The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 18, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE ING COMPANY Becond and Matn Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY BENDER R. LABERNARD - - Sntered in the Post Office in Juneau ae Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: delivered hy earrier in Juneau and Douglas for 125 per month. y mafl, postage paid, at the following rates: One n.r in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00, one month, in adyance, $1.26. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- wery of thelr papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoc! ndneuuuduumn:mnbm-m republication of all news dispatthes credited to 1t or mot other- wise credited in this paper and also the Iood news published nerein. ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTERD TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- Mves, with offices in_San Prancisco, Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New Yeork and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — PFrank J. American Bank Building. Preatdent Vice-President and Business Manager Dunaing, 1011 JUNEAU’S BIRTHDAY Yesterday Juneau was 61 years old. Yes. Juneau discovered gold on Gold Creek, up above where the concrete bridge on the Basin Road now crosses the creek. That was the strike which launched settlement of the community which has grown to be Alaska’s Capital City. Yesterday one of Juneau's junior citizens, Jerry Chapman, celebrated the birthday of his home town by representing the Alaskan capital in a national soap-box derby race at Akron, Ohio. This coinci- dence certainly has nothing to do with the founding of the city, except that it does emphasize the amount of water which has run under that Gold Creek bridge since 1880 and the progress of Juneau from a mining camp to a modern city. Certainly, Joe Juneau would have a tough time recognizing Jerry Chapman’s Juneau, ¥ It was a long trip to Seattle in Joe Juneau'’s day. Now Juneau men think little of flying out to the city on Elliott Bay, a matter of six hours. Nor, probably, did Joe Juneau even imagine the city which would rise up along the banks of Gold Creek. Hardly could he have visualized a busy cen- | ter of some 6,000 persons, with modern stores, hotels and office buildings. ‘What might Dick Harris have said of the modern bridge to Douglas Island? How would gloated over the modern states, and the almost daily steamship arrivals from other Alaskan and outside points? Trips that took those old timers days of travel, out to Mendenhall Glacier, Eagle River, Fritz Cove and Thane, are now just a few minutes drive in! modern auto over gravel surfaced highways. The climate would have been no surprise to Joe or Dick Harris. They knew what millions of people in the states do not suspect even yet—that a mild climate, with plenty of rainfall but no extremes in temperature make Juneau-one of the most pleasant places in the world in which to live. They probably knew also of the rich soil which gives Juneau dis- trict farmers a chance to grow excellent crops of vegetables and provides dairymen with lush summer pastures for their herds of milking animals. They knew too of the great runs of salmon in Icy Straits and the nearby halibut fishing banks. Their gold discovery was the forerunner of the great development which saw the start of the Treadwell mine in Douglas and the present Alaska-Juneau mine, largest low-grade gold mine in the world. Joe Juneau and his friends also knew of the swell hunting and fishing in the country around Juneau, because they lived off the country to a Just 61 years ago Richard Harris and Joe | he have | radio service with the large extent and depended on- fish; and 'game “for their livelihood. They probably didn't realize, how- ever, how this same abundance of game and fish would attract thousands of sportsmen to the district in years to come. S0 we say now, to the spirit of Joe Juneal: “We wish you could see us now, Joe, living in a modern, growing city that you founded when you saw those nuggets in Gold Creek. We'd ride you in our planes | and take you for a spin out the highway in our de-luxe autos, and you'd either be darn proud of the city you started, or you'd be fussed up com- pletely by the busy hustle of modern life and wish to heck the country was still a wilderness.” A Considerate Profession (The New York Times) Memphis offers a candidate for the title of Most Considerate American of 1941. On a lonely road miles from town he was seen sitting in his car, learning to play a piece on the eornet. It raises a question that ought, really, to be an- swered in justice to a modest and not always well- rewarded profession. Where do musicians practice, anyway? Not the small girl in the apartment over- | head, whom everybody knows about, but the adult [or near-adult] musicians of the bands and orches- tras that flood the ether with melody day and night. There must be untold thousane; of wood-wind ar- tists alone right in New York City. Where do they prepare for their public performing, where master their scales, arpeggios, trills, quavers, grace notes and what not before they get together for rehearsal? It may be argued that members of a certain kind of musical organization don’t need to practice, don't even need to be able to read the notes of the score, in order to pack the largest of auditoriums with a certain kind of music lovers. Yet there are | others, picoloists, saxophonists, 'cellists, xylophonists, | operators of the French horn and the tuba, beaters [ol‘ the triangle and the kettledrum, who have to toil all hours to become perfect in their art. It is in- | conceivable that the sweet-toned entertainers on the | Jones Hair Dye quarter-hour, for example, would ,approach the microphone without prolonged selr- imposed drill. Nor is it easy to believe that they and their kind drive over into the wilds of Jersey or up into the solitudes of Connecticut for training | purposes. Most likely they do it in town. Yet who ever| writes letters to the papers to complain of them? One local musician and one only, a young trombon- ist, can we recall as having been haled into police | court by the neighbors in more than a year. Surely | more members of the profession than that unnamed Memphis cornetist deserve citation for considerate- I ness toward their fellow-men. ! Sensible Solution (The Philadelphia Record) William Knudsen and Leon Henderson have | reached agreement on an immediate curtailment of | production in ‘the automobile industry. Henderson recently declared that a 50 percent cut would be necessary within the next 12 months. Many took his statement to mean that a 50 percent cut had been demanded IMMEDIATELY. Knudsen, auto- labor, and other groups protested that such a drastic reduction would throw thousands | out of work without producing any compensating | gain to the national defense. Under the agreement reashed by the Office of Production Management, automobile production will |be cut from month to month as defense needs of the moment require. Henderson may turn out to have been right. Or time may prove Knudsen's | It doesn't greatly matter as long as we are sure ‘Lhat the production of automobiles in any given { month is not so high as to hamper defense. | Nobody can say with certainty how fast the defense program will expand. Knudsen and Hender- son have chosen the sensible course of basing cur- | tailment on the actual rate of future expansion. According to the Weather Bureau, only one two- | billionth part of the energy radiated by the sun 100 AUGUST 1941 mmmmmm L ‘4 8 14(15 21/22 28|29 [HAPPY BIRTHDAY | AUGUST 18 Mrs. C. K. Tisdale Harold D. Hupp Mrs. C. W. Beale Mrs. M. E. Rennie Adolph Heirseh Tessie Tennison A. W. Harrison Fred Thornton Mrs. Emmett Anderson HOROSCOPE “The stars incline . but do not compel”’ TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 Adverse planetary aspects rule today which may be unfortunate, especially where relations between industry and labor are involved. A ment that will obviate obstruction of the manufacture of war machin- | {ery and other necessaries is indi- | cated. HEART AND HOME: A general unification of national characteris- | tics will take place through ming- ling of youths from all parts of the distant from their own homes. Mothers should stress the wisdom | of strict adherance to conventional standards. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Handicaps, especially taxes, affecting our pros- perity will balance the sense o(i well-being caused by widespread employment and plentiful circula- | tion of money. Warning is given that there will be events about this time of the month that cause fear and anxiety. Men who head big| corporations will be apprehensive in | the contemplation of the vast and increasing expenditures caused by | defense preparations and probable participation in the world conflict. | However, the planetary aspects for Great Britain and the United | States are fairly fortunate. g NATIONAL ISSUES: Certain as- | trologers warn that our support of Russia in the World War will in- crease the number of Communists in the United States. The stars are read as presaging dangers from | within for the United States when peace finally is achieved. Clear thinking and careful study of dem- ocratic principles are recommend- ed. Increase of power centralization that bestows dictatorial authority upon the President will be the ex- cuse for misrepresentations regard- mg the future. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:!| Peace overtures by ecclesiastical reaches the earth. Mid-westerners this summer have at times expressed the belief that we're still stop- ping too many of Old Sol's rays. China’s rice crop is expected to be larger this year than in 1940. We hope the Chinese didn't plant extra acreage in anticipation of feeding U. S. troops this winter. Next day White House word went | Dropping their differences for the Washingfon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) Missouri Valley Authority; and Gov- ernor Culbert Olson of California, advocate of a Central Valley Auth- ority in his state. This group has nothing against Ickes personally, readily concedes he is an able and public-minded execu- tive. But they contend he will not be Secretary of Interior forever; also that each section should have a voice in the management of its project and that is possible only through separate Authorities. 3. Third contestant is Leland Olds, Chairman of the Federal Pow- er Commission, who has aroused the ire of Ickes, Norris and other public- power champions with a defense power-pool plan which they think plays directly into the hands of utility interests. Olds has been a public-power supporter, but his crit- ics charge that he is sacrificing public interests in an ambitious ef- fort to make himself the big-shot of the power picture. PDR ALL OVER THE MAP In this tangle the President has been on -all sides, sometimes all at the same time. The fight started a week after the election last November, when Roose- velt asked young Ellis and Governor Olson to prepare bills for their pro- posed Arkansas Valley and Central Valley Authorities. They summoned David Lilienthal, ace TVA director, to assist them in the drafting. Two days before the new Con- gress convened in January, when Ellis panned to introduce his Ar- kansas measure, Ickes went to the or the Securities and Exchange President and protested setting up Commission, or other members of an independent Authority, Ickes in- the Natlonal Power Policy. Commit- sisted that administrative control of tee, submitted a plan making the | the vast project be put in his hands. | utilities top-dog in the set-up. to Ellis to hold up his bill while a compromise was worked out with Ickes. Ellis agreed to make the ef- fort, but it got nowhere. Norris, who carries great influence in the Senate on power issues, insisted on an inde- pendent Arkansas Authority. So did Senator Bone of Washington and the others. Still striving to please both sides, Roosevelt then suggested a plan. He would name an Administrator for all the projects, who would report to him through Ickes. The formula was rejected on the ground that in practice it would mean Ickes would be the real boss. OLDS MAKES HIS BID Finally, after a luncheon confer- ence with Ickes, the President took another tack and wrote a letter o Senator Bone urging that his Co- lumbia Valley project be put under Ickes. Bonneville and Grand Coulee already are under the Interior De- partment and the President sug- gested it would simplify enactment of legislation if Ickes was given control in the new set-up. If the letter was intended as a peace move, it had an exactly op- posite effect. Bone hit the ceiling. Ickes' management of Bonneville and Grand Coulee is not popular in the Pacific Northwest. Bone shot back a flat rejection of Roosevelt's proposal and announced his inten- tion to proceed immediately with a bill for an independent Authority. It was in the midst of this melee that Chairman Olds of the Power | trol. Instructed by the President to draft a nationwide power-pool to meet the serious electricity shortage, Olds, without consulting Ickes, ol the Rural Electrification Authority, | | Commission made his bid for con- | moment, Ickes, REA, TVA, Norris, and the others turned their guns on Olds. The raking which this ambitious New Yorker got is one he will long remember. ROOSEVELT CHANGES ATTITUDE The shooting is still not over. But apprised by Ickes of Olds’ scheme, Roosevelt has ordered Olds to make important modifications in the pro- posed grid system; also hereafter to work in connectjon with the REA, SEC and Power Policy Committee. Howeve?, Olds still harbors a yen to make himself defense power czar, and there may be; more eruptions on this score. Meanwhile, whether because of irritation at this attempted man- euver or because of the long delay in the four big projects, the Presi- dent is giving indications that he will line up with the independent Authority group. Just before de- parting on his sea cruise he told Congressman Ellis to go ahead with his Arkansas Valley Authority bill. ‘The Authority group considers this development highly significant, be- cause it followed on the heels of a talk Ickes had with the :President. Inside word is that at this confer- ence Roosevelt told his tenaclous Secretary of Interior it was “no dice,” and that he had finally de- cided against the Secretary’s demand for control of the four power proj- ects. AMBASSADOR’S PRESS RELATIONS When Lord Halifax became For- eign Secretary three years ago, he picked a man named Charles Peake to be head of his news department. And when Halifax was appointed close to'the handles the Ambassador’s mall, pu ncenpéemmmdprumuom, mamuun. heads and by massed influences. of the churches will be advocated with desperate earnestness but the stars seem to warn that the time for any sort of negotiations passed | midsummer. Bitter conflict is pres- aged for many months, although this is a time when it should be possible to foresee the final defeat of Hitler, Unity of purpose and clear understanding of American responsibilities in the war are fore- cast. Persons whose birthdate have the augury of a year of piness, but waming is given that friendships due to war associations or. contacts should be avoided. Children born on this day ably will be independent, generous it is and difficult to direct. (Copyright, 1941) When the’ Hess story broke, fax was in Kansas City. Peake was| with him. The Ambassador's dress was already prepared and tributed, but Peake urged that he include some reference to the Hess incident. Halifax wrote a tail twist- er for the end of his speech, and the audience ate it up. The best way to know Peake is to hear him talk: “The Ambassador has a tremendous correspondence. We answer everything; that is, almost everything. When they're clearly balmly, we don’t bother. “You chaps of the press have been awfully good. In fact, that goes for the wholé country. This may sound terribly trite, but I've never seen anything like your American hos- pitality. Nothing is too much lrouble. It amazes me! “This makes it difficult to form an opinion about isolation. It is just the kindness of your hearts, or does it mean ? But, look here, it would be highly’ imprudent of me ;:) try to pontificate about isolation~ m. “All I can say is, they were, 80 cordial to the Ambassador during ‘his trip that it was actually exhaust- ing.” (Copyright, 1941, by United Featiig, Syndicate, Inc.) e——— Buuemo w the Empire—the paper il TGN | fulnes pleasures fatigue them.”- | MODERN ETIQUETTE * popgrra LEm country and their transfer to camps | < and aspiring. They should be rarely ! * gifted and may be temperamental | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, ‘AUG. 18 20 YEARS AGO TH y AUGUST 18, 1921 1941. from E EMPIRE Cfficials of the Pacific Airways Company announced that they would | attempt a one- day non-tsop mgm from Seattle to Juneau. The Douglas Island Woman’s Club discussed plans for a picnic the following week. It was announced that Lissette Riges, small daughter of former Gov. and Mrs, Riggs, was recovering from a serious illness. Campfire Girls of Juneau and Douglas returned to town after a two- idn,\' outing near the grounds of the Juneau Shotgun and Rifle Club. Mrs. C. E. Rice Was making a quick recovery from an operation at the Dawes Hospital. Charles Otteson, for Funter Bay. Weather: High, 55; low, 52; rain. President of the Alaska Dano Mines Company, left O e e e e - - - Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon “It is OF no use to argue OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Reconnoiter. first E as in END, O as in ON, OI as in TOIL, second E as in HER, accent lon thira syllable. B e s 3 WORDS OYTLN MISUSED: Do not say, * the matter.’ ‘It is no use to nx'gu(’ about about the matter.” Pronounce rek-o-noi-ter, OFTEN MISSPELLED: Splendent; ENT, not ANT. SYNONYMS: Curse, imprecation, malediction, oath, WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” by mastering one word each day. Today's word: stabilization or Government agree- !SATIETY, state of being satisfied, A as in ASK, first I as in ICE, E as in increase our vocabula Let us SET, second I as in IT, accent second syllable. “Some are cursed with the Q >o>0> of satiety; Colton. and how can they bear the ills of life, when its very —————— e Is it proper for a girl to rise when she is being introduced to a young man? No; she should remain seated. Should one comment on another person’s loss or gain in weight? No. Perhaps this person is sensitive o 3 Is it all right to use the phrase, It would be preferable to say, about it. desire to purchase”? 1 should like to buy.” LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON 1 et B e - s S S 1 2 3 4. 5. What is the tallest building in the wo; Who was the “Poet of the Piano”? What is the capital of Tennessee? Who was Praxiteles? Who dies many times before his ANSWERS: Empire State Building, New York City, Chopin. o, Nashville. Ancient Greek sculptor. A Coward. eath? rld? 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