The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empiré Published every evening except Sunday by the IRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Min Streets, Juneau, Alaska. - - - - - President Vice-President and Business Manager Watered in the Post Office in Juneau as Becond Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RAT) { Jelivered ty carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage pai the following rates: six months, in advance, $6.00; One vear, in advance, $12.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a tavor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the wvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The A‘ml,m Press is exclusively entitled u uu use for republication of all news dispatthes credited to not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the lml n"l published berein. KA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Representa- Mves, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, | Bea ttle, Chicago, New Yerk and Boston. ATIVE ~ Prank J. Dunaing, 1011 BEATTLE REPRESENT! American Bank Building. OFFICERS WITHOUT DESKS Customs officials believe they may have saved some of the South American countries from the Hit- ler formulae of “scare 'em, then blitz 'em,” recently, when they sized a print of the German propaganda film, “Victory in the West,” which a Nazi bundist was attempting to smuggle in to the Latin American continent Of course, they can't be sure that other prints of the same film have not slipped past the inspec- tion service and are being shown to private audiences of citizens through Brazil and Argentina. After watching the film at a private showing in Washington, D. C., newsmen have declared it a masterful photographic job, designed to impress our neighbors to the south with the power of the Ger- man war machine. It is like the earlier Nazi strip of celluloid propaganda, which pictured the Polish campaign and was aptly entitled “Baptism by Fire.” That was the film which Danish officials were shown to scare them into accepting Nazi demands for occupation of Denmark. Particularly impressive, the newsmen reported, were pictures of the German army engineers at work, @ clue to the reasons why the mighty rivers of western Europe, and now Russia, have been of little consequence in halting the advance of the Nazi scourge. The picture is a documentary film of the in- vasion of the Low Countries. Dramatic scenes show the advance of troops, with units of engineers swim- ming rivers, crossing them in rubber hoats and build- ing bridges, all the while under enemy shell fire. At the end of one of these tense scenes, the voice of the German commentator explains: “The men were led, not by officers using telephones and written orders, but by officers who lay beside their troops in the same dirt.” ‘When the last scenes in the picture had flick- ered from the screen, the news hawks and U. S. army officers who had watched the showing stood around and talked in awed voices. Said one officer, who has studied German military methods at some length: “The Germans were led by trained war- riors, not one of whom ever had a clerk or a desk.” Reports from Washington meso days tell of a quiet movement, being led by General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army, to purge the army of the officers who are having difficulty trying to get along without desks to cock their feet on, stenographers to dictate to, clerks to keep the files straight, yes, and even caddies to carry their golf bags. We hear, further, that a measure is pending itself” of officérs, yotmg whd ‘0ld,*wHdse ‘records " bear testimony of their incompetence. The bill is drawn up and may soon be introduced in either the House or Senate, but it is understood strong prejudice against the measure exists in some circles. A Lack of Courage (The Cincinnati Enquirer) The administration has given to Congress an elaborate plan for the control of prices—the work of Leon Henderson and his colleagues in the Office of Price Administration. Assuming that price control in some form is necessary and will be undertaken, the administration’s plan is a sensible one, so far as it goes. It does not attempt price fixing, but would set upper limits to prevent the spiraling of prices of key' commodities. Nevertheless, there is a fatal flaw in the plan as it stands today. It applies to prices generally, ex- cepting those of farm products, and wages, "It is nothing short of absurd to hope for success in pre-| venting inflation if a price-control’ mechanism leaves | all agricultural prices to soar, and sets no upper limit on wage levels. Britain's experience confirms the extraordinary difficulty of any price-control plan; vet the administration’s project is far inferior to Britain's because of these notorious omissions. Without a ceiling on wages, an upper limit on the products of labor becomes a mockery. And agri- cultural products, which figure so vitally in the cost of living, will include price inflation in all lines if they are not checked along ,with other prices. Now it happens that farm prices and wages are being protected by two powerful lobbies, representing farmers and organized industrial workers, The only conceivable reason for failure to include them in a price-control plan is the fear of political reprisals from the farm and labor lobbles. This indicates a shocking lack of courage on the part of the admin- istration and its adherents in Congress. We have been told, and properly, that this is a national emergency of the gravest sort, in which every individual and group must be prepared to make sacrifices, Yet the government itself is set- ting a shameful example of discrimination and poli- tical cowardice in offering a price-control scheme | destined to fail miserably because it is compromised | at the outset by a lopsidedness stemming from the fear of two strong lobbies. We shall not prevent inflation by any price- control plan so utterly inadequate. Neither shall we achieve a true national unity in a time of fearful crisis by pandering to farmers and workers merely because they are numerous, well organized, and sin- gularly short-sighted. ! V—for Vulgarity (The Philadelphia Record) The New Yorker magazine ‘in a recent issue warned that Britaln’s “V for victory” campaign was in danger of being vulgarized in this country. We heartily agree—especially after reading an| advertisement of a New York jewelry firm. It is now possible to get a pin containing the Morse symbol for V (three dots and a dash) set in ruby, diamond and sapphire dots and dashes for $85. | If all-diamond dots and dashes are wanted, the pin | costs $200. If somebody wants to buy a $200 pin, all right; | if somebody wants to give $200 to British relief or | to the United Service« Organisations, fine. ~Bug to spend $200 on a pin that pretends’ sympathy with the conquered nations of Europe, and does nothing about helping them, is vulgar display. It means something to use the V symbol in con- quered Europe; if youre caught, it may mean the firing squad or a concentration camp. Let’s not make a fad of a symbol that has blood | on it. The average farmer of today is 10 times as ef- ficient as the farmer of 1787, says Henry Wallace. But he still hasn't learned any new way of starting | a balky mule. If the non-interventionists have anything to say | about the occupation of Iceland about all they can do is to tell it to the marines. Hitler could save himself a great deal of trouble if he only knew our language better. He would have known, for instance, that in English “peace” has always been a synonym for “victory.” The Japs have a devil of a time understanding western manners. It never occurred to them as being anything but smart to bite the hand that has which would make it possible for the army to rid Welles. Washingfon Merry- partment the Orient. been feeding them. In previous sessions Ad-|mayor of Boston, heard there was a miral Nomura and the State De- had discussed plans for g cooperative program in vacancy on the Maritime Commis- sion and immediately trotted out his son for the job. His son happens to be the brother-in-law of ex-Ambas- i various | | for whatever pertains to the fam- benefit through domestic tasks. In- | be serious. Hospitals will be aided | merce may cause anxiety. | extreme ~ defense expenditurés’ and | drastic measures for sustaining the | | Allies. The people will be nrou.sed Go-Round (Continued trom Page One) The main. concession which the United States demanded was that Japan renounce the declaration of last April, made in Berlin by For- eign Minister Matsuoka and Hitler, which firmly sealed Japan into the Axis. In return Japan demanded that the United States stop shipping war materials to China. Japan wanted definite guarantees to this effect. Such guarantees, of course, meant that the United States would com- pletly abondon its program of aid- {ing the democracies, and leave in the lurch the one democracy which a uniformed chauffeur, the flunkies | has pattled longer and more per- run out and unroll a long red carpet | sistently even than Great Britain— so that Cam won't have to put his | China. The Administration was not feet on the pavement. Then his| qujte prepared to do this. chauffeur jumps out and opens the | * The negotiations broke down, how- door. | ever, not so much on this point but _“And then, my friends, when Cam | gyer doubt whether Admiral Nomura sits down to supper, do you Know | reqlly was able to deliver for the what he eats? He eats ka-vee-ar! | mjjitary clique which now runs the Yes, sir, ka-vee-ar. And do you know | government in Tokyo. Also Secre- what ka-vee-ar is? 1It's fish eggs, | tary Hull became ill about that time my {riends, fish eggs! .| and left Washington for two months. That speech cost Cam Morrison | Gonyersations were resumed later his cherished Senate seat. But Witk | and continued until very recently. the news of Bob Reynolds' engage- | Byt in the interim the Japanese ment to an heiress, Morrison is all | cabinet had become more militar- smiles. “Prom now one,” he chuckles, | istic than in May and June; so in “even I can lick him.” | these later conversations, the State S Department coupled a very stiff | U. S. WARNS. JAPAN - | warning with the olive branch. lnl The stiff warning Under Secretary [oCl, the warning was probably em- of State Welles gave the Japanese phas)zed more than the olive branch. Ambassador, that the U. 8. A. was | ready to fight if necessary, Cflmei CAPITAL CHAFF 2 only after a long and patient scries | Joe Carr of Tennessee is a good of conferences extending back to last | bet to be next national president of May. | the Young Democrats . Supreme | The most important of these was Court Justice Bill Dougln now va- | a confidential session in the White L!!loning in the West, pays tribute | House of the President himself, Jap- | to Judge Jimmy Alired of Texas as | anese Ambassador Admiral Nomura, | an expert fisherman and boon com-~ Secretary Hull, and Under Secretary | panion . . . John F. Fitzgerald, ex- ing Mrs. Morrison’s wealth, Reynolds launched into a colorful description of the “lavish” life his opponent led in Washington. He told how Senator Morrison resided in “one of those great swanky hotels,” surrounded by luxury and pomp and an army of flunkies. ‘Then Reynolds hit his climax: “And when he drives to this pal- atial hotel in a long slinky car with sador Joe Kennedy Once when Ken- nedy was chairman of the Maritime Commission (where he made a great record) brother-in-law Fitzgerald decided he wanted a job on the commission. Joe met him at the Union Station, ¢rove him around Washington for an hour in a taxi, then put him on a train back to Bos- ton. That was as near as he got to the job. PRESSURE JOB The 203-to-202 House vote on the draft extension bill was not surpris- ing in view of the terrific last min- ute pressure against it. Not since the days of the fake utility telegrams attacking the Hold- ing Company Act has Congress seen anything like it. Who financed this campaign is still a secret which only a congressional investigation can un- earth. But the affair had all the earmarks of a carefully organized operation costing plenty of money. Here are some of the measures used to put the heat on congress- men: Representative Clare Hoffman, Michigan Republican who has | fought most defense measures, sent a mimeographed letter to all his col- | leagues captioned: “November 3, '42, Will Soon Be Here.” The letter warned that unless they voted against the bill “yeur political hide, which is very near and dear to you, will be tanning on the barn door.” In the middle of the afternoon, when the House was voting on iso- lationist amendments aimed at scut- tling the 18 months’ extension, o | senger boys delivéred to every g gressional office a long clipping | the letter column of a Washin HAPPY BIRTHDAY'" Uy b avgusT 19 Norman Wood Mrs. C. 'W. Wright Virgil 0. Mount Paul Johnson Gilbert Moi Marjorie Ann Thompson Josephine Soule M. Agatha Graves Warren Geddes Carl Weidman [ e | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” R — e e ) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 Benefic aspects rule today which | should be fortunate to the,Navy | and aviation. Labor is well direct- ed. Women are subjected to ener: | gizing influences. HEART AND HOME: This is a fortunate planetary . Government | | ily. Better understanding of indi- | vidual peculiarities and youthful | ambitions is indicated. Women will | terior decoration as well as home- building will occupy many, for the United States is to be the country most developed in housing within the next decade as it becomes'each year the haven for countless refu- | | from 20 YEARS AGO 7%% mmpire e e s e s s e e s AUGUST 19, 1921 Mrs. Norman B. Cook was visiting at Windham Bay where Mr. ‘ka was installing an hydroelectric plant. They were entertained by Mrs. D. W. Yates. The Juneau Florists’ gardens on the Glacier Highway had over 500 T varieties of flowers blooming. ‘The Chilkat Packing Company, of which Henry Roden was Presi- | dent; reported a good pack of red salmon despite a poor run of fish. A thousand cases were pscked the week before. Juneau taxpayers almost unanimously favored the construction of a Cnplwl Building acdording to ballots, said Mayor R. E Robertson. | BE./. Grover Bergdoll, escaped United States draft evader, was reported to be in Switzerland. | . Great Britain was having much trouble over the Irish question. low, 51; Weather: High, 56; rain. O e e s e e e e e s s e e s e e e e e e a. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon e B - -t o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It was him who told me about the show.” Say, “It was HE who told me about the show.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Caffeine. Pronounce kaf-e-in, A as in ADD, E as in ME unstressed, I as in ILL, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cession (a yielding). Session (a sitting). SYNONYMS: Impetuous, eager, precipitate, headlong. 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: DEBACLE; a violent disruption; rout. “When his plans miscarried, the resulting debacle eliminated the politician from the race for office.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * pogrra LEE Q ance, is it permissible to refuse? If a girl does not wish to dance with someone of her acquaint- A. Yes, polite exc Q a meal? if she has some good reason, but she must make some and not dance with anyone else during that dance. Is it permissible to use a handkerchief while at the table during gees, Girls may expect the culmin- ation of summer flirtations in many | marriage engagements. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: American | cities will prepare for growth of commercial interests as prosperity | continues. Stringent Government control of money is to prove stimu- | lating to. business, instead of hav-| ing the reverse influence. Fear-pro- ducing events are foretold for . this | date or near it, but effects will:not | | | by appropriations. Owing ' to 'the positiod of Venus in square "o Saturn in Leo, restrictions in coth- | 04 | NATIONAL ISSUES: Events of the month will change minority public opinion which has oppostd fullest aid to Britain. There is sign presaging a rising tide of na- tional sentiment which is mcu:,e‘ warlike and determined. Congrgjs will give firm support to the most to perils menacing the Western Hemisphere, Discussion of policies affecting trade and industry will be widespread as newspapers and | the radio supply sensational news. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRE; Because Stalin put little faith 'in Nazi covenants effort to strengthén the mmtary might of Russia was made at great: cost and man T was counted on to balance strength of mechanized troops. The stars presaged Russian-reverseg and warned of fith column work which | would undermine Communistic loy- alty. Through many ‘tribulations a new nationalism is to be developed outside of political * dictation,. 7 a true patriotism is to evolve after terrible upheavals, it is foretold. Persons whose birthdate' it is| have the augury of a year of av- erage good fortune. Many exciting events are indicated. Happiness and financial good luck are forecast. ably will be brilliant in possibilities of mental development, but they may be individual and too much inclined toward sentiment. (Copyright, 1941) by Frank J. Murphy, president of the National Parents of Selectees, Inc. During the same afternoon, several congressmen reported to be wavering on the bill received long distance calls from constituents in their dis- tricts, demanding that they vote with the isolationists and thregten- ing political reprisal. Delegations_of several thousand: women from New York and other eastern: cities ' tried . to. storm the House with clamors that the bill be kmed ‘stunt alone must have cost at least $25,000. NOTE;. Hero of the Admintstu- tion side was Representative. Pat Boland, Pa., Democratic Whip, who worked furiously for the bill ‘dspite the toughest kind of pressure npm certain religious elements. ASH (Copyright, 1941, by United Fanpre Syndicate, Inc.) W 600D lOOKER 1 NEWARK, Aug. 1. €| cination against smailpox will be land 4 P. M. A. |avoid it. Q. What is the most essential thing for a man to appear well- dressed? A. No tailor can make a man appear well-dressed if he is not well- groomed. See that the hair, skin and hands are well-cared for, shoes polished, linen immaculate, and the suit well-pressed. It may be used if absolutely necessary; but if possible, try to e e e e e e e 4+ - - S 6 LOOK and LEARNA C. GORDON -, et ——— ] 1. What State was the first to license motor vehicles? 2. How many sounds are there in the English languaz2? 3. Which is the most famous bird in America? 4. At what age should the body weight of the average person be the greatest? 5. What organization has the motto: " ANSWERS: 1. New York State, in 1901, collected $954 for auto licenses. 2. Forty-four. 3. The bald tagle, chosen as the emblem of the United States be- cause of the majesty of its flight through the skies. 4. Between 30 and 40 years. 5. The U. S. Post Office Department. HEALTH CENTER TO HOLD IMMUNZATION, VACCINATION CLINIC The monthly clinic for immun- ization against dinhtheria und vac- “Certainty, Security, Celerity”? to give children the maxir.um pro- tection against diphtheria, a child should receive three injections of toxoid four wecks apart. It is advisanle for parents to have their infants vaccinoted be- iween the ages of six morths and one year. This should be repeated at least one before the chiix enters school. Many of Switzerland’s best ho- tels have been taken over for miii- tary purposes. — e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS One of 50 Fume Victims held at the Juneau Public Health! Center, 108 Territorial Builcing, to- morrow between the hours of 2 Parents are again urged to avail themselves of this service. In order Directory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr ngren 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 DIETETICS—REDUCING JSoap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. —— — Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9-—Valentine PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, e ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthatmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground e e — Helene W. Albrecht PRYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 778 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin Sts. 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