The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 8, 1941, Page 4

: : Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening exeept sunaay by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD Wntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Becond Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | Jelivered by carrler in Juneau and Dourlas for §1.25 per month. | By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: | One year, in advance. $12.00; six months, in advanoe, 3 one month, in advance, $1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly motify | the Business Office of any failure or ifregularity in the de- | wvery of their papers. l President | = = Vice-President and Business Manager Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OFASSOCIATED PRESS | The Associgted Press i exclusively entitled to use for | republication of all news dispatthes credited to it or other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | oérein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LAROER | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Representa- | Mves, with offices in_San Prancisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. | SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Prank J. Dunaing, 1011 American Bank Bullding. ALLIES IN THE DANGER ZONE | Certainly, because the Philippines are by way ! of being a protectorate of ours, and are not due | to be granted complete independence: until 1946, we may have every reason to expect that our foreign policles will be the foreign policies adopted by the | tection, the Philippines would be in a dangerous po- | sition, and probably much more of an imperialistic temptation to Nippon war lords than they are with Uncle Sam's arms around them. Nevertheless, it was gratifying last month to hear Manuel L. Quezon, the President of Philippine Commonwealth, announce the unity of purpose -be- tween his people and the United States, in no un- certain terms. Quezon's talk was made on the 63rd birthday of the founding of the Philippine Commonwealth. It was delivered in Manilla, addressed directly to our Vice-President Henry Wallace and the people of this country. After President Quezon, who is respected in this country as a wise elder statesman of the Filipinos, had concluded his remarks, Vice-President Wallace replied with a speech of greeting, even ending by displaying his Latin talents and murmuring pleasan- tries in Spanish into a microphone. Carried by short-wave radio, the Quezon address was broadeast in this country, and the Wallace talk was heard by Filipinos with radios. Quezon was nothing if not straight-forward in his expression of the place where the Filipinos stand in the present world conflict. Here is what he had to say: “I welcome the opportunity of a few words to the people of the United States and to restate the stand of the Filipino people in this grave national emergency. We owe loy- alty to America and we are bound to her by bonds of everlasting gratitude. “Should the United States enter the war, the Philippines would follow her and fight by her side, placing at her disposal all our man-power and material resources to help her in achieving victory, for the cause for which America would fight is our own cause. “The United States seeks to defend the principles which we cherish and without which we could not live as a free nation. | { | Filipinos. | And certainly, without the security of our pro- | She is striving to preserve liberty and de- mocracy and individual freedem and these are things for which we, too, would strive and die. The United States is struggling to pre- vent the domination of the world by dicta- tors and we, too, would strive and die against such masters, “The United States wants to uphold the rule of right and justice in international re- lations and safeguard the independence of small nations to free them from the fear of aggression and subjugation by militant powers, and we, too, would strive and die to save our country from such threats and perils. So, if the United States decides to enter this war, it will be our war as much as the war of the United States and her de- cision will be our own decision. In such event she will find all the people of my country, to thé last man, on her side fight- ing under her banner and praying to Al- mighty God for the victory of her arms. “Our stake in this war is more than the continued existence of democracy and indi- vidual freedom in the world. It is more than the maintenance of a free economy and free commercial intercourse among nations and unregulated social life. Our stake in this war is our own future independence and the assurance that that independence will endure. We are endeavoring to the full measure of our resources to hasten the exe- eution of our national defense program. *The United States Government, I am happy to say, is also doing everything to strengthen the military defenses of our country. “I trust that very soon it will be possible for the Government of the onited States to send us more planes and more guns and ammuni- tion to increase our power of resistance against invasion. - “We only need more equipment and more supplies for we have abundant man power. We have strong, intelligent young men who are eager to join the ranks for our defense and for all the principles which President Roosevelt has proclaimed to the world. “In conclusion, I wish to assure the peo- ple of America that we are with the United States in life and in death.” Greenwich in Wartime (New York Times) South of the Thames lies the metropolitan bor- ough of London whose name has become syonony- mous with the precise measurement of time and space. Greenwich Time is the standard traditionally used by astronomers of all nations, Longitude, all around the globe, is measured as so many degrees east or west of Greenwich. The zero meridian, even | on the maps of Nazi mapmakers, runs through that | pioneering observing point, the Royal Observatory, built at Greenwich for the advancement of naviga- tion and nautical astronomy in 1675. When the zero hour of war came to the zero meridian it was not at first certain that the scien- tific observations maintained continuously at Green- wich for more than two centuries and a half would necessarily suffer. There were even some sugges- tions that the blackout would be a benefit to as- tronomy—the city lights of London long had hin- dered the night observation of the stars. But the great German bombings that began a year ago put an end to all star-gazing at Green- wich. The annual report of The Astronomer Royal for the year ended April 30, just published, tells | a sad story of the dismantling of precious optical apparatus and the carting away of lenses and mirrors to places of safety. Type and plates for a number of the observatory's technical publications were de- stroyed by fire. Work has continued, however, in meteorological studies and in the visual and photographic observa- tion of the sun. Measurement of the solar parallax has been extended by another decimal place—a char- acteristic accomplishment of an observatory that has always prided itself on the utmost in precision. And in conformity with the original purpose of a station set up by a seafaring power, the observatory has kept on, from twice-removed headquarters, with its rating of chronometers and watches for the Royal Navy. Thus, though war has intruded on much of its work, Greenwich has not been prevent- ed from doing its part in the prosecution of Britain's armed effort. Washington Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) auto, cement, leather, varnish and paper factories, as well as practically the whole of the former French dye industry. This is now incorporated in what the secret report calls the “Fernco-German Union.” All the plants are working day and night producing goods for Germany. This is true also of other occupied industrial centers, according to Lhcl French bank managers’ reports. In Nantes, the heavy-goods industries are gperating at record levels. | NOTE: The secret document also | confirms the reports of growing un- rest among the French populace and fury at Vichy, which is being blamed for the Nazi looting of supplies which the French themselves can't | even buy with ration cards. A SWELL GUY | One of the first things William H. Harrison, plain-talking, hard-work- ing A. T. and T. Vice-President, did when he succeeded John Biggers as OPM production chief was to sum- mon a group of steel makers for some blunt talk about expansion plans. One of those attending the conference was short hard-boiled Tom Girdler, anti-union boss of Re- public Steel Company The meeting lasted hours and no | words were minced. The steel men | spoke up and so did Harrison. At | times the air was blue. But when it was all over, Girdler walked up to| Harrison, extended his hand and | said, | “Bill, T want to say t You are | the nicest tough *I “t and| %*1'** I have ever met. | NO RAIL STRIKE The overwhelming strike vote of the railroad workers came as no sur- prise to President Roosevelt. A week before the count was an- nounced he was tipped off about jt‘ by George Harrison, brainy Broth- erhood chief, who called at the White House to present their case in the wage dispute with the carriers. Harrison assured the President that the unions stood ready to accept the award of the fact-finding board he will appoint to hear both sides. This means there will be no strike, | for under the mandatory “cooling ' off” period of the Railway Labor Act there can be no work stoppage for 30 days before or after a fact-find- ing board is named. Harrison told the President that railway labor “had no alternative but to call a strike,” but felt that the President should be advised be- forehand of the Brotherhood's in- tention in view of the seriousness of the times. “The revenues of all the big roads have shot up tremendously in the past year,” Harrison declared, “yet they have refused to grant our wage increase proposals in the face of the fact that railroad workmen are get- ting anywhere from 30 to 100 per cent less than the wage levels of corresponding crafts in other indus- | tries.” The President listened quietly to the bill of grievances and then asked if he could depend on railway labor to cooperate with the government to the extent of accepting the set- tlement terms proposed by a fact- finding board. He pointed out that a tieup in transportation would be a crushing blow to the anti-Axis pro- | gram. “You can depend on the railroad unions to cooperate 100 per cent with you, Mr. President,” Harrison replied emphatically. JLLITERATE DRAFTEES One of the uncomfortable facts disclosed by the selective service sys- tem is that thousands of young men in this great country of educational opportunity -are unaple to pass a |simple test of reading and writing. In a recent two-months period, May 15 to July 15, a total of 91,919 draftees were “excused” on account of illiteracy. Of these, 37217 were white, and 54,702 were Negro. The Souinern States have the heaviest percentages of illiteracy. In Louisiana, 48 per cent of the whites and 23.7 of the Negroes were rejected in this score. In Georgia and Florida, the percentage was only slightly less. Other States of high illiteracy are Virginia, Mississippi and North Carolina. Partly to offer the benefts of education, partly to increase the number of men fit for military service, WPA is setting up a project to teach reading and writing to the rejectees. CAPITAL CHAFF Under Secretary of State Welles has gone off for a much needed holi- day in Maine. Mrs. Welles says the holiday will last a month; Mr. Welles says two weeks. Question Which will win? . . . Ned Laughing- house and Frank Vicovari, two Am- ericans wounded during the shelling of the Zamzam, were taken aboard a German warshlp for treatment. When the State Department asked for a report on the two men, the reply was that the warship was still under way, and no report was yet avallable. . . . Texas's new Senator W. Lee O'Daniel is still talking by radio to the folks back home. In Washington, he makes each week a transcription of a half-hour radio talk, orders 14 records and mails them to the Texas radio stations. . . . Departing from nautical terms, Admiral Emory 8. Land, Chairman of the Maritime Commission, quip- ped, “Horse sense is stable thinking.” . Lt.-General Ben Lear, able commander of the Second Army, loses no opportunity to keep his of- ficers abreast of world developments. When Richard C. Hottelet, crack foreign correspondent who was ex- pelled by the Nazis, was assigned to cover the Second Armys’ man- euvers, Lear invited Hottelet to give the officers a talk on European conditions. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) — .- — ‘The Daliy Alaska Expire has ti largest pald cir¢ation of any A aska newspaper, ES HAPPY BIRTHDAY § | s s e s s e SEPTEMBER 8 [ Mary Tubbs | J. B. Burford, Jr. | Mrs, R. H. Williams | Joseph J. Stocker | Clayton Evanson | Mrs. R. D. Strickland | Agnes T. Sayre { Henry T. Fuller Capt. George Baggen — % | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” | | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 . | | Mingled good and ill are fore-| | shadowed for today which may| | bring sensational war news. It is |a day to watch and wait. » i | HEART AND HOME: Women are | | well directed while this configura-| ;lmn prevails. They should confime | |themselves to routine duties and; interests. It is an unpropitious date | |for starting anything. Change will |be apparent in the atmosph.cr%all! should put their houses in order 503 [that they may be ready for )m?‘ ! portant public service. This ls@ o | |a date for seeking positions of An? | isort, but amusements and hospital] -1 ties should be successful, . g % BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Laliofje: |lations in war industries will be/ | more harmonious than in the sum- | mer. Manufacturers will prove their | | ability to perform miracles in prov| duction of ships and airplanes. Sex| cret opposition to Government poli |cies and criticism of capitalists will| prove troublesome in the future. This is a date fortunate for pub- licity. Advertisers are to adopt dare ing methods. The press and radio will profit through mercantile en- terprises, but political discussions | should be curbed. While there,may ' |be no Government censorship; pa-| triotic motives will cause supprefl-! sion of news interesting to the| enemy. NATIONAL ISSUES: Astrologers emphasize the statement that, our! future independence is- - clopely | bound to™ the future indepeéndénce of all our sister republics. South| American allegiance, which has been anchored by trade with Eu- rope, will be largely transferred to us before many weeks have passed, although fifth column agenciés have gained many supporters, Un- der Cancer, the sign of universal motherhood, are the United States, | Canada and Argentina with Peru | on the Cancer-Leo cusp. This is! read as most encouraging. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS;| | While the British Empire is sorely | pressed from all points of the com- | pass Gandhi is preparing a coup for the early part of 1942. Starting | quietly within a few months there may be a growing benefit for In- dia’s millions and real aid for the democracies. Peace and security will be taught as wearly millions fight against Nazi Tyranny. There are signs that Hitler's power has reached its greatest height. 8 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of suc- cess and advancement. Men in the | public service will benefit. ik Children born on this day mdi- i | { ) sive, but rarely talented. Success" foretold if they are wisely educat- ed and carefully trained. g (Copyright, 1941) 4 Palmerno Is Bombed ROME, Sept. 8.—Waves of Brite ish planes bombed Palmerno last night killing at least 16 civiliank and injuring 25. The Italian High Command. says only minor property damage was done by the raiders. Ly N ] OFFICE OF INDIA! i AFFAIRS TEACHERS PASSING THROUGH Teachers for the Office of Im- dian Affairs are continuing to pass through Juneau on their way %o schools in the Interior. These schools do not have definite open- ing dates, depending on the dif- ferent activities of the regions in which they are located for scheol reriods. i On the Aleutian through here gone to this evening?” Omit TO. ’Koyukuk, who are on leave. ably will be emotional and i i ~4‘HE EMPIRE - e e o 0 - > o SEPTEMBER 8, 1921 Mrs. R. E. Robertson was elected Vice-President of the Juneau Par- ent-Teachers’ Association. Mrs. Iva Tilden was elected a member of the Executive Board At a meeting of the Juneau Commercial Association, plans were launched for an annual fair in Juneau. President Allen Shattuck was authorized to appoint a committee of three to work on details. The cruiser Cordelia D., captained by Trevor Davis, arrived in Juneau after a three weeks’ cruise with a party of California people. The Ladies’ Altar Society was to meet the mext day in the Parish Hostess was to be Mrs. J. M. Giovanetti Hall The richest gold strike since Cleary Creek d was reported in the Livengood district near Fairbanks. Prospectors were flooding in to claim the coarse gold. Weather: High, 64; low, 47; clear. e e - - S S S Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon - —- - " - - - - s WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Where have the children OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pistachio. Ironounce pis-ta-shi-o, both T's as in ILL, A as in AH, O as in NO, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Laboratory; not labratory. SYNONYMS: Indifference, detachment, aloofness. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us | inérease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: COMPOSURE; calmness; repose. “The calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.”—Dr. I. Watts - - - e | MODERN ETIQUETTE * poperra LEE Lo St Q. When in a movie and one secs a friend who is seated a few rows ahead, is it all right to call out t6 him? A. No; if you wish to attract hi speak to him. Q. Is it in good taste to apply rouge and powder in public? A. No; these things should always be attended to in pri Q. When not being used, where should the spoon be laid? A. Upon the saucer. Do not leave it in the cup, bowl or fruit dish unless there is no plate underneath attention, go down the aisle and ate, e . e - - - | PO LOOK and LEARN ¥ & corpox When telling time on shipboard, how many bells constitute a day from midnight to midnight? Which state has the sma What was Mr What is the simplest For what is a marlinspike used? ANSWERS: 48 bells. Delaware, with three. “Something to turn up,” Dickens. 4. An ameoba. 5. To separate strands of rope, splice. liest number of counties, and how many? Micawber always waiting for? animal? 1y 2. 3. from “David Copperfield,” by Charles ‘ SATKO ARK FLOATED Other teachers are coming 5 2 through on ‘the Mount McKinley | The Ark of Juneau, in which 'the and the Yukon, and a number of |Paul fs:l‘tyznf:::n:evgaIE.;zel:rsn:g; S re E J r'e came p students ‘are aleo travelng 80 5 Coinet the wishes of the s e | marine inspectors, is again afloat. Southbound on the Columbia arc |he Satko boat foundered and sank Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rusch and |t the bottom recently at Amlaga going to the school at Diomede. Landing. Conference at Cliveden yesterday are Mr. and Mrs tor E. Hill and their son from Ok~ lahoma, going to Pinute near Holy Cross. This is their first year Mfm this region. Also on the! Aleutian are Mr. ( rd-Shaw, celel o Mfis. Lady Nal . ~Parlianient: Vies{ | Irish playwrfzht and humorist, chats ‘Astor, American-born member of the - durine a two-week visit at her Cliveden home, Directory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Bl agren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 468 Worshipful Master; LEIVERS, Secretary. 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, JAMES W. Juneau’s Own Store — iy "Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 8—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. — e e ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry ana Opthaimology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Helene W. Albrech! PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 778 Valentine Bullding—Room 7 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR H Qeward Street Near Thira I R TR JAMES C. COOPER | C.P.A. Business Counselor OOOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B: Burford & Co. Doorstep 1Is Worr Satistied Customers” oo | DR. H. VANCE | OSTROPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 13; 1 to 6; P RCA Victor Radios — “The Rexall Store” | Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Post Office Substation NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska™ “The Stere for Men” SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP —a f Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET —_— and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shaliufigency CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices swer WHITE rowec TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET 7 0 8,00 by appoinment. a-&‘.!‘..,_ u Hotel Annex Bouth Franklin St. Phone 177 Archie B. Beils PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ! Audlts Taxes i Systems Bookkeeping ! Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 e ek FOR BEAUTY'S SAKE SIGRID’S PHONE 318 USED “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors Peppermint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Caramel Pecan, Black Walnut, Raspberry Ripple, New York, Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla— at the GUY SMITH DRUG A H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man® HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING CARS See Us Today for Models Many Kinds and Types to Choose From! CONNORS MOTOR CO. 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