The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1941, Page 4

| Daily Alaska Emptre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRIN' TING COMP Becond and Min Btreets, Junesu, Alasks. HELEN TROY BENDER President R. L BERNARD - - Vice-President apd Business Manager Sntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. X SUBSCRIPT! RATE! Jelivered by earrier in Juneau By mail, postage paid. One year, u:dndnnc: ;:m nth, In advance. $1 mgl'lbmlbcrl will eonfer a favor if they will promptly nflifi the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- wery of their papers. ! Telephones; News Office, 602; Bustness Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS wl,ud Press is exclusively entitled to the use for lflmlflllufihuefldludlall-‘mfil. also the local news published ited In this paper and ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE ER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATI GRORGE D. CLOSE. Inc, National Newspaper Repressnta- sves, with offions in_San Pracisco, Angeles, Portland, Besttle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — PFrank J. Dunning, 1011 Americsn Bank Building. AN OBJECT LESSON Most of the people who drive automobiles around Juneau are busy working during the day and do not have time to make applications for new drivers' licehses in the middle of the afternoon. That much was proven this week when Room 100 at the Assembly building was kept open until 9 pm. as a convenience to those who wished to apply for new licenses. On Tuesday morning, when the plan of keeping the license office open from 9 a.m. to 9 pm. each day was put into effect, only about 180 of the ap- proximately 1500 auto drivers in Juneau vicinity had taken out their new operators permits. By clos- ing time that night, about 300 licenses had been | issued. As a convenience to those who work until 5 pm. each day, the license office will continue to stay open until 9 o'clock each week-day night until the final day of applying for licenses, August 15. The example of the huge increase in license applications when the late hours at the office were inaugurated may serve well as an object lesson for .'mnnu merchants whose places of business close promptly at 5 p.m. Maybe the merchants are losing some business they could cash in on from people who aren’t able to do their shopping until after working hours. WHY WE MUST HAVE ASSISTANCE ~'Miokt 'Aleskans will. appreclate some remarks made recently by our delegate in Congress, the Hon. Anthony J. (Tony) Dimond, when he spoke before the House of Representatives and deplored the strik- ing from the proposed Territorial budget of $50,000 for the construction of badly needed roads. Dimond pointed out to the representatives that the federal government owns more than 98 percent | of all public lands in Alaska. Then he declared: “I have often said, and I repeat, that if the national government should see fit to give the government of Alaska all the public land, we would not have to come to Congress asking for help, except for such sums as would be spent in all of the states, just as they are spent in Alaska, for the carriage of mails, and for national defense, and for simi- lar national purposes. “Of course, that will never be done. The public lands of Alaska are too' valuable to the nation to ever take a chance of giving that title to the government of the Territory. “Therefore, we are obliged to come here and ask for such things as aid in the con- struction of roads.” Dimond also pointed out something else that old-timers in the Territory have long maintained. He called to the attention of the representatives the Washinglon : Merry- Go-Round “(Continued trom Page One) 'preny hot about keeping us in the they promised, pri about it.” This does not THE RUSSIANS HAVE IT fact that the lnrgest mmney muhynm government in Alaska mlmfldiafia'm‘ rkimos, who are classed as Indians. Then he added: “In that respect, Alaska is not in any dif- ferent category than are any of the states which have Indian popuations. So the money spent for the support and medical relief and education of Indians in Alaska ought not be specifically charged against the Ter- ritory, because the same expenditure would be made if those citizens of the United States should reside in one of the states rather than in ‘Alaska.” Planning for Defense (The New York Times) The industrial side of the defense program is gaining momentum. By January, according to Mr. Knudsen, we shall reach the halfway mark in our armament schedule. Last month the country’s air- craft industry established a new record by produc- | ing 1476 military airplanes. Soon guns, tanks and | other machines of modern warfare will be coming | in increasing volume from our factories. In all of | this there is ground for satisfaction but not for| | complacency. What is still clearly needed in Washington is l central board accountable only to the President, with full authority and responsibility for planning and executing a comprehensive program, from the development of our air force down to civilian de- fense of our cities, Such a board was envisaged by the Industrial Mobilization Plan which Germany and Japan have been using but which still lies pigeonholed in Washington, where it was born after | the last war. As matters now stand it is catch-as-catch-can among the services, with each branch emphasizing its own needs and trying to get the most while the gettilg is good. Such a situation leads to duplica- tion, inefficiency and waste. The system in opera- tion on priorities is an example. Eight separate and | unrelated governmental agencies at present are exer- | cising some sort of control over allocation of raw materials to industry, with a ninth, the Interstate | | commerce Commission, expected to enter the field | { soon in connection with preference in transportation. | The result is confusion in Government and in| industry, because none of the Federal agencxes1 knows what the other is doing and because the in- dustrialist cannot possibly know what all of them are doing. The muddle which conflicting authority has caused in priorities alone is a strong argument for the establishment of a central authority to plan and coordinate—to decide what first things come | first and then see that they are produced. Alaska’s Good Fortune | (The Seattle Times) Enduring good fortune has come to Alaska as a result of defense construction in the northern terri- tory. Large sums of money expended there by the Federal government have brought prosperity to Al- aska; but fhore important still are permanent effects of the defense program that will be felt long after the present emergency is over. These are tidings brought to Seattle by vtslwrs] familiar with the whole story of Alaska’s develop- | ment. A factor which has contributed much to the growth of Alaska in recent years is the airplane. Air travel has opened up Alaska's more inaccessible areas as nothing else could have done, and incidentally, brought them closer to Seattle. Fairbanks, up under the Arctic Circle, now is but nine and a half hours away from us. One thing the defense program has done for the future of Alaska has been to provide the best air| facilities, airports, radio stations and weather re- porting stations that can now be designed. There is nothing temporary about these facilities—they are permanent assets. They will give commercial avia- tion an immense further stimulus in the post- emergency time to come. Alaska also is acquiring good new roads, such as the 135-mile Chuckaloon cut-off connecting the Anchorage areas with the Richardson Highway. City streets, that formerly were muddy roads, are being paved. Good permanent office buildings are being built, comfortable houses are going up. Before the defense program began, Alaska's new development already was under way, as Gov. Ernest H. Gruening points out. The 1940 census revealed a population increase .of 223 percent, which was exceeded by only two states of the Union. The benefits which Alaska will receive from the defense activity extend in many directions. One of these is toward Seattle. Seattle citizens rejoice in Alaska’s good fortune for the Territory’s own sake. But Seattle will always share in those benefits. They will make Alaska a better customer. ing—fighting so desperately that the Germans have complained that they did not obey the rules of war, this business of Army longer than etty damned hot | featist ideas should be contradict- |will be unity of purpose regard- 198 AUGUST 1041 [0 Tow | ot [ weo [ [ [ | | W 112 8|9 ‘ 18{16 22(23 2930 HAPPY BIRTHDAY | AUGUST 7 Hallie Rice Willilam Parke Leon Alexander George Guilufsen Gilbert Hanson Mrs. T. F. Milligan Mrs. Everett Clausen . T. M. Holman 3 ] F. D. Snyder & HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” | FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 | Adverse planetary aspects rule today. There are evil portents for | Labor and the public mind may be | greatly disturbed by grave events. HEART AND HOME: Discip] \np; of the mind is essential these days | when suggestions of fear are myri- ad. In the home a positive faitn in the ultimate victory of right |should be maintained and all de- ed. This may be a depressing rule of the stars for the aged who should be cheered by kindly sym-| pathy. This is not a fortunate date | for journeys and especially for those by airplane. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Summer heat will not affect trade and com- | merce. In both East and West Lherel‘ will be great mercantile activity and much profit. use of materials, owing to Wwar; needs, will be widespread, substi- tutes for fabrics and even for leathers will be successful Iromme‘ point of view of producers and dis- trtbuwr& Some news regar | banking or finance may prove sational, but the United States be lucky in avoiding perils Hmll‘r to those of the past. & NATIONAL ISSUES: C continues under a direction of: stars which offers little ~ of siircease of strain. While there ing war policies, many grave new problems are forecast. Warning again is given that the health ?f legislators will be impaired nnf! that more than one career Wil close suddenly. There is a porten of tragedy at the national capital where this month is to be marked | by startling events, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Spain’s part in the Axis campaign is especially menacing in view of | Gibralter, although Franco will be unable to accomplish much because of terrible economic conditions and the fact that his people have had enough of war. The slogan declar- ing that the obliteration of Com- munism motivates the Russian on- slaught will have little effect, As- sassinations and civil strife . are forecast for Spain where famine will cause spreading unrest. Through this month as in July peace rumors will be disseminated by Axis propaganda. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of un- expected experiences, and much ac- tivity in which delays in achieving chief ambitions merely prepare for real success. Obviously Russian troops have beedd defending something which mean that these|they cherished. They have had — indicated that he would re-enlist voluntarily if discharged. They had no complaints about their treatment. Food was good, they were not overworked, some were in better physical condition than ever before. But soldiering just wasn't popular. Not one of these youngsters| seemed aware of what was hap- pening in the world; that their country might be in danger; that they should make some sacrifice for their country. Said a stocky Signal Coips man’ “If we see that things are urgent, we're willing to stay, who knows? The President says they are urgent. Wheeler and Lindbergh say they aren’t. Until they can decide, they ought to let us out.” “THESE GUYS OUTSIDE” Bald an Air Corps corporal: “These guys outside who are mak- ing good dough and striking for more while they keep us in the Army—that’s the thing that both- ers me.” “There are plenty of men who like the Army,” said a cavalryman. “Why not let them volunteer? And besides, what are they going to do with all the new men coming in? They won't have enough room for Said a pugnacious Brooklynite: “They made a deal with us, and they ought to keep it. You can boys are unpatriotic. But it does mean that the U. 8. Army so far has neglected the most important conclusion to be drawn from the lesson of France and the lesson of Russia. In France, battalions, companies, entire regiments surrendered almost en masse. The world was astound- ed. The French Army had been | heralded as the best in the world Its officers had been trained for years. Its equipment, while not as good as the Nazis, was the next | best in Europe. Yet the French Army collapsed in 11 short days. Frenchmen who went through that catastrophic surrender now tell us that more important than Hit- ler's panzer divisions, more impor- tant than stuka dive-bombers, was French morale. French troops did not want to fight. The country was torn by dissen- sion. Men in the trenches had no idea why they were fighting. Ir they knew anything, it was that they were fighting for the Comite des Forges (Steel Trust) or the Deux Cent Families (the 200 fami- lies who ruled the Bank of France.) So France fell. One year later an entirely different story comes from Russia. There, a huge, unwieldy, green army facing the pick of Hitler's mechanized veterans, has retreated, but not surrendered., At times iso- | lated and hopelessly cut off, Rus- what the French' lacked—morale. WE DON'T HAVE IT, YET And to date, judging by our poll of selectees, plus the War Depart- ment’s own frank fears, the Ameri- can Army also lacks morale. They have no idea that the country is in danger. They have .little realiza- tion why they were drafted. We have spent a year building up cantonments with most of the comforts of home. We have pro- vided better than average food, good clothing and fair equipment. But we have neglected morale— the most important thing of all. Nine months ago, this column published a series on lack of mor- ale inside the draft army. Nine months ago, Mrs.. Roosevelt ad- dressed an inquiry to Chief of Staff General Marshall, got the reply that the situation was OK. About the same time, Harry Har- rison, who ran the Smileage Book campaign for camp morale and Children born on this day will be clever and fortunate. They should be talented and indepen- dent, ambitious and energetic. (Copyright, 1941) NEW MARITIME COM. Democratic congressmen from Massachusetts are staging a tough fight to get a New Englander ap- pointed to the vacancy on the Maritime Commission created by the transfer of ex-Congressman Jack Dempsey from the Commis- sion to be Under Secretary of In- terior. Although New England is one of the most important shipping sec- tions of the country, it has not had a representative on the Mari- time Commission since the retire- ment of ex-Congressman Carl Moran several years ago. Wyoming, which scarcely has a navigable stream, is ‘represented on the Com- mission, and until recently so also was New Mexico by Mr. Dempsey; also Ohio, California and Pennsyl- vania, but not New England. Admiral Land, who has done an entertainment during the last war, rebuffed. In other words, with the country facing an urgent crisis in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, the War Department has given the boys no conception of what is happening in the world, has made no ‘attempt | to show’them why / are called upon’ 1o servé. Ih ‘completely fallen dawh, on. thie’ ond big Weapon write this—if they'll let ;{(au—we'rel sian troops have contihued fight- proposed a new program, but was|g penchant for naval officers, now excellent job as chairman ot the Maritime Commission but- who has is pushing a New Yorker for the vacancy. He is John E. Ottersoh, who after retiring from the Navy went into big business. He has been an executive of -Western Eles and p!lmun of Pu'unou.pl tim THE DAILY ALAS(A EMPIRE. THURSDAY AUG. 7, 1l 94! ! | come.” ing hand. Otterson, says Flynn, is not a legitimate Democrat. comes from New England congress- men, especially forthright Joe Casey and scholarly Tom Eliot of Massa- chusetts. They are plugging appointed to the staff of the Com- mission by Joe Kennedy, its first get a place on the Commission, and say that Scoll is by far the best qualified man. 20 YEARS AGO /2% murrne AUBUST 7, 1921 Alaska Delegate to Congress Dan wanted it A new comic strip entitled “Bringing Up Father” was to start as a dafly feature in The Empire. The War Office in London was negotiating for the sale of 30,000 horses used in the war. Gov. Scott C. Bone was to return to Juneau from Cordova on the Sutherland reported he was willing to introduce a bill to secure authorization for the construction of a Territorial Capitol Building under the unit plan if the people Normwesk’rn according to his pnvuw secretary, George W. Folta. Prohibition agents confiscated 510000 worth of assorted liquor in Chicago. ‘Weather: High, 56; low, 52; rain. e e 0 D S S S S S 2 Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corpon - - - D - S D S e e ) “I don’t think he will WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, Say, “I think he will not come.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Beneficence. accent on second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Glacier (a field of ice). | sets glass in window frames). SYNONYMS: Opposite, contrary, contradictory. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” CYNOSURE; a center of attraction. LIE, O as in OBEY, OO as in BOOK, accent first syllable). was the cynosure of all eyes.” Pronounce be-nef-i-sens, | first E as in ME unstressed, second and third E's as in EGG, I as in IT, Glazier (one who Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: (Pronounce si-no-shoor, I as in “The actress 'MODERN ETIQUETTE * popgrra LEE Q. Who pays for the gowns worn by the bridesmaids? A. The bridesmaids buy their own gowns unless the bride is wealthy and asks that they wear gowns that cannot be worn again. Q. Should the hostess try to finish eating before her guests? A. No; the hostess should always eat slowly, so that she does not finish before her guests do. Q. How much should be given as a tip to a check room attendant? A. The usual amount is ten cents. ILOOK and LEARN 1. Which is the tallest statue ever built? 2. Who makes the U. S. postage stamps? 3. Why is the equator so called? Jones-Stevens Shp 4. What famous composer was known as the “Father of the Sonata”? LADIES'—MISSES’ 5. What is a homonym? READY-TO-WEAR ANSWERS: Qeward Street Near Thmrd 1. The Statue of Liberty; 151 feet high. { 2. Bureau of Printing and Ergraving, Washington, D. C. 3. It is equally distant from the North and South Poles. ,— e ————— 4. Joseph Haydn. 5. A word having the same pronunciation as another, but differing JAMESC COOPEB from it in origin, meaning, and often spelling. D I‘IJ‘F"ENNDS E 0 u l l is received. ‘Where may Tax Savings Notes be purchased? Through local banks, from Federal Reserve Banks, their branches, Department, Washington, D.' C. or direct from the Treasury What are the Tax Savings Notes issued by the Treasury? They are direct obligations of the United States issued in the form of Treasury notes and are dated in the month in which payment While SHITEN | @ o o s o o e e s e s s C. GORDON Other opposition to Otterson Equator, year-round for of Boston, who was in summer. David Scoll, - .- “I'll take vanilla” is the answer to the dessert question in the air, ice cream being the ' favorite of passengers. on the big airlines. chairman before he became Am- bassador to Great Britain. They are determined that New England I&h nl'lflw Lima Peru, temperatures, from 60 degrees in winter to 80 (Copyright, 1941, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) e e——— Although not far south of the has excellent ranging ‘The Dally Alaska Em)ire has the largest paid circulation of any Al- Preeburger DENTISTS Blr ngren B PHONE 56 — Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 “Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. Dr. John H. Geyer Room 8—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, [r————— ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Collage of Optometry and Opthaimology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground S | Helene W. 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