The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 14, 1941, Page 4

- l Daily Alaska Emfiire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Matn Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HAELEN TROY BENDER - - President R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager $1.25 per menth. ail, postage paid, at the following rates: , in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; advance, $1.25. one month, 1 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- wvery 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 dispatthes credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published nerein ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., uves, with offices in_Ssn Francisco, Los Angeles, Beatfle, Chicago, New York and Boston. per Representa- ~ Frank J. Dunning, 1011 SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE American Bank Building. DISTINGUISHED VISITOR Alaska welcomes most cordially the visit of National Commander Milo J. Warner of the Ameri- can Legion, whose arrival in Juneau is now sched- uled for tomorrow, following cancellation of today's northbound Lodestar flight from Seattle. Commander Warner will be the first man hold- ing his high office to visit the Territory of Alaska Fairbanks and Anchorage, as well as the Capital, are making preparations to entertain him on his brief swing around the Territory by air. Alaska is happy to honor Commander Warner quite as much for his own accomplishments and per- sonality as for the famous organization he represents. A Toledo attorney, he is one of the founders of the Legion in Ohio. Beginning as a charter member of the Vernon McCune Post No. 132 of Toledo in 1919, he rose through the ranks of Post Adjutant, Post Commander, Chairman of the County Council, De- partment Commander, National Vice Commander and Vice Chairman of the National Rehabilitation Committee to National Commander. Commander Warner joined the Army as a member of the 1st Ohio Cavalry, Ohio National Guard and served with that regiment on the Mexi- can border in 1916-17. In 1917 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the regular U. S. Army, assigned to the 18th Cavalry. Promotion came rapid- ly, first to First Lieutenant, then to Captain. War- ner went overseas with the 76th Field Artillery as Commanding Officer of Battery B. The battery saw service in the Champagne-Marne and Aisne-Marne e.mpaugn sectors, On July 28, 1918, while in com- Portland, | | | and returned to the United States as a disabled war veteran. On August 21, 1919, he was retired from the Army for disability from wounds received in action. The Commander's brilliant war record had its | ~[lel\'0l’p:u‘t in civilian life as he took up the prac- tice of law, was admitted to the Ohio bar and rose through his chosen profession to a position of em- inence. It isn't often that Juneau has the opportunity to welcome a citizen of the calibre of the National | Commander of the American Legion. To him we say: “Welcome Milo Warner.” The Road to Regret (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Some argue that our government knew the ex- plosion in Europe was inevitable and that national | defense should have gotten under way a year, or [two, or three before it did; while apologists assert | that public opinion would not have stood for it then. | Whatever the truth, it is pointless to discuss it now. About three years ago Japanese agents combed {the United States for second-hand machine tools and bought shipload after shipload. These tools would be of untold value to us now, for the primary delay in defense production, the delay which means months and even years, comes about in designiing and building equipment of this type. This, too, is of the past, and while we cannot turn back the cal- endar, we can avoid repetition of mistakes which strengthen the enemy and weaken national defense both at the moment and in the years immediately ahead. Our government warns that within a few weeks it will be necessary to curtail automobile driving be- cause of a shortage in facilities for transportation of oil, yet we are shipping great quantities to Japan. But this is not the only aid we are giving to our declared enemy. Let us turn to the Panama Canal. Ludwig Bemelmans, writing in McCall's, says: “Fly- ing over the canal looking at its defenses, it seems impossible for an enemy to get near it, let alone get in position to release a bomb. Granted all that is favorable and a chance at the target, the projectile would most probably merely kick up the earth or make a great splash. The formidable construction here—steel as thick as an elephant, chambers of cement built like the Pyramids—will have to be hit with better ordnance than has been used up to now. “The danger to the canal is less from attack by air or water than it is from sabotage—damage from within, or from ships that are in transit through its locks.” Yet the United States government permits Ja- pan's busy merchant fleet to take the short cut from west to east. enemy vital military supplies, such as oil and other commodities; of conserving Japan’s fleet by keeping the canal open; and of giving the enemy every op- portunity for the stroke of sabotage which might close this invaluable waterway. We can conceive of no greater tragedy than to regret in 1942 that we built up the military might of our enemy in 1941. The comforting excuses that apply to the mistakes of 1938 will not then be valid, for the world upheaval is no longer a matter of speculation, it is a reality. Some people think the campaign in Syria is not very Syrious. beck departed. Vlashmgton e Washington to expedite war ship- ments is becoming almost as bureau- mand of his Battery, Warner was wounded severely in action during a bombing raid near Le Charmel Our policy, therefore, is one of providing for the| Merry- Go-Round (Continued 1rom me One) ors all over the country. “SBome weren't suitable to our | needs, but a great many were,” said the President. “However, it wasn't the material value of the gifts that counted so much as the spirit be- hind them. That's what impressed | me more than anything—the spon- | taneous desire of citizens every- | where to help when they thought | they could be of service.” NEW “DOLLY GANN” WAR | It has been a long, long time JEALOUS ARMY It never leaks out into the open, but one of the most serious hitches in the defense program is the caste- minded hostility of Army and Navy brasshats toward the civilian OPM. The military resent the civilian defense officials and seldom miss a | chance to “nick” them. Result of | this undercover antipathy is a con- tant state of strained relations which naturally hampers results. Illustrative of the Army-Navy at- | titude was the coup of Navy brass- hats in sneaking an amendment into the priorities bill while it was in the | House of Representatives, making | them, in effect, masters of the OPM. It required direct Administration in- tervention to kill this scheme in the Senate. A later case is the issue of sub- since Dolly Gann and Alice Roose- | contracting, one of the most serious velt Longworth staged their great |problems facing defense chiefs. social watr over who should come | into dinner first. even today. Latest to raise the precedence is- | sue was Mrs. Stanley Hornbeck, wife ' facilities There are thousands of plants all But the seeds | over the country able and eager to planted by that war are sprouting | make parts for defense orders. An | effective system of sub-contracting utilizing these unused production would tremendously in- of the Political Adviser of the State crease both the speed and volume of Department. She was attended a armament output. But many pri- dinner given by the former French mary contractors balk at sub-con- military attache, Colonel Emmanuel | tracting, and the brasshats side with Lombard, and his attractive wife, |them. who had seated Mrs. Hornbeck at the left of the host. At the host's Finally forcing a showdown, OPM Director Sidney Hillman demanded right and in the No. 1 place of honor ' an OPM ruling that all big Army sat Mrs. husband is Chief of the State De- partment’s Near Eastern Division. To the-average citizen of Kala- mazoo or Kankakee there is no great difference between the official ranks | of the State Department’s Adviser on Political Relations and its Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Af- | fairs. Geographically, of course, there is a big difference. Dr. Horn- beck is a specialist on China and the Far East, while Wallace Murray is a specialist on Turkey, Egypt and the Near East. A lot of people don't bother about these technicalities, but to the prac- ticed social eye, Dr. Hornbeck, as Political Adviser, ranks ahead of Mr, Murray as Division Chief Mrs. Hornbeck is one of those with a practiced social eye. And no sooner did she see that she was on the left of her host, with Mrs. Mur- ray on his right, than she said in a voice which the whole table could hear: “Everyone makes mistakes, my dear, even as thee and me.” “What was that?” asked Madame Lombard, worried by Mrs. Horn- beck’s indignant eye, but not com- prehending the “terrible faux pas.” “I said ,everyone makes mistakes, my dear, even as thee and me. I just wanted to call your attention, Helen, to the fact that T ontrank Mrs. Murray ON EVERY OCCAS- ION.” Dinner guests gasped, then hast- tily covered the confusion. Shortly Wallace Murray, whose 'contracts contain mandatory sub- contracting clauses. | OPM chiefs agreed to this and | named a subcommittee consisting of Hillman, Knudsen, Production Di- rector Biggers, Priorities Director | Stettinius, and Purchasing Chief Nelson. They are working out a con- crete plan on the proportion of sub- | contracting to be required, but while | they are doing this, Army procure- ment chiefs are secretly doing every- thing they can to scuttle the pro- gram. Likewise they are busy sniping at a bill to concentrate all defense pro- curement in a single independent agency, instead of scattering it amoung a score of bureaus. This reform long has been urged by busi- ness experts to eliminate overlap- ping, red-tape, duplication and other bureaucratic evils. Of course, such an agency would mean the elimination of numerous brasshats and their multitudinous | staffs, and as in all entrenched bu- reaucracies, self-preservation comes first. NOTE: OPM insiders place much ing urgent defense orders on Army procurement chiefs, whom they charge with not being big enough to handle the tremendous jobs thrust ,on them, B. A. B's (British Alphabet ' Bureaus) The administrative machinery after coffee was served, Mrs. Horn- | which Great Britain has set up in ized as the New Deal, and the re- semblance doesn’t end there. The British also have taken to New Deal nomenclature—the alphabet stuff. There are now six different mis- slons and commissions located i : = many buildings in the Capit: |, wi a total staff of over 1,200, of v iich 200 are American clerks and ste) . raphers The agencies are the British Ad- lmiralty Technical Mission, devoted solely to procuring naval supplies; the Air Commission, the Merchant <Sluppmg Mission, the Food Mission, | the Purchasing Commission and the | Military Mission. All are offshoots |or a central body known as the British Supply Council. “We have begun to refer to our different branches alphabetically, a la the New Deal,” says affable Leslie | Chance of the Supply Council. “It’s \much handier. The Admiralty Mis- |sion is known as the BATM, the | Purchasing Commission as the BPC, |and so on.” NOTE: A reporter asked Chance how to pronounce his name. “Suit yourself,” he grinned. “In the south of England they call me Chawnce 'and in the north it’s Chance.” (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) ———eeo——— HEART AILMENT CAUSES DEATH OF FRED FISHER |One of Famous Brothers of Body Corporation Passes Away DETROIT, Mich., July 14— Fred | { Fisher, 63, eldest of seven famous (Fisher brothers, co-founders of th2 | Fisher Body Corporation, died to- |day at the Henry Ford Hospital. { He suffered from an ailment of the | heart. | { | BUY DEFENSE STAMPS 1v9a JULY oa ‘ mmmmmmm ] HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULY 14 Jeanne M. Anderson Peggy Houk Fred Anderson Chancy R. Willard Clara Robbins Mrs. E. W. Tracy ‘ L. Carl Turner Mrs. K. D. Jackson Hugh T. Russell | HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” | | -— TUESDAY, JULY 15 Benefic aspects dominate today. The stars encourage initiative, es- pecially in the line of trade and commerce. The evening is mo.a!i promising for theaters and othcri places of amusement. Heart and Home: This is an au-| spicious wedding date. Marriage: will be numerous in the next fires of romance. Women should| make the best of opportunities presented this evening. Need of trained heads and hands in pub- lic service will be urgent. Many | members of the learned profes-| ‘|sions will be called from retire- ment to aid in civic and military projects. Self-sacrifice will be nec- essary in families of every class. Business Affairs: Labor-saving devices will be introduced in shops| and factories. Unnecessary pro- ducts will be eliminated by manu-| { facturers and luxuries of many sorts will become costly in the au- tumn. Money will be spent gener-| ously by wage earners while pos- sessors of wealth will practice economies as their possessions shrink in value. Standards of Jiv- ing and modes of recreation will’be maintained through weeks that mark changing conditions in the| United States which will continue | to be the most blessed of all coun- | tries. | National Issues: In the passibg of the weeks the possibility of iso- lation for the United States will be demonstrated as a dream which could not come true. As the nn-‘ tion is recognized as the most pow- | erful and most fortunate on the globe its responsibilities will in- crease out of proportion to the | vast growth of world domination wealth and freedom. Wisdam | und foresight will be required as never before among American | statesmen, astrologers emphasize. International Affairs: Through | this crucial period American sol- diers, sailors and aviators will dem~ onstrate their superior ability dn acquiring expertness in war activi- ties. New heroes will be acclaimed and young men will be placed 'm‘ positions of greatest test. Loss of statesmen who have overworked in | Washington is forecast and warn- ing is given that strain must be relaxed, for the stars seem to presage months of prolonged con- | flict. ! Persons whose birthdate it . is: ‘have the augury of a year of ex- ceptionally good fortune, ey should gather joys now, for the future brings cares. Children born on this dsy m,sy expect long, successful careers. Noble aspirations and unusual tal~ ents are indicated. (Copyright, 1941) V. Hokes Returning* North on McKinley Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Hoke are re- turning to Juneau Wednesday aboard the Mount McKinley after a trip to the States. Mr. Hoke, Master Mason of the Juneau Lodge, attend- ed the annual communication of 4 Grand Lodge of the Washing Masons while south. The meeting was held in Seattle June 18, 19 |and 20. | ———-——— Peter Stuyvesant, seeking to de- termine the limit} of Albany in 1652, | |fired a cannon ball north and an- other south, and declared all land in the space covered by the balls within "the bounds of the city. f BOND rQ How much money have the American people invested in Defense Bonds and Sttamps since the Savings program began? of the blame for the delay in plac- | A. Total sales from May 1 through June 21, 1941: | Serles E Bonds . Series F Bonds Series G Bonds ... Total Bond Sales . * Defense Savings Stamps |NOTE: To purchase Defense Bonds ‘ office or bank, or write for ] United States, Washington, DEFENSE QUIZ ...$185,736,000 61,488,000 376,796,000 $624,020,000 5,677,000 Mstmpl'o.wthenearag information to the Treasurer ol D. C. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1941. 0 from THE EMPIRE o s+ e - e e o JULY 14, 1921 Nominated on the Executive Committee of the Juneau Commercial | Association were Allen Shattuck, Charles J. J. Connors. Goldstein, John Reck and Ernest Weschenfelder was given a party by Mrs. W. E. Cahill at her | home in Douglas in celebration of his seventh birthday. A stampede of prospectors started from Anchorage to a new gold (li.s(‘!\\'t'ry a few miles south of there. $100 a ton. The quartz was reported to run at Tom George was confined to his home with an attack of pneumonia. Native fishermen of Haines were striking for an increase in fish | prices. E. Kirberger, of Kake, arrived in Juneau on a business visit. staying at the Gastineau Hotel. Weather: High, 62; He was low, 56; cloudy. W—-—— { Daily Lessons in English %, .. corpon e e et -t o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do Omit BOTH. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Delude. not say, “The boys both look alike.” Pronounce de-lud, E as in ME) unstressed, U as in FUEL, accent. on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Emphasis (singular form); form). emphases (plural SYNONYMS: Resolute, unwavering, unswerving, faithful, WORD STUDY: ACUMEN; acuteness of mind. person of such limited experience.” “Use a word three times and it is yours.” | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: “Robert showed unusual acumen for a Let us weeks When WAr (ANgers fAN He | @eememsee s oo oomnomsoms o oot e e o s em oo ommomemsmscms s momve. | i MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roperra LEE e e WL O——— Y Q. Does the bridegroom always kiss the bride at the conclusion of the marriage ceremony? A. This is entirely a matter of sentiment. Q. Is there a certain length of time that should be spent at the dinner table? A. Do not remain at the table longer than an hour and a half. Q. Should business correspondence alw: s be typewritten? A. Yes, as letters written by hand, unless very legible, are annoying to a busy man. 100K and LEARNY & compon | LOOK and LEAR A. C. GORDON i e e e e e et e 2 ) 1. What is Nippon? What is a celibate? EESEE Whose ear did Peter cut off? ANSWERS: An unmarried person. France. O % 90. 09 1 Which has more neck vertebrae, the swan or the giraffe? In what country was our Statue of Liberty made? The Japanese name for Japan. The swan has three times as many as the giraffe, Malchus, servant of the high priest. WALTER B. KING, FORMER JUNEAU MAN, ON VISIT, Ketchikan Arorney Arrives fo Attend Banquet for Legion Commander Walter B. King, former Juneau resident who is now one of the lead- ing atforneys in Ketchikan, arrived (in the city this forenoon on the |Denali. He made the trip to attend the banquet being given for Milo Warner, National Commander of the American Legion. Mr. King says that Ketchikan is prosperous. The fishing season has oldest living bachelor twins in United Si their 89th birthday recently at Al just opened, and a good season is cxpected, King is staying at the Baranof Hotel. ———————— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 14 — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 87'%, Anaconda 28%, Bethlehem Steel 76%, Commonwealth and Southern 9/16, Curtiss Wright 9%, General Motors 38%, Internation- al Harvester 53, Kennecott 38%, New York Central 13, Northern Pa- cific 7%, United States Steel 58%, Pound $4.03%:. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 127.89, rails 29.44, utilities 18.67. m two ever have utler. twi believe they’re ro, Cal, Director Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel 4 Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blrngren Bullding PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 — 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 "Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETET&CS--REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. e F e — Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 | Hours: 8 am. to 6 pm, — e e —— | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Collage of Optometry and Opthaimology Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground L N e S N P————— ey Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 '—“1 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sta. PHONE 136 = Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ ‘ umr-’ro- : i Near Thrrda | — % JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS J. B. Burford & Co. ‘Our Doorstep Is Worr. 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