever closer toward Berlin, the | strength of General de Gaulle’s Free French move- ment assumes increasing importance. How com- pletely has Vichy been able to suppress it in France jand that part of the French empire it still controls? What forces has de Gaulle been able to gather in former French territory? It would be wishful thinking to credit French opposition to Vichy with more vitality than it has. The French people are beaten, divided and dispirited. Nevertheless, the Petain Government is clearly alarmed at the penetration of de Gaullism in France itself. Little-publicized trials of de Gaulle adherents are continually taking place; the cruel weapon of loss of citizenship is frequently invoked. It has been necessary to close French frontiers and ports against the flight of French youth to join the free forces abroad. A considerable ‘number of French pldnes from Africa have landed on British fields at Gibral- |tar. Similar desertions are .occurring almost daily in Syria, and it is now reported that 2,500 chasseurs followed Colonel Collet across the border into Pal- estine. Outside-of France de Gaulle has assembled, con- siderable strength. The ill-timed debacle at Dakar no doubt injured his cause, which has been handled with little political shrewdness. Nevertheless, and despite Oran, he now has at his disposal a hundred fighting craft, including several major warships. - Re- | cruiting has mounted quietly but steadily. In French Equatorial Africa alone he is said to have an army, still poorly equipped, of 250,000. Well-armed brigades are fighting in Ethiopia and Egypt and ready to fight in Palestine. Nowhere yet has General de Gaulle been able to concentrate a powerful combat i force. But everywhere these troops of Free France | have shown fighting qualities and & spirit of sacri- fice which the Men of Vichy may find it hard to ) inspire in theu- own troubled rnnks Wa:hmnlon atre and movie producers and other Or if an American vessel is load- ing for the Red Sea the papers sign- 9. It would repeal all prior legislation inconsis- | | guarded secrets, however, Merry- 6o-Round (Oondnued from Page Oue} 2 mop of black hair, and his features are not unlike those of New York's “Little Flower.” He decided to follow the crowd and listen to LaGuardia’s speech. Suddenly he was approached by a group of men. Their spokesmnn said: “Welcome to Wichita Falls, Mr. Mayor. We are Lhe reoept.ion com-_ mittee.” “Not for me,” suld the Assistant Becretary. “Yes, sir,” said the spokmman. “And we've got only a few minutes before the address begins. Will you come along?” *No, thanks,” said Hill. “I'm just going to stay here and listen to the ‘The -men were perplexed. “The time is getting short, Mr. Mayor—" “But I'm not ‘the Mayor,” said Hill In some embarrassment, the Wichita Falls reception committee withdrew a few paces and went into 8 huddle. Presently they came back, with smiles on their faces and said, “Mr. Mayor, we appreciate your lit- ! tle joke, but it really is time to go.” NATIONAL MORALE No announcement has beeh made about it, but the job of energizing national morale has been turned over to Mayor LaGuardia. Nor has any announcement been made of the bitter inner cabinet debate as to whether he should be appointed. This job is in addition to La- Guardia’s duties as Director of Civil | Defense, and the inside story goes | back to last December, when Roose- velt was urged to counteract sub- versive Nazi-Communist propagan- | da. He agreed, but said Lowell Mel- lett, an “anonymous” White House secretary, was handling it. Mellett is one of the most gen- tlemanly and well-| mumloned men in officig] or com) is without But not whcn it comes to rprce " Leading ' writers, nhywriahu the= prominent figures, eager for a pa- triotic drive to speed defense, had bombarded Mellett for months with offers of volunteer service and plans and suggestions. But nothing hap- pened. THE OLD RUN-AROUND Finally Secretary Ickes raised the matter at a cabinet meeting and offered to formulate a program. Roosevelt gave his approval. And Ickes, with characteristic. vigor, swung into action. Whereupon Mel- lett interposed objections. For months he had been a bump on a log, doing nothing. But now he got all hot and bothered—ahout Ickes taking over. Mellett didn't like it ;and a hot undercover wrangle . ‘‘ensued. Finally Roosevelt-halted the argument by turning the whole mat- ter over to Vice-President Wallace. Picking up from Ickes, Wallace worked out a number of plans, turn- ed them back to Roosevelt, who in ‘turn put them in the hands of La- Guardia when the latter became Civil Defense Director. This has ‘brought apother squawk from Mel- «lett that the morale job should be entrusted to a new agency set up for this express purpose: But LaGuardia, who made his own terms when he took his Defense post, is still in charge of national morale, NOTE: Mellett is responsible for wthe selection of most of the huge corps of so-called press aides clut- tering: defense agencies. Working | newspapermen consider him gener- ally incompetent and useless in the government service, One way NOT to get any information is to go to {these men, most of whom spend their time getting out bales of use- less releases. | SECRECY OF coNvoYs Most people don't realize it, but the contents of almost every ship \leavmg the United States for Eng- |land is known to Nazi Germany. However, learning just when the |shipment will reach England and the route it will take it, is another matter. Getting information regarding the departure of supply shms to England \stn} “ All Nazi agents I g0 to the water- (ront to watch the loading of Bri The type of goods being I ‘el bnmt e readily eonemlndu‘ 4 | ed by the crew must disclose the port of destination. This is required by where he is going and because extra insurance and :sometimes extra wages are paid if the ship enters certain areas. Once a -British ship is loaded, however, the utmost secrecy is im- posed on its route and time of de- parture. Usually the ship hugs the shore as far north as the Canadian | port of Halifax. There it may wait for days or even two or three weeks for a convoy to be made up. ‘When it finally leaves for the haz- ardous voyage across the Atlantic, orders are given to the ship’s master by hand. Nothing is trusted to radio. A small boat puts out from the com- mander of the convoy, carrying seal- ed orders to the master of each ves- sel. 3 No other orders are given, and no radio messages are exchanged dur- ing the trip except in case of at- tack, because radio messages might be picked up by Nazi patrol planes. NOTE: American ships, on the other hand, follow a regular, well- advertised course and constantly send out radio messages informing the world of their position, (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) . Loafers Warned MILLERGEVILLE, Ga. June 24 —Loafers of Baldwin' County have been warned—in black and white— to go to work or go to jail. Sheriff Willlam L. Harrison is cracking, down, [serving advance notice in this newspaper adver- tisement: “Beginning today we are going to -check upon, you. who are loaf- ing, and if you cannot prove you have a job, you will' be given a chnncewmunc.n ou | do. nof ;’,., to work_ you are ,charged w plies to W z “we] fimfi‘c around: walting cuse.” law, so that a seaman may know | mmmmm 2(3(4|5(6]7] 9 1011/121314 6(17/1819/20/21 2312324 125/2627128 HAPPY BIRTHDAY B e ST U § JUNE 24 Lester Linehan Lloyd C. Knutson John Runquist Mrs. F. T. Kimball Mrs. Hazel Monroe Lester T. Nelson Anna Rundquist Mrs. T. R. Delaney, HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” R I — ) ‘WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 Mercury in benefic aspect dom- inates today. In the morning the stars encourage initiative, ' ‘There may be minor labor difficulties, owing to misapprehensions ut na- tional aims, Heart and Home: Young folk are well directed by the stars' today. Demand for efficiently trained boys and girls in practical work will' he widespread. There is promise of aid in agriculture. Again farmer- ettes will be popular, especlally in the West. This is not a favorable |date for making new friends of op- posite sex. Love letters will be more welcome than evening eallers under this configuration. value in and great arms connection with | armaments. Cdrefully will be| obtained through treachery. Astro- logy warns that publicity unwisely | employed will be most unfortunate; in many cases. They emphasize the| fact that the Americani manher of| presenting news and gossip gives aid to enemies and they advise strict censorship of radio andPress. As war comes closer to the United States the utmost vigilance is nec- essary. National Issues: Minority leader- ship will be widely disc as courageous policies must c-. cepted in a' period of emergehcy Support of the Administration will be given in the spirit of ‘patriotic non-partisanship, it is forecast, but isolationist criticism will continue through a supreme crisis for the! United States. Astrologers repeat their injunction to achieve pi'éban edness before taking steps tcwm—d war which will invite bloodshed. ! International Affairs: Seismic disturbances are predicted 10( Tur- key -which has the férecast of three years of complex international re- lations. The progressive spirit of | the people will survive through grave experiences that compel ‘cer- tain concessions to the Axis powers. This is a week of decisivé moves on the part of conflicting' armies. In the war balance the cause of democracy is to find its forces‘out- weighed, but only for a time, ‘since great aid for the British is prog- nosticated. Persons whose birthdate have the augury of a year of good fortune. The young will marry< New friendships are foreseen 'for”men and women of all ages. o Children born on this ‘'day will be serious and ambitious. They will be highly intelligent and will‘gain wide ‘popularity. | (Copyright, 1941) —eo— Governor and Partv Sail for Tracy Arm Gov. Ernest Gruening and: Mrs, Gruening left Juneau yesterday en the yacht Caroline for a three-day trip which will take them up ’mwy Arm and to Sitka. Accompanying the Governor'and Mrs. Gruening are Paul Gopdon, Chief of the Alaska Division for the Interior Departmentj; jMrs, E. L. Bartlett, and the Govemor s'two sisters, Mrs. Clara Stillman and Miss May Gruening. = Thé "Cargline, owned by Campbell Church of Ketchikan, has beep put at the disposal of the Governor for a week. Bon Voyage Given' ' For Mrs. K. Nasi A bon voyage party for Mrs. K. W. Nasi was given today by Mrs. Harold Brown. The occasion was a dessert bridge for two tables, s Mrs. Nasi-is leaving on the Nort.h Coast: with her baby for a ' tw: - i g future good fortune for those who| 20 YEARS AGO £ empire JUNE 24, 1921 Former. Governor Thomas Riggs, accompanied by Mrs. Riggs and their children, Lizette and Thomas, Jr., left on the Princess Alice for his first vacation from official duties in many years, He planned to return to Alaska within a short time and make his future home here. | Mrs. William Jarman and two children, Lloyd and Muriel, left on the | Estebeth for a short visit at Sitka. . | The grandstand in the Douglas baseball lot had been repaired and |was in readiness, declared Contractor Kronquist, to accommodate the | largest Fourth of July crowd that had ever been handled. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lynch, who have been visiting at Treadwell for | the past two weeks, have taken apartments for the summer at the Sorby Apartments in Juneau. The gasboat Enterprise left for Windham Bay with a party of four |men under the direction of L. L. Simpson to do development work on | the group of claims owned there by the Alaska Peerless Mining Company. Several months are to be spent in developing the claims. | Ray Grefe, well known local civil engineer, left on the Admiral Watson for the Cold Bay oil fields, where he was to make surveys of several oil locations for local parties. He expected to be in the field most of the summer. f | P S The proposed excursion of Western Governors to Alaska next month |had been cancelled because not enough Governors agreed to make the trip. { Weather report: High, 61; low, 41; clear. O e+ e - -6 - e S Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon | om0 S i R T D5 D - 0 SO WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He searched everyplace for his watch.” Say, “He searched EVERYWHERE for his watch.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hysteria. Pronounce his-ter-i-a, both |I's as in ILL, E as in HERE, A as in ASK unstressed, accent second | syllable. Do not pronounce second syllable as if it were spelled TARE. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Imposter (a pretender). Imposture (decep- tion). SYNONYMS: Trifle, dally, dawdle, potter. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Business Affairs: Marvelous in-|increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ventions will be introduced by Am-| MALEVOLENT; wishing evil. erican manufacturers and will be of | Syrus. “The malevolent have hidden teeth.”— MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprra LEE Q. When signing a hotel register, should a man write G. H. Hall and wife? A. No. Write Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hall, Q. Is it right to show a hand to the dummy ‘when playing bridge? A. No, and it is often annoying to players to have onlookers. If one wishes to watch a game, ask permission to do so, and keep quiet if such permission is given. It is the height of bad manners to make any comments on the play. Q. Is it obligatory that a man help his wife to entertain their guests? A. Yes, the man, as host, is equally obligated to assume his part of the entertaining, helping his wife in every possible way. LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON 4l D e P S 1. Do grapefruit grow singly or in clusters? . 2. What term is applied to the giving of false testimony? 3. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper? 4. What is referred to as “white coal”? 5. Who was the ancient god of sleep and dreams? ANSWERS: 1. Grapefruit derives its name from the fact that it grows in clusters like grapes. 2. Perjury. Director Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger Bl ngren, PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 2TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 460 Dr. John H. Geyer Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours. am. to 6 pm. Helene W. Albrechs PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. 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