The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 27, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Published every eveningexoept b EMPIRE PRINTING COMP. Second and Msin Streets, June: HELEN TROY BENDER - e e R. L. BERNARD - Vice-President Empire ‘ of the Territory. unday by the ANY au, Alaska. and Business ‘tmtered o the Post Office in Juneau as SUBSH Second Class Matter, CRIPTION RATES: delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month, S¢If @ momentary disappointment to Alaskans. By mall, postage paid, at the following ri i One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, i advince, $1.25. - completely Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify very of their pavers. Telephanes: News Office, ; Business Office, 374. had seen several MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED Robert Schoettler, manager of the Baranof Hotel, to visit Frank McPherson, superintendent of ‘the Prestdent Taku Polaris gold mine, and to Taku Lodge, for Manager 5 tete-a-tete with Mary Joyce and company. It was at Taku lodge that Hunter proved him- failed to marvel prowess of Mukluk, Mary Joyce's Guernsey cow. He the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- CXPlained that in his broadcasts by sayings that he He took a plane trip, along with He over the fish eating cows in Norway eat sardines. On the controversial subject of the International The Associgted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for HigBhway to Alaska, Hunter gave his radio audiences republication of wise credited in this paper and also the oerein. all news dispatthes credited to it or Bot other- local news published ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. TO BE LARGER battle between JUNEALU Chicago, the recent series of broadcasts on Alaska, may have been and Juneau in particular, disappointment. with offices in San Prancisco, Los TRUE COLORS les, Portland, Dunning, 1011 both sides of the story in the best approved prac- tice of a good, unbiased reporter, In reviewing the the Legislature and Gov. Ernest Gruening, Hunter told the radio listeners what the GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Representa- Governor had to say at breakfast and quoted what o some Alaskans had said to him about the Governor. He gave his audience credit for enough good sense and justice to form their own opinions. Best of all, ed citizens. He faro tables. | A little more , Tosi, manager World's Fair, in parkas, strap six- probably, he found Juneau a city of beautiful homes, gardens full of flowers, modern shops and business houses and well-dressed, educat- made no attempt to dress up in guns on our hips or drape us over “Bella Vista” (The New York Times) than a week ago the Tribuna, pub- lished in Italy, printed an interview with Armando of the TItalian which Restaurant at the Signor Tosi charged that panicky fears entertained here over the fifth column menace had resulted in “bestial treatment” of Italian nationals detained in the United. States. They had been rounded up and jailed with “thieves and rob- To some thousands of radio fans who listen in bers,” Signor Tosi said, charging that several hundred on the broadcasts of Todd Hunter, news analyst for I the camp at Fort Missouls, Mont., were watched the Columbia Broadcasting System from WBBM, OVer by policemen, the “majority of whom were Jews."” a vast toward this coun Such balderdash may have been dished out to the Tribuna's readers to increase their ' animosity try. There is nothing that can be But to Alaskans, it was a refreshing surprise t0 done about that, for in Mussolini’s corporative state find their country reported as it is and not as some the press publishes only what the Government thinks would-be adventurer wishes to picture it. it is good for the people to know. Cabled back and Hunter spent about a week in Juneau during published here, as this one was in The Times of June. to the Windy City, and early in July he started a On most Americans. He flew here from Chicago, then flew back August 6, such stories make little if any impression Among the Italian community, series of broadcasts on his trip. He called the series however, tales of mistreatment might, if unanswered, Alaska, 34 hours from Chicago, who heard the broadcasts or who have read the transcript of the series, which he sent here, were really pleased at the friendly, accurate report he made of the things he saw and heard and did while in the Territory. Hunter proved himself far ri typical imaginative publicist, who the outside for a brief trip, then states with tales of volcanic valleys or fake movies of polar bears in Taku River. As ably gave his listeners a more convincing story of Alaska as they would find it, because he resisted any temptation to feed them with When he was here, Hunter took a lot of good natured kidding because of his contention that he was north on “a vacation.” In his reaffirmed his Juneau declarations on a vacation but he admitted that he had come from the outside seeking information. And information he got. Into ed - interviews with most of the and city officials here and some gab-fests with Ju- He had breakfast with the ‘Governor, gathered some general facts on the Nation- al Defense program in Alaska and the tremendous neau newspapermen. and Juneau folks CAuse misgivings. | Tosi’s statement emoved from the gjjis Island are comes here from goes back to the |criminals there. a result, he prob- | made-up thrills. broadeasts, Hunter that he was here seen. Vista.” a week he crowd- federal, territorial Realizing this, Il Progresso, the Italian language newspaper published in this city, sent reporters to interview 50 Italians being held at Ellis Island and to investigate the conditions at Fort Missoula. was to be expected, the survey showed that Signor As | was baseless. Those detained at persons who entered the United | States illegally and who are being held pending de- {termination of their legal status. Thele are no At Fort Missoula, where 993 Italian seamen and | World’s Fair employees who overstayed and cannot be deported under war conditions, are detained, Il Progresso’s reported found neither criminals nor a | | prison atmosphere, but 10,000 acres of land with “all the characteriatics of a summer resort.” handful of immigration officials patrol the camp, he said, and there were no machine guns to be So beautiful is the setting, he reported, that the Italians themselves have named the camp “Bella Only a| The articles now appearing in II Progresso pro- vide an excellent example of the way in which a newspaper can perform a service to its readers by refuting the fanciful facts gathered by competent reporters. is to be congratulated on its enterprise. tales of propagandists with 11 Progresso Washingfon Merry- Go-Round (Continued trom Page One) tial secrets which not even the Foreign Minister knew about,” he | explained. “I could not sell them.” OLD WOMEN OF VICHY Later Sumner Welles, who holds | the position in our State Depart- | ment corresponding to Leger’s po- sition in the French Forreign Of-| fice, got him a job as Oriental lit- erary expert in the Library of Con- gress (Leger is a specialist in Jap- anese and Chinese). Seo now he gets $50 a week, has a room in the home of ex-Ambassador Robert Woods Bliss in return for giving an hour a day to Chinese research for the Harvard group which Mr. Bliss has endowed, walks three miles to work and says he never, felt better. Naturally, a man of Leger's in- side background and friendship for the United States was consulted hy the State Department regarding conditions in France. And longago he advised that Marshal Weygand and Marshal Petain were not to be trusted when it came to rela- tions with Germany. “They are like women growing old who don't know it,” Leger warned. “They are as vain as pea- cocks. Their whole prestige is tied up in the defeat of Britain. They prophesied her defeat, and now they have to help her be defeated.” What he referred to was the prediction by Weygand in May, 1940, that England could not hold out more than two or three weeks. It was on this recommendation that France sued for an armistice. Also Leger referred to the fact that Petain had been a British- hater ever since the World War, when he had proposed a retreat from Verdun in March, 1918, leav- ing the British army high and dry. Marshal Foch, however, intervened. WORLD WAR WOUNDS General Joffre, describing the incident in his book, says: “Petain had gone so far as to declare to at once for the retreat.” Field Marshal Montgomery-Mas- singberd reported: “Petain wanted the entire French army to retire to a position covering Paris, leav- ing us to face the German on- slaught alone, and allowing the Germans to separate the British and French armies. I have never heard a senior general told off in public as was Petain by Foch on that occasion.” Leger warned the State Depart- ment that Petain never had for- given the British for cooperating with Foch and Clemenceau atthat time. And it was then, March, 1918, that the British finally yielded to the French plea for a unified com- mand—provided only that Petain was removed and Foch made Allied commander. This, Leger cautioned, still smouldered in Petain's heart, made h%n determined to throw the weight of France against the Brit- ish. Meanwhile the State Department was getting reports from its Counselor of Embassy, Robert Mur- phy. Despite Petain's prejudices, it was hoped that Weygand might be wooed into the British-American orbit, And to that end Murphy had been transferred to Algiers for the special purpose of nursing Weygand, trying to bring his still powerful African ‘army into the democratic camp. MURPHY VS. LEGER Murphy’s reports were optimistic. He said he went to mass with the aged Field Marshal almost daily, they were intimate friends. But every report sent by Murphy was countered by Leger. Weygand, he warned, was twist- ing Murphy around his finger. Mur- phy, when in Paris, had been as anti-Communist as the French Roy- alists. Murphy’s prejudices were identical with Weygand'’s. Meanwhile Murphy recommended shiploads of food, gasoline and oil for Weygand. Also he recommend- ed tobacco. The tobacco crop had failed in North Africa, and the Arabs must have tobacco. Leger, in turn, recommended just the opposite. It was true, he said, that tobacco was essential to keep | the Arabs in line. But if they| didn't get it, they would blame it | on Vichy and Weygand. And Arab | Casteinau over the telephone that they could not hold out for a week unrest was the best way to weaken | Nazi prospects in North Africaand racies. In fact, gold lying idle at Ft. Knox would work wonders wit Arab leaders in weaning them away from Vichy. It was a difficult decision for the State Department. The United States has always been a humani- tarian country, so instead of per- mitting a little native unrest in North Africa, the State Depart- ment chose the humanitarian role and played into Vichy’s hands. It followed Murphy’s advice, sent to- bacco, food, oil, gasoline. The Brit- ish objected strenuously to letting French ships leave American wa- ters and in one case seized a French oil tanker. GASOLENE FOR HITLER The State Department, after ar- guing for one whole month with the British, finally had its way. The gasoline and oil is now in North Africa, arrived there just in time for use by the Axis. For now there can be no doubt that the hard-headed M. Leger was right and the charming Bob Murphy wrong. Vichy is complete- ly in the Axis. The French fleet is to be used by Germany to oust the British from the Mediterranean. French naval bases in North Afri- ca will bé at the disposal of Hit- ler. Dakar will be a Nazi base aimed against South America. Finally, the powerful army of General Weygand, instead of tip- ping the scales in favor of Brit- ain, now is sure to be used to help Italy against the British. For the all-important thing to remember about Weygand's troops is that they are native—Algerian, Senegal- | ese, Moroccan. White French troop. would be different. But natives care | not whether they fight agains¢ the British or the Germans—as long| as they are clothed, paid and fed. Perhaps if they had had no to- bacco, or if a little Ft. Knox gold had been used among their chief- tains, the story might be different. (Copyright, 1941, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) ————— BETWEEN THE EYES LONDON, Aug. 27. — A Spitfire pilot stopped a bullet squarely be- iween the eyes but other than being dazed he was all right. It hit the bridge-piece of his flylng and that it was important to plau strengthen the hand of the democ- ~goggles. place air transportation is taking in the development (| hart landed here from the Shrimp Capital late yesterday with P. O. Knutsen and left this morning ‘on a return trip, He will return to Jtm~ eau this evenings > HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUGUST 27 Zalmain Gross Verna Mae Gruber Gloria White | Mrs. Don Gallagher Mrs. J. A. Safoulis Heather Hollmann Ole Westby Eunice Anderson Dora M. Poole F. D. Delaney HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” K — e & THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 | Neptune is in benefic aspect to- | day which should be fortunate for| the Navy and commerce. Under this | configuration foresight and intui-| tion may be trusted. 4 HEART AND HOME: Women may be extremely sensitive ‘to' ad-| verse planetary influences fiodsyi when planning for the future| brings to them a sense of uricer-| tainty. Positive attitures of minhd | must be sought and physical dc- tivity must become a habit. It is important, the seers cmphasize] to ! live each day hopefully. Thefe are | - sunshine of peace will bring great! in the new order of things women" and opportunity. This is a day for preparation for the autumn in which home will be a much sought haven, BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Trade and commerce continue under stimu- lating planetary influences. The Government will profit through the wise counsel of men of experience and foresight. War exigencies will teach lessons of supreme value jn agriculture and merchandising. Col- onizing on a novel plan is for told for next spring. Refugees will contribute to the success of arts| and manufacturing. The power that is to center in the United States will be foreshadowed in the @ys tumn, | 2 well as espionage. Times out ‘of ter.” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27, 1941, 120 YEARS AGO £ surrns Alaska’s salmon pack for the season was 2,300,000 cases, little more than half of the preceding year’s pack. Among the guests at a birthday. party for Sarah Walker were Cor- rinne and Buddie Jenne, Carol and Duncan Robertson, Jean Faulkner, jBeatrlce and Ben Mullen, and Annabel Simpson, Miss Dorothy Troy left Seattle for New York, where she was to take special school work. | Mrs. Livingstone Wernecke and her daughter Claire returned on the Estebeth from Skagway after a trip in the Interior. Gov. and Mrs. Scott C. Bone planned a reception during the following week, the first since the Governor took office. AUGUST 217, 1921 ‘Weather: High, 50; low, 52; rain. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I hope he received my let- HOPE means to entertain desire with expectation of obtaining what is desired. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Miniature Pronounce min-i-a-tur, both T's as in IT, A as in ASK unstressed, U as in UNITE, accent first syllable, and not min-i-chur. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Luminescence; observe the SCENCE. l Daily Lessons in English %% 1. corpon Say, “I TRUST he received my letter.” SYNONYMS: Attachment, affection, love. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.’ increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: INALIENABLE; incapable of being surrendered or transferred. . | these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they | are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.”—DECLARA- TION OF INDEPENDENCE. MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra LEE Q. When does a man tip his hat while walking with a woman? A. He tips is hat to any acquaintance, male or female, to whom inspiring promises in the stars. The either he or she might speak. Q. What is wrong with these two introductions: glory to a blood-washed world and | meet Mr. Lee;” and (b) “Mr. Lee, Miss Stone”? In this instance, the word “meet” is the jarring note. are to attain equality of SUCCESS | §s much better to say, “Miss Stone, may I present Mr. Lee?” (b) Always mention the name of the woman first, so as to present the man to the * | woman. Q. What difference is there between an European and an American | plan hotel A. The European plan has fixed rates for room only, meals optional, while the American plan furnishes room and meals at a fixed rate. LOOK and LEARN e e et e e ol A. Bitosee = 5. (@) Which is the most ancient form of gambling? What is the latitude and longitude of the North Pole? In what country are there the most red-haired people? Which is the oldest breed of dog? Which was the closest presidential election in United States history, in which the successful candidate was elected by a majority of NATIONAL ISSUES: Subversiyeone vote? agencies will be discovered in many | ANSWERS: cities where naturalization has be-| 1. Dice. come a shield to foreign-born spies. 2. Latitude, 90 degrees north; all degrees of longitude pass through it. Registration and finger-printing of 3. Scotland. every citizen will be ndvoca'.gd as 4, The greyhound. a means of controlling crime 5. In 1876, when Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Samuel Tilden. by A. C. GORDON Let us “We hold (a) “Miss Stone, It Jjoint will cause extension of Gov- ernment control in civil as well as military life. Curtailment of Am-| erican liberty will be opposed by | persons who have little knowledge of the real perils which must be; overcome. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:| France will be the focus of atten- tion at the end of this month when leaders of the nation's;divid- ed people will cause new apprehen-| sions and uncertainties regarding the colonial possessions of the fall- en democracy. Africa will be the lo-| cation of varied difficulties which will cause apprehension in Eng- land. In more than one subjected country discussion of restoring, a monarchy will take place, but the | stars seem to presage little chance | for aspiring heirs to fallen thrones. | The prophecy of the rise of a “King | of the World” has been made, put astrologers forecast the vanishing ! of all dreams of world empire. The | United States is to become the | greatest power of all. < Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of ay-| erage good fortune and unusual ex- periences. Military promotions. are indicated for certain of these Virgo natives. g Children born on this da§ i | ably will be gifted in literatdré or| the arts. They will reach success,' if they are wisely disciplined, -for they are likely to be impulsive and even erratic. (Copyright, 1941) - e Rum Runners LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 27. — If threc men hadn't dashed out of & house and into the woods without " apparent reasen, a large. moen- shine still might not have been discovered. Olin I. Chiles, state beverage supervisor, said he and an assis- tant were riding past a farm when they noticed the hasty exodus. The still was in full operation, —— . RHINEHART ARRIVES Petersburg pilot Jimmy Rhine- p ————— Subscribe tor The Empire. .| Russians acknowledged that Leningrad (1) was in “dréad danger.” German troops claimed capture of Novgorod, Kingisepp, Vuoksen- ranta and Raisala, near Leningrad. Around Gomel (2), Hitler’s High Command claimed the “crushing defeat” and partial destruction of about 375,000 troops. 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