The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 27, 1941, Page 4

—yt o Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. TROY BENDER - - - - - President . Vice-President and Business Manager mtered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Jelivered by carrier in Juneau By t $1.25 per month. t the following rates: ; six months, in advance, $6.00; One year, one month, in adva E Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ‘he Business Office of any faflure of irregularity in tbe de- wery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associgted Press is exclusively entitled to republication of all news dispatthes credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- Mves, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. 'ATIVE — PFrank J. Dunning, SEATTLE 1011 American Bank Buflding. THE DERBY Juneau's first Soap Box Derby was a grand suc- cess. Several things must be said about it, and each is a tribute. First, the race was so well planned and so well handled that nobody, entrant or spectator, has a morning-after gripe. Second, the Derby was so fascinating to watch that even the cold rainy weather didn't keep the crowd away or send it home before the final heat. Third, Jerry Chapman, the champion, is a real boy and will be a very creditable representative of Juneau at Akron in the finals. Fourth, entrants without exception were true sportsmen, good losers and fair winners, Fifth, cars were so well constructed and so well driven by the boys that there wasn't a skid, an acci- dent or a near-accident, even though the track was slippery with rain, Finally, everybod}‘had a good time and went away from the course Nng proud of Juneau and Juneau’s boys. P The Empire feels proud ‘imdeed that: it could have been co-sponsor of an event so successful. We would like to express our appreclatlon" to Chevrolet, to the Rotary Club and to all those inside and out- side the club who gave of their time, resources and talents to insure the smooth running of the Derby. Yesterday was a big day for Juneau. MERRY-GO-ROUND PREDICTED IT When the history of the year 1941 is written, probably the biggest event of the year will be re- corded as Germany'’s declaration of war against Rus- sia. Up until the night of June 21, foreign experts thought Hitler was bluffing. Even Walter Duranty, who spent a life-time in Russia for The New York Times, predicted that Hitler would -not attack his ally. In view of this, the record of Dréw Pearson and — Robert,_S, Allen in. forecasting..the. German. attack, flatly avid categorically, two months in advahce, is nothing short of phenomenal. It recalls their amaz- ing scoop of the summer of 1939, when they pre- dicted the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, one month in advance of the event and at a time when all other observers were predicting a Soviet line-up with Britain. On April 14 last, The Washington Merry-Go- Round led with this unequivocal statement: “Yop can now write it down as definite that Hitler will wade into Russia by mid-summer, probably sooner.” This prediction is all the more remarkable be- cause one day before, Russia and Japan announced a non-aggression pact which looked as if they were burying the hatchet, and that Russia was safely in- side the Axls. Because of this announcement, Pear- ison and Allen got a barrage of criticism, especially from left-wing labor papers, accusing them of being unfair to the Soviet. However, The Merry-Go-Round authors = knew, through their unusual diplomatic channels, of certain | things that had taken place in Berlin, and that | Stalin, In signing with Japan, was merely trying to appease Hitler. For they reported in their April | |14 column: “Undoubtedly Stalin has had an inkling of what | was in store for him for some time, but it came to |a head during the Matsuoka conversations in Berlin, | when Hitler and the Japanese Foreign Minister put it on the line to attack Russla this summer.” Again, in a more recent column, June 14, Pear- !son and Allen gave an inside diagnosis of the Rus- sian-German picture, with exclusive details of how | Hitler had demanded large economic concessions plus the return of Bessarabia and Poland. “The show- down,” they said, “may be just around the corner.” | The showdown came one week later, June 21, but before that, on June 19, Pearson and Allen had put themselves even further out on the limb and had predicted categorically that Germany would defeat Russia. 3 It will be interesting to see whether this also comes true. ! Everybody’s Children (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The American Medical Association wins the im- mediate attention of laymen when it turns to prob- lems in’'rearing children. While grandfather’s blood pressure is of academic interest in the household, it changes so little from year to year that it becomes monotanous. Not so with the children; with them there is something different every morning, noon and night. The physicians were well aware of this when they advised that health education be dramatized in the schools. “ They asserted that merely to insist on clean hands was old stuff, that the reasons back of soap and water should be brought vividly to attention. There comes to mind at once certain acts for this dramsa, acts which will win the enthusiastic support of parents. On a Monday morning iin De- cember let ‘the whole ‘school watch while one boy plows out into the slush of winter without overshoes. Let all help in rubbing down the actor and wrap- ping him in blankets. Let them observe the qurling- up process while the shoes dry out on the radiator. On a dry day have a boy play football in his new suit, then let his_classmates take picturesof the shreds after the Budding hflilete Has® removed what were his coat and vest to cdol off in the cold- est draft he can find. Children are so impressionable that the tables will turn and the youngstérs will be looking after their parents to'see that they eat their spinach and refuse rich desserts. 3 We are sorry that school is ended {or the year. We would like to begin tHis program right away. Wa:hinul&fi | which wenf further than specified in their deal with Hitler, 24 hours after the’ war broke, a that no more orders would be filled. | Inquiries brought the cocky reply that the company didn't care to sell if it couldn’t get its hands on ‘Within Merry- 6o-Round e (Concinued from Page Oue) trying to wotk out an agreement by which Russia might be weaned away from the Axis and aid tne, United States in case of trouble, with Japan. It was tough diplo- German column was reported as having taken -back Bukovina. ROOSEVELT’S COUSINS The heat has gone out of the hatred Roosevelt used to suffer from his political foes. But not from his foes within the far-flung Roosevelt family. Not long ago, George Emlen | Roosevelt, Wall Street banker and * some south ‘Rysslap citles brilliant- | matic negotiating, first because cousin of the President, had oc- Oumansky was having trouble with| casion to come to Washington, and pro-Axis Stalin; second because Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt sent him Welles was having trouble with his|a friendly invitation to lunch at anti-Soviet chief, Secretary Hull. |the White House. But the banker Despite his knowledge of Ameri-| declined, can politics, Ambassador Oumansky| Back in New York, a friend made one of the prize remarks of asked him why he had not accept- recent diplomatic history one day ed. “Because,” he said, “the last when he complained: |time I was with Franklin, he had “The only person I see when I us pose for a picture together. It g0 to the State Department iswas o frame-up! He must have Sumner Welles, I think a nation known I didn’t want to be seen in of the importance of Russia shouid' company with him!” have its Ambassador -received byl NOTE—George "E. Roosevelt is the Secretary of State himself.” | five years younger than the Presi- Ambassador Oumansky did- not'dent, a Harvard graduate, and a’ know it, but the chief reason Hull member of the investment bank- did not see him (though he did|ing firm of Roosevelt and Son. later on one or two occasions) was because the Secretary of,State Was| sxyg STEEL PROFITS using his most pungent Tennessse| The crackdown on Axis assets, phraseology on all things Russian. wpcn giate Department appeasers And he had very definite 1ideas o opeq for months, has revealed about Mr. Welles' hope that RUs-| g officals many hidden loopholes sia might be brougm‘ into the same through which Germany and Italy comer as the USA. But it ook gpponed millions of dollars to a long time for charming Com-|pnance gupyersive operations in rade Oumansky. to tumble, |this country and Latin America. Freezing the funds also disclosed WAR NOTES {that while the loopholes were Underground reports from ‘hfl-pluuod. Axis agents are still de- Ukraine indicate that several Rus- | fiantly active. sian military commanders there, One: ease of this kind was & are none too sympathetic with group of Italians who, shortly after Stalin. . . . There has been a small the outbreak of war, organized & German population in the Ukraine U.'S. company to exporf high-grade ever since the days of Catherine steel, used in making machine tools the Great, when she imported 60,- and instruments. When Mussolini 000 Germans to increase farm pro-|leaped into the fray as France was duction. The Russians at thattime collapsing, shipments to Italy were serfs.. Catherine gave the! ceased. Germans their freedom and they| But the company continued to have been landlords ever since, buy large quantities of the steel, though suppressed by Moscow in'which it sold to U. 8. users at recent years. . . . Apparently even fancy profits, as ever-mounting de- some parts of the Russian Gov- | fense needs boosted prices. This ernment did not believe there was money the company turned over to going to be war. Nazi fliers found Italy. ‘When the freezing ordér came, ly lighted, easy bomb targets. . . . blocking further transmission | of ‘When . the - Rumanians folded up | funds, the’ company had' on hand last - year, the Russians took mot|a large stock of- steel. ¥t immedi- only - Bessarabia < but Bukovma,l | | | | the money—to send to Italy. On this, however, the Italians have another think coming. They will sell the steel they hold and the money will not go to Il Duce. Also they will get no more steel. Uncle Sam has taken steps to these ends. NOTE—In another case involving a $160,000 check cashed by the Nazis just before the freezing or- der, Treasury agents discovered | that this was done by shunting ft through four different persons to a secretly Nazi-controlled B8wiss concern. FOOD FOR MARTINIQUE Though Department of Azrlcul-l ture says it's only ‘“routine,” the real reéason for sending experts to investigate food shortages on Mar- tinique and Guadeloupe is to pre- vent reshipment of food to Nazi- dominated Europe. The Allied blockade has cut off the supply lines of the two French Caribbean islands. Recently, the U. 8. Treasury has allowed limited | amounts of French blocked funds| to be released for shipment of Am- erican -farm products to the is- lands. And now the Agriculture De- partment’s food survey in French possessions is a polite way of pre-| venting the food from being re= layed to Europe. o MERRY-GO-ROUND Ex-Governor Winant of New Hampshire, now Ambassador at, London, is credited with selling afj<; other ex-New Hampshire..Governor, Robert P. Bass, as the new * - ister of propaganda.” Bass, one of the many Republicans in the Roo- sevelt Administration, will func- tion under Republican Mayor La- HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 27 Mrs. R. J. Sommers Legia K. Olson Mrs. Mary Uberti Ernie Tyler Mike Pusich Jack B. Dalton James Paddock V. V. Solovieff Mrs. Amy Lancaster ([ SUSRECIEIEEARSMEOIIRIINC . L SN HOROSCOPE “The stars incline, but do not compel” SATURDAY, JUNE 28 Adverse planetary aspects are| active today. The evening is for-| tunate for theatres and publie eu- tertainments. o Heart and Home: WDméii.an un-’ der a fortunate direction of! the stars today, which is most promis- ing for weddings and for marriage engagements. Mental vision should be keen and weekend planning wise. There is a sign indicating for many girls new opportunities in vocations associated with dress de- signing or manufacturing. Parjs 1s to surrender domination g a fash-| ion center to New York and Hol- lywood. Although the seers warn that economy is to be imperative in the next few years, substitutes 20 YEARS AGO 7 pmpire JUNE 27, 1921 The old Taku Village was the scene of an Eagles’ picnic given the previous day for members and their friends. The party left from Douglas |and Treadwell. Livingstone Wernecke was on his way to Mayo to investigate a large | group of promising quartz claims. ' ‘The Treadwell store closed Sunday for the first time and expected ‘lo continue this policy of being open only on week days. ] ARk hal A farewell dance was being planned by the employees of the Persever- ance mine for the following Friday. Mining operations were closing down. A special committee of the Juneau Commercial Association was plan- ning a meeting for the reception of Gov. Scott C. Bone. The committee was composed of W. G. Johnson, R. E. Robertson, B. M. Behrends, Charles Goldstein, H. L. Faulkner, Oak Olson, John W. Troy and George W. Folta. - Mr. and Mrs. Glen Carrington were to leave on the Alameda for Western Alaska on a business trip. Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpenter were in training for their big fight on July 2. “A Tempermental Wu’e,'; starring Constance Talmadge was being shown on the Coliseum screen. Weather report: High, 62; low, 43; partly cloudy. { et o < s et St Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon || F S e ————— WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I'm mighty sorry he didn’t see you.” Say, “I'm very sorry he didn’t see you.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Melee. Pronounce ma-la, both A’s as in ATE, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Links (parts of a chain). Lynx (an animal). SYNONYMS: Steal, pilfer, filch, purloin, embezzle. 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: SUBSISTENCE; act or condition of existing. “Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.”—More. for rich fabrics will continue ‘o multiply. Business Affairs: Industry is again to be hampered by a labor| difficulty, but trade -and commerce should flourish under this configu- ration. United States ships'are to| sail in dangerous seas, but mnny} rich cargoes will reach Britain., This is a time of great peril to, our mercantile vessels, but there will be comparatively few' losses. Again astrologers, warn that news-{ papers and radio carry tod many items that are hints to the Axis powers. Internal borers for infor- mation will be numerous xn-V(‘sllf ington, even in public offices. ernment salaries by chance w! paid to men and women engaged| in espionage, the stars indicate. National Issues: Economy in civ- il affairs will be stressed as the summer advances and defense cost? are fully realized. Sacrifices by ol ficeholders will be suggested with| more and more emphasis as high salaries continue in many branch- es of Government service, Private citizens who pay heavy taxes and bear the brunt of the burden of rising mountains of expense wi:l become restive even before they must face added outlays of mil- lions for .active participation in world conflict. International Affairs: Efforts to speed the progress of the war in Europe will be evident as Hitler concentrates his immense forces. Unrest among the clvmag\ popuh-l tion of Germany may be“discerned by those who are capable of judg- ing the people who were fromised a quick victory. Gradual under-' standing of the immense sacrifice ov- be [ in the Nazi war program will add, to the discontent of subjects of the dictator, lof life which has. been necessary! ; MODERN ETIQUETTE ® popgrra reE - Q. Is it permissible to rest one’s feet on the cushion of the seat in front, when traveling on a train? A. No; sooner or later someone will have to sit on that seat. Q. Would it be all right to serve pie as the dessert at a formal dinner? A. Tt is not customary. Q. Is it all right to put two guests in the same room when enter- taining over the week-end? A. Do not invite more guests than you have room for, and do not put two of them in the same room unless you know they are glad to have you do so. l [OOK and LEARN Zy C. GORDON e R e e - - e D 1. What are gregarious animals? 2. ‘What poem by Longfellow tells of events leading up to the mar- riage of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens? 3. From what is cocaine derived? 4. What king in the Bible saw the writing on the wali? 5. Of what country are the Maoris natives? ANSWERS: Animals that live in flocks or herds. “The Courtship of Miles Standish.” From the leaves of the coco shrub. Belshazzar. New Zealand. 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