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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1941. purposes. - Why should he? National security was the best reason hé could cite for the’ enormous sac- Vice-President and Business u. lur a bushel 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 publis herein. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. o s 1 | R NG BONEANY rifices which he imposed on the Russian people. His Second and Main Streets, Juncau, Alaska. R. L. BERNARD - If a considerable part of the outside world | Totered 1n the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. | insisted on regarding the Five-Year Plans and the Jelivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: not Stalin’s fault; and it certainly did him no harm. one month, in advance, §1.25, Now the moment is at hand when the Russian Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity wery of their papers. | paid for Stalin’s industrialization and collectivization Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. | country is of two schools. There are some who say that up to now Hitler has met nowhere on the Con- ;par(-dno\\ Soviet planes and tanks ought to give |a fair account of themselves. o e gy people expect a swift Russian collapse i'f.'g’m'fifi‘.cfii'o'"fi.i"y:r'".3‘;;‘,:3‘,‘; ol *%% | The latter, one would say, are in the majority, to SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Prank J. Dunning, 1011 | American Bank Bullding. Napoleon and 1812. Perhaps it is old habit, but the first impulse seems to be to forget the new mechan- | of primitive Russia’s great spaces, her enormous re- | sources in man power, the sturdy fighting qualities |and equipment. People even hark back to Russla's} ‘old ally, General Winter, if only Hitler can be kept | i People are recalling that Russia defeated Na- a task Nazi incendiary bombs may conceivably spare the Russians, but there is something else which the ___Imate the new conqueror, and that is Russia’s own joil wells. It is suspected that Hitler wants the LONG-AWAITED TEST By giving up their oil fields to the flames the Hitler’s invasion of Russia has at last brought| Russians would be passing a sentence of famine on leaders have been expecting from the very beginning |j,.q gyt after all, the Five-Year Plans and the and for which they have been feverishly preparing| ..., cojectivization cost a great many million lives, s the famous “imperialist-capitalist” attack on “\Cy " i first Socialist State in history, There were times| ThiS at any rate, is what a breathless world will be waiting to see these coming weeks and against the Soviet Union for reasons of domestic politics, but ‘on' the whole We may'take it that the|08ainst HIller will be a new. Soviet defense: or an | old- style defense by the Russian people. Union safe against the inevitable assault byi capitalist-imperialist bandits has been the chief goal | Finland’s Tragedy :;:,:lm very many people outside of Russia were (Cincinnati Enquirer) : Early last year Finland concluded a costly, bitter Sotioe rleally s}wped !]he So\lu'é Ru;:@ M‘:;:] ling :;ld‘cumstance from utter defeat. Now, after only 15 i N R i B e T Y YEAIS.| onths of what is called peace, Finland is again at complete charge of Soviet destinies, faded into “‘flgmtng alongside Nazi Germany. Desperately eager vague memory. The thing which enormously im-|though they were to remain neutral, the Finns had the Soviet Russia of the Five-Year Industrialization | This is a concentrated sample of the trying for- plans and the Soviet Russia of forced farm C°“‘~‘°"tunes Finland has suffered for centuries, wedged in Stalin’s vast - experiment, carried on regardless | conquest. The amazing fact is that Finland in gen- of cost in human life and treasure, happened to coin- | eral has prospered and has shaped a democratic way the capitalist world. The contrast only lent added It may not be so amazing, however, The Czechs prestige to the doctrine of collectivized and planned‘are caught between the same two mighty powers, seemed sliding down to chaos and death, Stalin was|ple. Much the same is true of the Dutch and Bel- building a new social and economic order. He started | glans. a dozen years before Hitler came on the scene to|for Finland despite her alllance with the Nazis. suggest. that there may be more than one kind of | Ideologies have little to do with this phase of the hater. people committed to democracy. They have a Fascist Only in the last few years has enlightenment faction, and a Communist bloc, neither of them dom- ple in this country that Soviet planned economics| '”‘z“ ‘"d:‘:e"?_e"fe‘:,"”l’é 13;,’55“‘ Wl“s afi:‘}:e"e"‘r“ was really planned military defense. The ferocious! e end. of 8 b o A N AcYVE ¢ to Germany, having already been made in some race to “overtake and outstrip” all other industrial degree an outpost of German powey @gnhst the nations, including the United States; the forced col- 5 v It could hardly be otherwise, especially in this and labor for the forced industrialization; the short age when neutrality is a meaningless phrase of rations imposed on the Russian people to pay for advantageous approach to Leningrad, the Achilles intended to make the Soviet Fatherland impregnable | heel of Russia. Such a country must either embrace against capitalist-imperialist attack. | mmmmmmm PSRRI - Published every evening except Sunday by the EMP “y]»mm tanks and heavy guns were not hidden under‘ HELEN TROY BENDER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1cn\1mement of the peasantry as economics, it was One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; | \be Business. Office ‘of any fellure of irreularity in tne de. | PeOPle Will find out whether the huge price it has| | program was measurably justified. Opinion in this | tinent anything like his equal in mechanical pre- GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc,, National Newspaper Representa- Other — | jyqge from the way people are harking back to |ized Russia of the Five-Year Plans and to think of her soldiers if given any kind of decent leadership | busy till the autumn poleon by setting its own Moscow on fire, This is Russian people may decide to set on fire to check- | Caucasus oil much more than the Ukrainian wheat. the 'Soviet stateiface. foface with Wb test which lts | themselves; for Soviet agriculture is now mechan- over a period of more than a dozen years. This iS .14 it was all for national defense. when Moscow played up that world-wide conspiracy | ] B D | months—whether the defense of the Russian soll fear has been genuine enough. To make the Soviet of the Stalinite policies. But it was not a purpose ight go far as to say that national de- OG- AIENL 50 8o far s i {war with the Soviet Union, narrowly saved by cir- Everything before 1928, the year when Stalin "°°k‘war with Russia, this time not standing alone but posed itself on the imagination of the world v.as‘no alternative but to take up arms again, tivization. as she is between massive states intent on wars of cide in time with a period of economic collapse in|of life despite the buffets of a hard history. economy. Whereas our own old competitive order | and are zealous,in their love of liberty as any peo- in 1928. He was enabled to go on for almost half | Americans will not abandon their high regard collective life and more than one type of plutocrat| War- The Finns have long been an individualistic come by grace of Hitler. It began to dawn on peo- At AT ili 21p. the; i tempo of Stalin’s forced industrialization, the mad Semmspiimiliery olb- Onbe e v ate S Soviet Union. lectivization which was designed to provide the money self-deception. For ~Finland ycommiand$ the most the huge industrial plants—all this was primarily 4 Russia and its ideology, or accept the alliance of the To do Stalin justice, he made no secret of his nation bent on destroying Russian power. | | not know it, but its officials form- | | ally supplied the maps to the Am-|to strategic roads, equipment for | erican Embassy in Berlin by which Washingfon Merry- Go-Round | (Continued rom Page one) | Far East; sugar from Cuba and the Pacific islands; drugs from Asia,| Africa, and other far-away places. | Shipping space to bring them to the U. 8. is scarce, and where obtain- able is much more expensive than| in normal times. The freight rate on sugar from Cuba is three times what it was in| July, 1939. Burlap now costs T8 cents per yard to ship to the Pacific| Coast, compared to 22 cents two years ago. Chrome ore from Africa now costs $15 a ton to haul—in 1939 it was $5.40. Naturally, such charges send the prices skyward. But that isn't all} With supplies limited and demand| soaring, prices are bound to go up| anyway. Botanical drugs, such as belladon- na, used widely in prescriptions and patent medicines, are up 20 times, over pre-war levels. Olive oil, cme!-‘ ly imported from Italy, is up 400 perl cent, Burlap now costs 12 cents a yard, compared to 5 cents before the war. | To attempt to control prices by freezing them as of a given date is obviously begging an = explosion. That is why they are quietly con- ferring with congressional leaders on the “cost factors” that should be taken into consideration in fix- ing price ceilings. Hottest potato is whether wages should be included in the price ceiling law, Wages are an important cost element in some prices, not in others. Labor is violently opposed to any ceiling on pay scales and will fight to the death against it.| GERMANS FORITY TRINIDAD The German Government may |they were forthcoming. ‘tlme transportation, has given the} the United States is fortifying| Trinidad against Germany. This is how it happened: i When U. 8. architects went to Trinidad to plan the new American bases, they found that neither the British nor the American govern- ments had aerial maps of the is- !land. They learned, however, that the Germans did have such maps, made while the Germans were op- erating a commercial airline in that region. So through the American Embas- sy in Berlin the Army formally re- quested the proper German auth- orities for copies of the maps—and NOTE — The maps are checked for accuracy. being INVASION SAFEGUARDS Lt. Col. Lacey V. Murrow of the Army Air Corps, who spent several months in England studying war- public Roads Administration some interesting confidential data about British evacuation plans in the ev- ent of a Nazi .invasion. The central government can be moved swiftly from London to any! one of 12 districts into which the! island has been divided. Each dis-| trict has adequate offices, com- munication and transportation fac-| ilities. Also, a representative of each major government branch has been | designated for each district, with | the same “jurisdiction and auth- ority” of a cabinet minister. Murrow also reveals: “In areas considered the most vulnerable to an attempted invasion, a carefully| worked-out scheme for the move- | ment of civilians has been complet- | ed. This plan provides for the ev-| acuation of civilians over certain | | designated ro0ads. In some areas “leanteens have been established and [pro\leuns to facilitate the move- | area,” |a. ment of civillans from a partlcu]ar‘ In anticipation of bomb damage quick repairs has been stored at intervals. Prefabricated temporary bridges also are on hand. Obstructions against the landing of enemy aircraft, such as trenches, concrete posts and “trip” cables, have been placed in all open fields. Stone and concrete road blocks have been built and bridges cambered at strategic locations, so that demoli- tion charges can be placed quickly should the Nazis gain a foothold on the coast. (Editors note — Murrow is the former Washington State Highway Director, and visited Juneau just a year ago). LABOR PIRATES The exploitation of defense labor by private employment agencies comes in for severe criticism in a confidential report sent to the House Labor Committee by Se- cretary of War Henry Stimson. He strongly urges the committee to get behind the bill introduced by Representative John Tolan of California, chairman of a special committee investigating migrant| labor, giving the Government au-| thority to regulate the fees und‘ practices of intersfate job agencies| and to curb piracy of skilled work-‘ ers by big industrial plants. Stimson charges that much of| 'the shortage in skilled labor in key | “employment brokers.” They get a fee for each job placement and' | therefore encourage frequent labor 1941 JUI.Y - 2[3 9 (10 14 16(17 19 ‘ 21 2324 ! Bzz8203031] | HAPPY [ HAPPY BIRTHDAY | . o e o e JULY 17 Everett Nowell Damaris Irene Davis Mrs, Dan Ross Elliott Fremming James Carlson Alfred G. Johnson Mrs. David Wallace Isabel Delaney Verne C. Dick HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ey £ S FRIDAY, JULY 18 Adverse planetary aspects rule today. It is a date for disappoint- menit and delays in important plans. Women should be most cau- | tious. Acidents may be numerous under this rule of the stars. HEART AND HOME: This is an {l-omened sway for women Who, should be most careful in all their| activities. Special caution should‘ be exercised in letters or contracts. | Bad news may come to many girls who have placed too much confi- dence in summer flirtations. The stars seem to presage far journeys for young men in the Navy and in| the aviation service. Mothers may | have axieties regarding their sons.| It has been foretold for many | months that war demands upon the United States would not be nmlted to home work. BUSINESS * AFFAIRS: New (Or— tunes will pile up East and West, | North and South, while the level of wages rises in the course of the most vast and intensive manufac- turing projects ever attempted. The seracy must be manifested among Americans of every class, since the end of an era has been reached and the general leveling of socfal and economic inequalities is pfe- saged by the stars. The Autumm, ike the Summer, will prove the marvelous efficiency of merchants and manufacturers who belong to the nation. ! NATIONAL ISSUES: Realization | of the peril of war now will be gen- eral in the United States and the Autumn will be marked by complete unity among thinking Americans who are outside organizations af-| fected by subversive influences. Op- position to the President’s forei policies will weaken as {internati al events reveal dangers which can- | not be ignored. Again warning 'ls given against special privllegas which may be sought by select,eesw who have political influence. Army, | Navy and aviation services must bel patterns of real democracy, the | seers declare, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: There is a sign read as presaging some sort of international settle- ment effort which will be made; when the Sun enters Libra for the, Autumn quarter. The element of | surprising drama in events anend-l ing the second world war will be evident as amazing incidents multi- ply. What has been will be, accord-* ing to the philosophy of history, but the world is writing strange chapters in human experience never before recorded. Supreme power among nations again is forecast for the United States. have the augury of a year of many benefits attended by extraordinary circumstances. Reckless spending’ of money should be avoided. . Children born on this day prob- ably will be exceptionably talented. | Success and good fortune all their lives are indicated. (Copyright, 1941). turnover and migration, NOTE—The extent of labor pi- racy is revealed in th elatest re- port of the Bureau of Labor Statis- tics, which shows that 2.08 of every 100 workers on industrial payrolls switched jobs last month, the high- | est proportion on record. MERRY-GO-ROUND Ben Welles, son of Under Secret- ary of State Sumner Weciles, is; working as a newsman in Psnwu 4 - Nelson Rockefeller, government worker, gets up at five in the morn- (e - e 2 0 - 20 YEARS AGO #3r THE EMPIRE e JULY 17, 1921 P. R. Bradley, Manager of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, was appointed by Gov, Scott C. Bone as a member of the First Division in the Territorial committee collecting an exhibit for the American Mining | Congress exposition in Chicago. Mrs. Jack Kearney, of Douglas, planned to leave with her two children for Kennecott to join her hushand who had gone there the month before. A big crop of strawberries was being promised from various ranches in the vicinity of Juneau. Some local berries were already coming in. Four fishing parties at Fish Creek caught less than 100 trout. The guess was that the fish were not hungry, as the usual catch was several hundred. The parties saw great schools of salmon finning in Fritz Cove. Louise Fazenda was playing in a Mack Sennett comedy at the Coli- seum Theatre. ‘Weather: High, 62; low, 58; clear. e - - B S S e SR S S Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon e e £ e e e ‘WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The audience at the prize fight were unruly.” Say, “The SPECTATORS at the prize fight were unruly.” AUDIENCE means listeners. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Auxiliary. Pronounce og-zil-ya-ri, O as in OR, both I's as in IT, A as in ASK unstressed. accent on second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Indiscreet pact). SYNONYMS: Suave, bland, oily, unctuous. 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: STABILITY; state or quality of being firmly established. “Every quo- tation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.”—Samuel Johnson. § MODERN ETIQUETTE * roperra LEE (imprudent) Indiscrete (com- Q. Is it all right to give an afternoon tea with dancing to “bring out” a daughter? A. Yes, and a similar affair may be given to present a new daughter- in-law. Q. How should the ushers for a church wedding be chosen? A. They may be chosen from relatives or friends of either the bride or the bridegroom. Q. Is there a charge for stationery used by a guest while staying in a hotel? A. No, and since the provision of this paper is a courtesy on the iseers warn that the spirit of dem-| ..t of the hotel, it is poor taste to waste it, or use it for correspondence after one has left the hotel. I-EARN A. C. GORDON U ‘What bird is the greatest enemy of rats? In what State is Pike's Peak? In which opera is the Pilgrims’ Chorus sung? What is a campanile? ‘Who was the original “Boston Strong Boy"? ANSWERS: The barn-owl. Colorado. Wagner’s “Tannhauser.” A bell tower. John L. Sullivan, heavvwe)ght boxing champlnn from 1889 to 1892. ..—....—...—-..-. l LOOK and 1 2. 3. 4 5. ing, shuns parties, goes to bed. at| ten. The Rockefeller Office has| been flooded with requests from | movie stars who want to tour Latin" | America. When Senators fail| tionary room, the Disbursing Omol. instead 6f dunning them, merely} docks the amount from their pay checks. | (Copyrite, 1941, by United Pea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) DEFENSE BOND Can my children buy Defense Sa A. Yes, Uiz vings Stamps? Hundreds of thousands of American children are buying Stampl regularly as their share in the national savings program, After my can the Yes. future edueational needs, has collected enough Stamps to exchange for l nd be registered in the child’s name? o A minor may own a Defense Savings Bond. Many p‘rifll are, registering m in their children’s names to pnwegfir {to pay their bills t the Senate sta=: Here is a flower-sprigged red cotton frock for summer”evenings. 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