The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 21, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD - - President Vice-Preetdent and Business Manager Satered In the Post, O"iee in_Juneau ss Becond Class Mattér, BSCRIPTION RATES: Jelivered by carrier ln Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- \very of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF The Associgted Press is republication of all news dispathes credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARG! THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Representa- with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, , Chicago, New York and Boston. BEA’ REPRESENTATIVE — Prank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Buildins Uncle Sam’s meck” when H)tl’n «'!\In»hp over Lhe USSR. i B Much, as the Plain Dealer points dut, remains to be done in perfecting Alaska defenses. But much has been done, Alaska hardly constitutes today an “inviting” invasion point to any hostile power. A year ago, certainly. 3ix months ago, maybe. Today, no. Hitler, even if he is' in the mood after he fin- ishes his wrestling match with ‘the Russian bear, won't be able to take Alaska in stride. We've an- ticipated him, and we're ready. ONE THIRD WHAT IT MIGHT BE There is food for thought, but net much ground for satisfaction, in a comparison hetween what we do with one of our important Alaska resources, and what we might do with it. In 1938 the Alaska herring catch was 75,064,000 | pounds, from abroad in the same year. But the 1n'|ports were worth $6,092,000 while the Alaska catch was worth only $2,053,000. The fish, in most respects, were identical. But the herring which the nation had to import to meet a domestic demand was in the form of herring packed in oil, herring smoked and kippered, herring pickeled or salted, fresh or frozen. The herring caught in Alaska became fertilizer and fodder, bait for fishing or was cured for animal food. ‘With the nation gearing up its economy to make | the most out of every resource, here is one which | should not be overlooked. THE DIOMEDES AGAIN In slightly hysterical vein, the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorializes on Alaska as follows: “No longer is it 3,000 miles of the Atlantic or 6,000 miles of the Pacific that keeps the war away from America. It is a little more than one mile of a channel in Bering Strait separating Big Dio- mede and Little Diomede Islands. The larger spot is Russian and in recent months considerable military | activity has been reported from there. The smaller | is the property of the United States and, like most of Alaska, is undefended. Besides the shallow| waters of & narrow channel only the imaginary inter- | national dateline runs between the outposts of Mos- cow and the United States. “Anyone the least bit acquainted with the facts| knows that this war is not entirely a matter of geo- graphic strategy, as the isolationists contend. It is conducted from within, by traitors and agents, by fifth-column propaganda and the psychological of- fensive. But even under isolationist definitions the war can become a physical threat to this nauon! through such geographic conditions as exist in Bering Strait. “Should Germany crush Russia—as most mlll-! tary experts anticipate—gain control of the trans- Siberfan Railway and come into possession of the| vast Siberian area, Big Diomede would become a loaded pistol pointed at the back of Uncle Sam’s neck. It would be utter folly to belittle the threat that this implies. | “By the Russo-German clash the fallacy of allowing Alaskan defenses to lag is now made clear.) Within the last two years some steps have been taken to build naval, submarine and air bases on Baranov Island, far to the south of the Diomedes, on Kodiak Island, at Unalaska and air bases at An- chorage and Metlakatla, but much remains to be done. Alaska, as it stands today, constitutes an in- viting invasion point for a hostile power. Canada’s defenses in the northwest are of no consequence. A| determined force, operating from Siberia, could| establish itself over -a wide area before either the Dominion or the United States could do much to resist it.” There is a great deal of sense in what the Plain Dealer has to say, just as there is considerable folly. The Diomedes are not factors in any war between the hemispheres, Russia has not been fortifying Big | | | attack all “professional politicians.” Diomede. Not Big Diomede, but the whole of Siberia, | will become “a loaded pistol pomu?d at the back of Variety Coming Up (Cincinnati Enquirer) Thanks to the vagaries of Texas politics, United States Senate, sometimes described as “greatest deliberative body in the world,” soon be joined in its deliberation by W. Lee “Pass the Biscuits Pappy” O'Daniel, now Chief Executive of the Lone Star State and victor by a bare 1,000-vote plurality in the race to select a successor to the late Senator Morris Sheppard, O'Daniel's victory in the free-for-all race just concluded was rather less surprising than his earlier success in the gubernatorial election. His promin- ence and office gave him a powerful advantage in so large a field of candidates—there were 23 in all. And the hold he had secured in the rural sections, amongst the families long delighted by the flour man’s hill billy band radio program, proved to be his margin of victory over Representative Lyndon Johnson, Representative Martin Dies, and State Attorney General Mann, the other chief contenders. In his relatively meteoric rise in Texas politics, O'Daniel relied upon simple, tried-and-true rules for success. He evidently realized, from the experience the the will | of Huey Long, the advantage of using a sound truck. And he was enough of a showman to appreciate the | uses of the hill billy band and its “Pass the Biscuits Pappy” campaign theme song. The rest of his for- mula for success was quite as simple. He promised all Texans monthly pensions of $30 a month at the age of 65 (they were then getting an average of $14.24, but only when needed), and he proceeded to His campaign platform was the Ten Commandments. In the state which gave the world “Farmer Jim” and “Ma” Ferguson, the success of O'Daniel's poli~ tical formula was perhaps ‘not so surprising after all. He had his troubles, however, after entering the governorship. His revenue program bogged down, and state pensions, instead of being raised to $30, soon dropped to an average of $824. A storm of protest was aroused in the state when he gave a condemned Negro a 30-day reprieve “so he could face death that much longer.” O'Daniel, rather typically, defended himself in a radio address in which he said: “Not being of a political mind, I did not care to resort to the usual polished diplomacy,:but my frank, open, and honest disposition prompted me to prepare a statement.” The burden of his argument was that the whole thing was meant to discredit capital punishment. It remains to be seen how much talent O'Daniel will bring te the Senate, but certainly he will bring variety. There is a breed of dog which doesn't bark. some nights we wish it was more popular, Washmglon | the skirt. ‘ule bodice and accordion pleats in lum tanks began to roll off the Chrysler asembly lines, which means which is just about equal to the 74,330,000 g ’pounds of herring imported into the United States Merq' i This was a revolution in the life Go-Round (Continued from Page One) | make it impossible for the Nazl army to- subsist in Russia. 1t should be remembered that the Russians hgve been trained for| years in the policy of the scorched | earth. The British _left Rumania without blowing up Rumanian oil wells because British pounds sterl- ing were invested in them. British investments came first. And - the French would not tear up their beautifully paved roads in front of the advancing Nazi hordes. The improvements of La Belle France came first. But in Russia, the first thing the peasant does when an enemy advances is to kill a pig and throw it in the well. That spoils the drink- ing water for the enemy. Then he| burns his barn and drives away or kills his livestock, which are far more precious to him than divi- dends from Rumanian oil wells are to the British. He and his family may starve, but his forefathers have been doing this for genera- tions, and he will do it again. The Russian peasant also has of the Senate’s only woman, but it happened on the impulse of the mo- ment, Hattie had been persuaded to sit for a portrait. Artist Cyril Gard- | ner of Philadelphia began his work, then paused to suggest that the pic- | | ture would have more brightness if | Mrs. Caraway could wear a bright colored drgss. “But I always wear black,” she said. “I have worn black for the last ten years.” “I know,” said Gardnes, “but if— just for the picture—it would bring out the blue in your eyes, you know.” Hattie changed her mind on the instant. “It's true,” she said, “that I haven't had a new evening dress | for a long time. Let’s g0 buy one.” And now she is wearing that gown every day as she sits for the por- trait. She changes, in her office, | from black to the blue, then chang- es to the black again before she emerges, Sometimes, sitting for the por- trait with hands folded, she bursts into a little laugh. ‘Don’t mind me,” she says, “I was just thinking how funny I must look.” THE TANKS ARE ROLLING that we are really getting down to mechanized weapons. Before medium tanks could bej produced, it was necessary to build three new factories from the ground up. It is interesting that Chrysler, which never before had made a tank, beat Baldwin Locomotive and American Locomotive to mass pro- duction. TIES OF BRITISH EMPIRE One of the hardest things the British have had to do in this war is to relinquish their century-old steamship lines and other communi- cations with various parts of the far-flung Empire. Despite a grow- ing scarcity of bottoms to carry lend-lease goods across the North Atintic, the British have hesitat- ed at giving up these traditional routes which made the British Em- pire what it was, Last week, however, came an im- portant and unannounced step in this direction. Two British lines to New Zealand and Australia, the Manx Line and the Union Steam-| ship Company, took their ships off that run and sent them into the dangerous North Atlantic. This move -was made only after. 8. Maritime Commission, which in- considerable pressure from thé U.{% THE DAILY: ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY:i21, 1941 JULY 21 Mrs. Frank H. Foster John N. Morrison Edward J. Dull Mrs. Rene Stragier Eddie Cochrane . Mrs. Jean Jackman . Emilio Ubert} i ‘Wyatt Kingman * HOROSCOP‘!' “The stars incline ! but do not compel" | e - TUESDAY, JULY 22 Benefic aspects rule today which is most fortunate for women. La- bor and capital are under a config- uration which encourages co-opem- tion. HEART AND HOME: W should use their best mental and physical energies under this, sway | which is helpful to practical tasks and stimulates intellectual proces- ses. Although there is a sign that indicates extremely warm weather in many places, there should be ac- tivity .in whatever is of importance | in the family. The starsseem to pre- sage many hasty and ill-timed love affairs which cause nnxseeytopar- ents. The tendency of youmg' folk to ignore family traditions as well as economic considerations. will be JULY 21, 1921 Miss Rose Bartlett and Willoughby Bartlett, children of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bartlett, left on the Admiralty with their grandmother to visit | friends in ‘Hoonah. | Mrs. J. D. Littlepage left on the Northwestern for a visit to Ket- chikan. For a visit in Seattle, Mrs. K. Hildre left on the Northwestern, 1t Miss Mary Kashevaroff was to leave on the Spokane to attend her |second year at the University of California. Before starting school, she | was to spend several weeks visiting friends. | The Moose were holding a reception for Gov. Scott C. Bone so that he could meet the Juneau Mooseman and their ladies. Mrs, W. G, Hellan and her baby were returning to Juneau after visit- ing in the .souLh, Weather: High, 56; low, 52; rain, [ Daily Lessons in English ¥ 1. corpon e i T e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I shall try an experiment.” Say, “I shall experiment,” or “I shall make an experiment.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Verbatim. Pronounce vur-ba-tim, U as in FUR, A as in ACE, I as in ILL, accent on second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Salable; preferred to saleable. SYNONYMS: Softhearted, humane, merciful, pitiful. 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: | AVID; craving eagerly; greedy. “His avid eyes constantly followed her.” i MODERN ETIQUETTE ® poprrra LEE Q. Is it pernmissible to acknowledge a formal invitation in the first person? A. No; as formal invitations are always written in the third person, the acknowledzment should be the same. Q. Is it necessary, when inviting friends to go driving, to take the guests’s children along? marked. The seers long have warn-| ed that after the war Americans| will practice unheard-of thrift as) many pleasant ways of life become impossible to average families. | BUSINES}S AFFAIRS: Wide- | spread rise in wages in all lines of | industry wil greatly increase 'the| cost of living before the Autumn. Inflation will be discussed as' a| menace that constantly becomes more probable, but, the starsiiare| read as forecasting remarkable stabilizing of finance fi!mgh‘ Government direction. Fluctuations | in the value of stocks and behds| may be sharp next mnoth. Méehey | will be spent generously for wvaca= |tions tours which bring prafifii to many states. NATIONAL ISSUES: Lackn of consistency in policies originating in Washington will be critized sev- erely by those who do not compre- hend the changing pattern of wor1d| affairs. The stars are read as pre-| saging bizarre and inconceivable events which will continue 'to’' make | the second world war the mast[ amazing conflict in history. There are signs of long-drawn-out strug- gles that constantly widen in ex- tent as they touch territory that commands protection from the Un- ited States. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Diplomatic complications will en- gage attention in Washington where there is likely to be much confusion 'as well as intense activity. Con- centration of power, despite innum- erable defense organizations, will cause delays. There are planetary influences that tend to cause per- plexity and even indecision on the part of the President. Foreign pol- icy is to become more and more definite as desperate conditiens |compel Americans to reverse their previous decision to avoid positive entry into the world war. Persons whose birthdate it 1S should be cautious in all their fin- ancial interests. While good fortune is forecast for the year there may be nerve strain through losses.: Children born on this day prob- ably will be mentally keen, strong in character and determined in am- bitions, They will be fond of chnnge and travel. { (Copyright, - 1941). ! to American companies to hmqle the trade to Australia. What will happen after the war remains to be seen. But both coust- ries took the attitude: “Let’s the war first.” Note—A hitch immediately ar to stop the use of the Danish s! when the Maritime Union demard- ed that Danish seamen join the yn- ion, pay duesand receive union w: {'es. This hitch is not expected toibe serious. (Copyright, 1941, by United n‘- ture Syndicate, Inc.) —_———-——— 0 e Dally ~Alasks ~Subscribe Most significant development in®sisted on the transfer. Simultan-|Empire—the paper with the llrw been trained to guerilla warfare,| national defense is that at long last which, however, willnot help in this| we are producing in quantity tanks, war, Guerilla fighting against mod- | anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank'guns ern airplanes and tanks is about and other mechanized weapons as effective as the Dead End kids K which have been the strength of resisting J. Edgar Hoover's G-Men.|the Germans. Note—The real answer to wheth-| Up to now the chief emphasis in er Russia can hold out over a long national defense has béen on (1) period lies in whether she has any | air, (2) the sea, and (3) the machine important airplane and munitions | tools and factories for future pro- factories west of the Ural Mount- duction. Tanks were seventh on the eins, No army today can fight with- | priorities list while anti-afrcraft out modern weapons. .!!Zluns were only a little ahead or‘ —_— | them, SENATOR CARAWAY Now, however, the airplanes pro- | For ten years, since the death or‘gram is well launched and if the es- | ner husband, Senator Hattie CHru- sential metals can he . obtained way has worn black. And it was only ould increase monthly. Also the | the other day that she bought a|shipping program is in fairly good | new evening gown of blue lace in |shape. And last week the first med. eously, Danish ships were allotted paid eirculation. DEFENSE BOND OUIZ . yz, Q. How were the Minute Man posters announcing Defense savfifll Stamps and Bonds distributed? A. More than a million and a half of them were distributed by '.he Bay Scouts of America, at the request of President Roosevelt, Hoq President of the Scouts. r\ | Q. What well-known sports stars recently invested their prize wm.? in Defense Savifigs Bonds. |A. Mauri Rose, co-winner of the Indianapolis Speedway Race; Louis apd Billy Conn; and Craig Wood, pational | um. 'runy er Sports wlmm L ol uy\ Borgls. They nsider agv!ncs as'well as a patriotic qrfl@ during the emergency period. A. Yes, if they are well-trained children. Q. What should one do when a person with whom one is conversing expresses a desire to leave? A. Do not detain him. Tell him “good-bye” and leave immediately. B e LOOK and LEAR A C.. GORDON B T 1. What line follows, “Oh what a tangled web we weave,”? 2. What American animal can hang by its tail? 3. \Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the | twentieth century? 4: Which is the “Green Mountain State™? 5. Which is the lightest of all known woods? ANSWERS: 1, “When first we practice to deceive!” Walter Scott. 2. The opossum. 3. William McKinley. 4 Vermont. 5. Balsa. 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