The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1941, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 12, 1941.1 7| Daily Alaska Empire | Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE COMPANY My iy EMPIRE e e e 8 e SEPTEMBER 12, 1921 \ M. L. Merritt, member of the Forest Service, who had been on a tour of inspection in Western Alaska, returned to his home on the Admiral Watson. Profeniounl' ? Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel (The New York Times) | There has been complaint, and some of it very Second and Masin Btreets, Junesu, Alaska. | specific complaint such as that of Senator Byrd,| - - - = - President | concerning deficiencies in our defense production.| e nm{Unquvsuonubl,\' there are points at which it has| tntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | |agged, due to a variety of causes, among which are belivered by um.r’.‘Z":’.'.’.'.'.'f'.'.?a"n'.‘.fi.u “for §1.25 per month. | insufficient concentration of planning authority, de- L B g el gy .?%L‘L'{%:’".fi'.‘;:fi oo, $0.00; | 14VS in material delivery, component bottlenecks and | |labor stoppages. A very large measure of the delay | |of which there has been complain is, however, due to the inevitable period of “make ready,” which cannot be avoided when fresh industries are to be | TED PRESS | started or existing industries transformed for work | The Associgted Press if exclusively entitled to the use for st cot'all news diaatthes credited to it or ot other |On an unprecedented scale to 'Which they are not wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | 3ccustomed, 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. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger m,l)m agren Building PHONE 56 One year, tn advance, $12 sne month, in advance, $1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor {f they will promptly motify be Business Office of any failure or irregularity in ths de- wery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF; ASSOCIA’ Miss Irene Gray, an Eastern star, was coming to the Coliseum Theatre the next day for a vaudeville engagement of several weeks. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Western Alaska had an excellent red salmon packing year it was reported from the Kodiak Packing Company. { i Juneau’s Qwn Store ALASEA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Prank J. Dunaing, 1011, Ameritan Bank Building. 1 SAFE AND SANE BOATING With steamboat inspection advanced to the stage where the Federal Inspectors can point to a record | of not one passenger’s life lost in Alaska shipping in the past 15 years, the Bureau of Marine Inspec- tion and Navigation is buckling down to solving the safety problems of yacht and small boat operation. Certainly, the owrers of small craft and pleasure boats shouldn’'t object to this ‘inquiry. Records | show there have been tén times as many accidents | on pleasure craft in recent years as on inspected | vessels. Under a revised motorboat act, passed last year, three new safety requirements pertaining to small boats are made mandatory. Namely, they are (1) flame arresters, (2) ventilation of bilges, and (3) the | examination and licensing of operators of motorboats | carrying passengers for hire. It may be a significant thing that two of these three new major requirements have to do with the gasoline used as fuel in the boats. Marine inspectors stationed in Juneau will testify that the big major- | ity of serious accidents on small boats is directly | to be blamed to the petrol, without which'the craft couldn't operate, but which constitutes an ever- present danger unless handled sanely and carefully. | These old boat men, who have held many a‘, post-mortem examination of fires aboard small craft have a healthy respect for the danger of gasoline. One thing which often strikes them, the inspectors report, is that often the accidents which should have been avoided are the result of careless operation on the part of spme old nd around boats, who should I%v'z kno betm‘:* ¥ o Ao 3 {'y. > So often, they observe, tie landlubber with his first boat is caution itself, so far as the care with| which he handles the gasoline supply is concerned. | Then, as they get used to handling the fuel, the boat operators are prone to let down on their pre- | In Detroit and other cities of 'the mator-car em- | pire the newly created giant of mass production as applied to materials of defense begins to wake. His has not been the sleep of idlenesg but rather a period in which new forces, drawn from the seasoned ima- gination, from the proved skills' 6f our industry have been gathered and assorted and ‘coordinated in a way to astonish the beholder., Sfrength has been |drawn from every torner of the ldnd. Where were farms and waste commons last harvest time are now mammoth buildings, so enormous as to seem almost unreal. Within them, in orderly arrangement, new tools created for new fabrication and old tools adapt- ed to new and more grim uses are cutting and form- ing and machining weapons heretofore fashioned by the slow method of fit and file. Today these weap- ons are beginning-to roll from' assembly lines in an ever-increasing volume. This month the Chrysler Corporation lifted a corner of the curtain on its share—a $400,000,000 share—of the industrial giant’s function, It revealed M-3 tanks, weighing more than 30 tons, growing be- fore astonished eyes on three assembly lines after the same fashion that a little passenger sedan moves from bare frame to chassis rolling under its own power. It showed military vehicless and trucks com- ing off more familiar assembly }ines by the thousand to perform, thanks to the application of multi-wheel drive, feats of cross-country performance which would have spelled disaster to any vehicle in the last World War. It showed assembly of the Bofors anti-aircraft gun in which the application of mass precision methods allows intricate parts to go to- gether in seconds rather than hours of older prac- tices. And it revealed the same sort of quantity pro- duction thinking which before long will be shucking out nose and center sections for the Martin B-26 bombers with their 11,500 parts on a true quantity basis. And this is but one part of one industry’s con- tribution to the production of the materials for de- fense. Similar things are happening at the aircraft engine plant of the Ford Motor Company at Dear- born. Early this month General Motors will reveal some of its manifold defense activities, ranging from tiny control mechanisms to guns, propellers and en- gines for craft of the air and the sea; a miscellany calling for some $900,000,000 in contracts. Packard, | Studebaker, Hudson, Willys and the whole roll of the automobile industry, each on its part, makes progress toward the same goal. The industrial giant 1has been drawing deeply on the unparalleled techni- cal skills of America. Now he has begun to move. | Barring some unforeseen check, his will be an out- pouring of power the like of which the world here- tofore has not even dreamed. , ¢ "Eriend? @Apiswer'in English), (The Philadelphia Record) The Puerto Rican Bar Association recently issued a report on the court-martial of a marine private who was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting of a laborer while guarding a Navy housing project SEPTEMBER 12 (Inadvertently given as Septem- ber 11.) Mrs, Carl Erickson Edith Lavold Mrs. E. 8. Ellett Evert Martinson Daniel W. Pederson Birthdays falling on September 11 were as follows: Velma Bloom Mrs. Eva Darnell Elizabeth Terhune Minona Monroe Mrs. Al Forsythe — % HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13- Adverse planetary aspects dbh— inate today which may be es] ally unfavorable for organized la- bor. The stars stimulate trade that is well established. 5 HEART AND HOME: While is a day fortunate for begn"w household tasks, routine matters may be subject to interferences’ stars favor the head of the f ily, who may be exacting and | tical under this configudation,” comes should increase under sway which is much more fort: for wage-earners than for employers. Thrift which has so long preached by the should now be practiced methodis cally, even though the usual bug- get has been enlarged. - BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Retaki shops should profit handsomely. stars seem to presage higher ¥ for clothing and furs, also legt goods, but buying will be ous. The idea that the future uncertain will inspire the wish enjoy what is luxurious or extray gant. Jewelers and other merchal will sell costly articles ap for in young men who enter ‘the A or Navy. The autumn will bring many buyers to New York and Chi- cago and the western states. NATIONAL ISSUES: Tolerane2 is preached by the seers. Race pre- | laundering and returning. charges in San Francisco. well as mine.” mine.” as in SAY, U as in UP unstressed, I under age). OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Patronize. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Miner (one who works in mines). J. M. Tanner, retiring United States Marshal, and George V. Beau- mont, just entering the office, were guests of honor at a dinner given by Chief of Police T. E. E, Keegan. Fatty Arbuckle, Hollywood comédian, was being held on murder George A. Parks was to artiye on the Alameda from the Westward, where he had been on a tour of ifispection. Weather: High, 67; low, 45; partly cloudy. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon ‘WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “His pen will do equally as Say, “will do equally well,; or, “will do as well as Pronounce pa-trun-iz, A as in SIGHT, accent first syllable. Minor (one SYNONYMS: Frugal, thrifty, chary, sparing, economical. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: OPPROBRIUM; the disgrace that follows shameful conduct. Let us “A man finds it difficult to escape the opprobrium attached to his indiscre- tions.” MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra rEE Q. proper thing to do? A. It is a courtesy to launder mail note of thanks. plate? unless you are sure of this. 1 debates over the slave question? If a friend leaves a handkerchief at one’s home, what is the the handkerchief and return it by The guest, however, should feel most apologetic for having for- gotten the handkerchief and causing the hostess the trouble of handling, The return of the handkerchief requires a Q. When the meal is finished, how should one lay the fork on the With the prongs pointing downwards. What does a social letter of introduction imply? . It implies that in the opinion of the writer the two persons H introduced will enjoy knowing each other. Do not write such a letter LOOK and LEARN ’,’4{ C. GORDON . -t S 4 e+ e g Who was Abraham Lincoln’s opponent in a famous series of 2. Where is the largest bay in the world? 3. Who is the composer of “The Flight of the Bumble Bee”? 4. What is the name of the first woman in the United States to be Dr. A. W. 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You'll Find Feod Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP e FINE Watch and Jeweiry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET — RCA Vicior Radios and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 —— INSURANCE Shaflufigency cautions, until some day this laxness leads them to payroll. a member of the President’s Cabinet? OCOOPER BUILDING serious consequences, and often leaves them with | no boat, or even with lives lost and serious burns inflicted as the result of a fire or explosion. | “Vigilence, eternal vigilence,” is not only !he: price of Democracy but the guarantee of safety on | a gas boat. A researcher reports that according to tradition* the kitchen' is the only place in the house where mistletoe should be hung and only there does it} give the liberty of kissing. We blush to think how many girls have been taken advantage of, so w‘ The report suggests that an insular or federal court could have returned a different verdict, and suggests further that sentries on duty in Puerto Rico should be Spanish-speaking. - We don’t know whether a native court would have; convicted the marine. - But' we do know that putting a sentry on duty where he will come into contget with the native population without being ! able to speak the'mative languagé is an open invita- tion to trouble. 2 s Spanish is not one of the rarer languages. If the marines can’'t find Spanish-speaking sentries it should not be difficult to find interpreters among speak, illegally. native forces who can act as sentries. We don't believe our relations with “our own The land area of Russia is greater than that of Puerto Rico and Latin-American countries will be the entire North American continent. just figured he'd practice on Russia. speak English. Maybe Adolf improved if more men get shot because they can't Washinglon plenty of fire behind this smoke. It is not generally known, but the new Board 1s armed to the teeth with authority both to ferret out and to commandeer these hid- den stores. l Burried unnoticed in the ex- panded draft-industry law passed | by Congress last May, is the signi- ficant language: “The President shall be entitled to obtain suchl information from, require such -re'i ports by, and make such inspection of premises of, any person, firm or corporation as may be necessary or appropriate, in his discretion, to the enforcement or administrgtjon of the provisions of this Section.” Coupled with the greatly enlarged powers to seize property, this clause gives the President sweeping ,con- trol over all raw materials In pri- vate possenssion. This authority he delegated in toto to Wallace's new Board. Known only to defense insiders,. also, is the fact that a nationwide checkup on hoarded material al- ready is underway. Inventory questionaires went out to 65,000 firms, requiring them to make sworn statements on their holdings of 16 basic metals, The Census Bureau is handling the job of tabulating these reports; and from the information so far collected it is apparent that there is plenty of hoarding. Wallage's, Board has three Bourses open to it in cracking down omy speculators and hoaxders: (| (1) It can seizé the excess stocks! piles at a government-fixed price; (2) it" can deprive the companies of raw materials until they have exhausted their hoardings; (3) it can require them to use their res- erves wholly for defense and essen- tial civilian goods. . 2 NOTE: For military reasons, res- ults of the Wallace Board sutvey are closely guarded, but certain in- dustries are due for drastic cuts-in their priority grants. Their returns show that they were allowed to ob- tain quantities of materials far beyond the amount of defense they are now producing. CAPITAL STAFF The State Department is plan- ning to hire Lawrence Cramer, Ickes fired as Governor of the Virgin Islands, to head its new bureau in,charge of the Caribbean Islands. Yet the State Department wants this new bureau to cooperate with Ickes regarding U. S. islands in the Caribbean . . .. Dave Niles has been requested to toften Ickes for the Cramer appointment . . . . Just before the Nazi submarine attack on the U. 8. Destroyer Greer, three U. 8. tankers had proceeded to Iceland where they transhipped oil to British tankers, which then proceeded to England . . . . This cut the usual ocean haul for the British by about one-third. And of course the U. 8. tankers had U. S. pro- tection as far as Iceland . . . . Des- pite the howls of General Maxwell, Budget Director Harold Smith has shaved the budget of Maxwell's Ex- port Control office from $3,000,000 to $1,000000. This is the office which passes life or death sentehces on the right of Latin American countries to obtain vital materials here. SQUIRREL DIPLOMACY Tall, curly haired Australian,Min- ister Richard G., Cas;:y,“ be:auyim cate situar §{récent.1ixp tp Oakla-| p! jolved in a rather tion during homa—but, lomat that he is, he WA oftfl Y. TN R The situation had to do with squirrel meat. Casey went to Oaklahoma to ad- dress the State American ‘Legion .| convention at Muskogee, and while there was invited to a squirrel and spare-rib barbecue at a nearby country club. All went well umtil ,a platter of the main course was 'placed before him. Suddenly the Australian Minister lost his appe- tite. “What'’s the trouble, Mr. Min-| ister?” inquired Representative Jack Nichols. “Aren’t you hungry?” “Oh, yes,” replied Casey, nibbling at a spare-rib. “But you see this squirrel meat is new to me. We don’t have any squirrels in Aus- tralia.” ¢ “Go ahead and try some,” some- one urged. “You'll like it. Squirrel is'a great delicacy in this country.” But Casey still hesitated. Then, flashing his handsomest smile, he explained: o “You see, my little.girl, who 12 and my boy, who is 9, became, quite. attached. to them in Washing- ton parks. In fact, my baoy.is so fond of stjilrrels thaf’ he put: on my hoher’ndt to‘eat*ahy-sqair- rels when 'T*left f 2 That’s neat gHplo £ AMERICA FIRST FUNDS ‘The America First Committee has steadfastly refused to divulge any information about its source of funds ‘or size of contributions. But as a result. of the recent special congressional election in the First Wisconsin District, the Wisconsin branch of the America Committee may be forced to open its books. State Attorney General John . E. {Martin has announced his intention file an of- nditures-in he ' A * it organh.atlo’; thok a very active part in the cami- m in!behalf of Lawrence H. e i judices and war phobias should We| eliminated among the people of the United States. Suspicions regarding foreigners should not be voiced. The Government employs counter spies who are efficient. It is wise, however, to avoid membership in pseudo-patriotic organizations which may be traps for the’ unwary. But| in a period of supreme emergency there should be good fellowship which ignores differences in ante- cedents as well as in points of view. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Mexico is to become a good neigh- bor under the sway of President Avila Camacho. With our Saturn in her Sun, Mercury and Moon, there is reason for differences be- tween us and Mexico, but the out- look for full cooperation with the United States is promising. There may, however, be internal troubles in Mexico, for revolutionary forces are likely to flare up now and then, Nazi influences are likely to lose their hold as defense of South America becomes daily more ac- ceptable to the people. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of varied experiences. Health should be guarded. Unexpected good fortune will materialize for many. Children born on this day prob- ably will reach success, but there, may be delays and disappointments on the way. (Copyright, 1941) — didate who ran on an isolationist platform, and Wisconsin law ‘rTe- quires all organizations participat- ing in political campaigns to file detailed expense accounts. Martin Seward 'Stowaway’ 5. How much does an average full-grown ostrich weigh? ANSWERS: Stephen A. Douglas. Bay of Bengal, on the Indian Ocean. Rimsky-Korsakov. Frances Perkins. 300 pounds. 1 2. 3. 4. 5. lieving it was not backed up by any cash in the bank. Held in jail here, Young yester- day wired the National Bank of Commerce in Seattle for money, Can Refurn Home Robert F. Young, the Seward man who unintentionally sailed on the Baranof to Juneau, without benefit of baggage, was released from Federal Jail here today and is at liberty to return to his home at the Westward. Young was partying with steer- last week when the ship left Sew- ard, southbound. When he : discov- ered he was on his way to Juneau, he claims he attempted to write 2 check for his passage but the pur- ser on tht ship refused it be- now holds this over the America First Committee. Whether it will ubmit. a report remains to be seen, [So far the Committee has been very secretive about its finances. DUTCH vs. NAZIS .. Diplomatic dispatches indicate that popular unrest is rampant not only in France but in the low countries as well. W In the Dutch town of Haarlam, & Dutch Nazi leader named Anton Mussert rose to deliver an address inaugurating a Dutch Nazi district building. As soon as he opened his mouth, hundreds of bicycle bells began to ring in chorus, % This sabotage was kept up until police cleared the unruly elements away from the building. When in the audience except the & master of Haarlam and Nazi ficials. 4 { (Copyright, 1941, by United ture- Syndicate;. Inc.) < Was done, there was no oné lel ) age passengers aboard the Baranof| and today the money was wired back to him, proving the purser was wrong .and - Young's story about having an account in the Seaftle bank was quite true. A charge of disorderly conduct against Young was dismissed here this afternoon. i NOTICR AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. 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