The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 24, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR_ Duily Alaska Empire blished evary evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. nd ai ¥ MON President Vice-President and Business Manager the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Junean and Douglas for $1.25 per month. age paid, at th lowing rates 2.00 ths, in advance, $6.00; ed in livered by carrier er a favor if they will promptly notify res { any feilure or irregularity in the de- the Business Office \vers of their pa ones: News Office, 602 Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ation of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- dited in his paper and also the local news published ALABEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER HAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ESENTATIVES 1011 tie, Wash NATIONA - Alaska Newspapers, erican Bu THEY T\l K OF PEACE a happy community in which to live. rxe*d some of the girlg in. thg next eounty. The rmd between the two countfes was improved and kept open all winter and a fellow Jjust across the county line put up a mill with which he could grind the !grain of the farmers in our county much cheaper than any of the smaller local millers could do the job. Pretty soon people from the two communities | were visiting back and forth on Sundays and the| county feud was reduced to a muddy battle once a year when the two high school football teams met. And we believe that in some measure, this war is just another case of international fence lines which have been too close and have to be pushed back. With our planes, radio and chain industries which have Branches in every country, we suddenly find ourselves close to foreigners we do not under- stand, and who do not understand us. acquainted, and the world community is enlarged beyond boundary lines, points of difference will vanish We only know this: A world community must be founded on democratic principles if it is to be A world com- munity dominated by the hate, distrust and feudal jron hand of Nazism would lead only to more blood- shed, revolt and destruction, If the peace is to be written, on the right side of the ledger. let it be written OFF to a Bad Start (Philadelphia Record) Reports from Washington say President Roose- velt has approved creation of a mnew Government agency, called the Office of Facts and Figures, Or, “OFF.” When we get THL DAILY ALASKA MIRL—JUNEAU ALASKA ( [ ['son Tmon T vue [ wep Trwur T emi T sat | \ 1(2 4 | | | I | Pirthday OCTOBER 24 I Mrs. Hilding Haglund | Mrs. T. M. Reed | Conrad Kirkebo | | Mrs. Ely J. Post : | | | | Mrs. H. T. Hamilton | Edgar Garrett ! Frank T. Anderson %roscop’e “The stars incline bt do not compel” SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Conflicting planetary influences | are active today. The morning is| |under a benefic aspect, but later | there is a configuration of evil | portent affecting labor. | | | | | i | S OCTOBER 24, 1921 The Federal Grand Jury was excused by Judge T. M. Reed until | November 28, returning a secret indictment before it recessed. Alaska’s share in the National Forest receipts amounted to $20,658.89 according to the District Forester’s office. Mrs. D. H. Christoe of Douglas entertained at bridge, and Mrs. P. R. iBmdley won first prize. J. J. Hillard, Deputy Collector of Customs at Eagle, arrived here on | the Princess Alice to aid in the preparation of the annual report of the Collector of Customs. William Paul, Wrangell attorney, arrived in Juneau on the steamer Spokane. Dean Charles E. Rice, of Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, left on the Spokane for a trip to Skagway. The steamer Alameda grounded near the wharf at Seward, but was refloated on the next high tide with no damage. Weather: High, 45; low, 42; cloudy e ! Daily Lessons in English % | Y glish w. L. GORDON S SUSUSSS Y WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Please give this matter your soonest attention.” attention.” Say, “Please give this matter your EARLIEST OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Lien. Preferred pronunciation is le-en, Yesterday’s news columns were full of hints of | Its purpose will not be to issue propaganda, but | . a world peace which it was Inferred can be ar-|to correlate the information now being put out by| HEART AND HOME: Loyalty in first T as in ME, second E as in END unstressed, Tvglot;syllnlfl(?s . ranged if the United States will but join with Great | various Government press departments. {words as well as deeds should be| OF;rEN MISSPELLED: Cite (to summon). Sight (vision). Site Britain and France in talking terms For example, it will try to prevent one depart- | impressed upon every member m‘lsllual lon) . ; i ; ;i The peace talk yesterday came from two quar- |ment, which does not have all the facts about the the family. College students may| SYNONYMS: Melanchdly, sadness, dejection, gloom. i ters. John Cudahy, former U Ambassador to | defense program, from issuing information that dis- |incline toward radical views WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Belgium, told mem ‘;(., of the Senate Foreign Rela- |torts the complete picture. | they find many of their interests| increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: g (; amittee ,;i‘ £ this f.,( could join with | There is a great need for just such an orguni-‘arr"md by war conditions, Subtle| ABRASION; the act of wearing, or rubbing off: the wearing away by it i SR P : i el : | propaganda will be widely dissem- | friction. “Time has caused an abrasion of the coins.” Great Britain and France, the peace terms could be |zation—even though the defense program now seems fhtan o arrect, tha ) Dot ol ariAvs arranged. with Hitler. From the other corner of k)ud('d‘ to the Plimsoll marks with Government At Gaing and. ol BriAEET, the | AN tr lobe, the Japanese press hinted that the Land ‘agencus.l i B h Seoerid | Government in Washington should by of the Cherry Blossom is the logical voice to be On the same day approval of was reported, |, suppressed wisely, for. there; MODERN ETIOU raised as pacifier to halt the present world conflict, Dr. Thomas M. Parran, Surgeon General of the |y ecescarily will be many. mistakes| ROBERTA LEE Although Mr, Cudahy expressed his belief that|United States Public Health Service, made a speech |, .0 while the globe is eneirelcd | ¢- Lo 3 Awful Adolf has no aspirations. for conquest in the |WArning the American people that unless our pl""‘hy hideous conflict facts will be "3 g . : % | duction of protein foods can be increased at least| .iee.ie ¢ ble,: bt Alelé Q. Is it proper to expectorate on the street? western hemisphere, we don't believe this talk of 5 " .~ difficult to assemble, bu can A Tals 185 nieesht. at any ‘time. bititosds 8o in: the-company of 50 percent, we may have to choose between lemnglbe no question regarding tHe neces- | - iis 1s e y pany peace will go far. At least we hope that none of the Democratic powers will find gny peace terms agreeable which leave the Nazi party dominant in Germany. Any peace of that nature could be only an armed peace, ready to- flame into another war at a moment’s notice. Time after time, Hitler and his lowers have proved that they are not to be trust- he agreements they make. Their records as akers stands tops for all time. > in Alaska must feel more secure ith military hases established to defend the ainst invasion, than we could ever feel the period of uneasy peace which would any agreement which leaves the power in a good share of Europe and iss the Japanese crowing in the Pacific. no war mongers s who donned khaki follow We are britches and left us re- rning to their jobs and families. But we can see no peace which leaves the old world in its present prsition, ‘When peace does come, we want it to be a last- ing peace, and we are salisfied that it can be if the right international adjustments are made as a result of the present war. It’s not been so long ago when we mistrusted the people who lived across the county lines, or even in the next town in our own county. To us they were foreigners and whenever fellows from both communities got together at a Saturday night dance the chairs: were likely to fly before midnight and the ball would become a brawl Then a few of the boys in our community mar- tered coves. We would like to see | Weather Bad Britain go hungry or rationing our own food supplies. Less than two weeks before, Secretary of Agri- short rations for Americans despite expanding de- mands at home and abroad. Yes, there is plenty of need for an organization that will give the American people a true picture of what is going on in Washington, that will pre- vent one department issuing scare stories about shortages in food—or gasoline—while another says everything’s fine. But there would be one thing more dangerous than giving the people a partial or distorted picture of national defense; that would be suppression of facts the people ought to know, of covering-up mis- | takes. If OFF means full information, we're for it. If it means censorship, we hope it's killed before it gets started. California Likes It! (Seattle Times) It was an “Alaska storm” that put an ‘end to| the recent spell of ‘“hazardous fire weather” in California. This we read in San Francisco newspapers. storm “moved in over Washington and Oregon, brought fog to the coast, a trace of rain to the extreme northern mountains in California, and caused humidity to increase and temperatures to decline all over the state.” In behalf of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, good neighbors all, it may be said we aim to please. lthe mining man, has been ferry- | ing bombers across the continent. | Local airmen in Juneau believe culture Wickard declared there was no danger 01K The | PROMINENT " MINE MAN [ Ajges s ol oo VISP | that both Wernecke and Bodding ‘:: hmee mr;re;;n:gh“ Dacn! lis | aee down in some sheltered cove “land they may also be “static i:"i :}V::l;?;e l’:fl: :::&;gge;%‘:n bound,” which means they are in qu: Wernecke, who accompanied | % locality from which they can- sity of fighting to preventi'the cause of democracy from ‘defeat. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The spec- [ter of inflation will disturb states- | |men in Washington as leading fin- anciers discuss the financial fu- ture of the United States. The ;taxs are read as presaging pudH ’? direction of banking intérests’ that this misfortune will be avoided. Co- | operation between big business and the Federal Government is fore-| cast as so effective that dnnger will be minimized. { NATIONAL ISSUES: Retum ’wfi {thousa.nds of young men fromramili- | [tary training camps to homes and | Jremunemtwo employment «wil - e ]nwmted impatiently and will-he the subject of endless speculatiom re-‘ garding the future. There is a/'sign | which is read as presaging modi- |fication of present GoverAment \plans Service in' foreign lends is| | prognosticated for numbers 'of “sol- | \diers as well as sailors and’'ma- | | rines. Readjustments will mark’ the | winter months. The spring of 1942/ is to bring diverse activities. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:| In Germany's national horoscope | | Jupiter, ruler of the mid- hefwen,1 is in Cancer, the sign of t peo- ple. The conjunction of "Jupiter and Pluto with other aspects is| read as presaging more evidences of the military power of the Nazis. There are conflicting signs, how- ever, which are read as indicating that the German people will be- come weary of -sacrifice. Hitler comes under unfavorable planetary rule which will sap his confidence and affect his health. He will real- ize that he has underestimated the another is | person. man or woman If absolutly nec ¥y of the handkerchief. unpardonable and is an use a handkerchief as unobtrusively as ‘pcsslbl(‘ and don’t be guilty of the vile habit of examining the contents Dispose of it as quickly as possible. insult to that Q.. When ecating in a restaurant should one wipe the silver with the napkin? A. No; him )nmg you another piece if the silver is not clean enough, call the waiter and have Should children be made to write their own acceptances and rpgmu to invitations? A. Yes; this is e ellent training. e i e LOOK and LEAR 1. lishman's name? 2. Who was Ann Hathaway? Who said: ANSWERS: That he is a baronet. “I came, I saw, (a) Insects; (b) words. 24,896 miles. Julius Caesar. P D00 g A C. GORDON S e § What is the significance of the abbreviation “Bart.’ after an Eng- What are (a) entomology and (b) etymology the studies of? What is the circumference of the earth at the equator? I conquered”? The wife of William Shakespeare. WAR TOTALS (Conuinuea 1rom rage One) DOWNNOW = Disappears Between Hyd- er, Alacka, and Alert Bay, British Columbia unnunueu from Fage One) plane was increased by land, and air Acting on a request from United | Ste jes Commissioner Sidney Ander- sen of Hyder, Gov. Ernest Gruen- ing authorized a searching party be sent-out from Hyder. Planes, Boats Join Advices from Ketchikan this| mornine stated ‘$hat a Naval Pa- trol, Royal Canadian Air Force, has een sent out from Prince Rupert a seareh. o ke The Coast Guard cutter Cyane »ft Kechikan early this morning d is cooperating with the air force, One Report The Al Airlines at Ketchi- 4 the plane passed over t 1 B. C.’ geing ‘south, so horities concentrated on a south of Butedale to Alert T e Coast Guard at Ket- advices from Prince re had been no re- of a plane at Bella Bella dur- ing the period in which the piane has been missing The Canadian Air Force hasalso sarcBed the Bella Bella area with- out results. The Cyahe is making a search of Canadian waters; running close to shore and investigating all shel- sea | her husband to Hyder, expected the plane would return from Alert by Wednesday at the latest. | Yesterday, when the plane failed' to return to Hyder, she gave the alarm. | Second Plane Missing {\ Besides the Canadian Air Force | planes making a search, a plane piloted by Bud Bodding, of Ket- | chikan, formerly of Juneau, is also | in the search, it is said. Buddlnfrl brinzing a Waco ‘plane north/ from Seattle for Pilot Tony |Schwamm of Petersburg. He ha\» not reported however. The red Belanca plane, owned by | Wernecke, may have gone down for shelter in some cove and there | is a possibility Bodding may be company in the same plane, both |holed up—awaiting weather cleal- ance. The Waco plane has not been | reported since the steamer Ton- | gass reported seeing it Tuesday near Bella Bella, Brauley Asks Aid 1 Associated Press dispatch | [from San Francisco says P..R. Bradley, President of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, has asked that all possible search be made for the missing Wernecike- Gropstis plane. The dispatch states that Wernecke was to meet J. A. Williams, General Superintendent of the Alaska Juneau, in Van- couver, on Thursday of this week. Williams left Juneau last Sunday on the voyage south of the Prin- cess Louise. Here Last Week An Wernecke and Gropstis were | in Juneau last week after flying here from Mayo. g Gropstis is a well known piloti’ having : been with Wernecke fTorj several years and when not with| } not send out word by radio. Word From Bodding A radiogram from the Ketchikan | Chronicle late this afternoon re- ceived by the Empire says the Customs office at Ketchikan re- ceived a radiogram last Tuesday from Missing Pilot Bud Bodding stating he was ready to leave Alert Bay and expected to reach Ketch- ikan at 3 o'clock Tuesday after- noon. He has not been Iocated since. ‘The steamer Tongass sighted Bod- ding flying near Bella Bella that day. REDS SENDING FRESH TROOPS AGAINST NAZIS Streef Barm—(;des, Mines Used by Russians, Berlin Reports BERLIN, Oct. 24—German dis- patches today said the Russians are “throwing constantly fresh troops” against the Germans in an effort to check the advance toward Mescow. Street barricades and mines are being used in a vain attempt to ‘stem the Nazi horde, it was de- clared. Unverified reports were spread in Berlin that the advance Ger- man units have already reached Moscow’s suburbs, but- ,authorfiedf military spokesmen said, “Wcflp‘t‘dh Cakes, pies, ; hot 'dishes, confirm that.”. 57 I meat. . Joafs, ' baked 1; - e s Empire _Classifieds Pay' ~ :" : d, bread, jelly,” %rm‘. -!?m&%w be.otfared, - . potentialities of jand Russia. Persons whose birthdate it for marriage. ably will have eventful caree:s. ordinary intelligence. 'CONTRiBUTIONS & vafiooo Contributions_are rolling m the food sale ‘planred- by ~ “the |AWVS, the committee announced today, and a great number of at- tractive goodies will be on hand when the sale opens to pr morning at 10 o'cleck ;he building formerly occupied by Sears, Roebuck on Seward Street. All money from the sale will be sent to the recreational fufd” at Chilkoot Barracks for the use of Besides the contributions of: food, the AWVS has received many - of- fers of money which will ulpg be included in the fund total. In charge of the sale are Mrs. ‘W. S. Ramsey and Mrs. Ellis Gra- ham, every kind“of food will* the joint resis- tance of Britain, the United States is have the augury of a year of ‘ad- vancement and lasting success. Love affairs will occupy attention even though for many young men Army or Navy service will affect plans Children born on this day prob- They should be fortunate in the possession of courage and extra- marshals to form new Red armies. Soviet dispatches acknowledged that the Moscow position is grave and the British radio quoted Prav- da reports as saying: Street Fighting “Today Moscow is in danger bu we will never surrender. We must; 'be prepared to see the streets of Moscow become the scene of violent fighting.” Lozovsky asserted the Germans| are still more than 60 miles from | { the capital, countering German of- ficial claims yesterday that Nazi spearheadss have advanced within! 35 miles .of the city. Serving notice that Russia/ will never quit, Lozovsky told fpreign; news correspondents that Marsha.l‘ Budyenny and Marshal Voroshilov | E *have been withdrawn from ‘e lmc- tleirant and already havé begun[ organizing new armies - dom the vast reservoir of Soviet '21:anpower ———— . IVAR ANDERSON RETURNS FROM TRAGF{)Y SCENE After a trip to. Sitka where six men were killed in an explosion Ivar Anderson, executive manager of Siems-Dra).e-Puget Sound Con- struction Cmpany, returned to Juneau late yesterday. Accompagied by a high Navy of- ficer from' the 13th Naval District~ and they have nnqounced headquartrrs in Seattle and an at- - ffor. flp mnstpufllun com- of -the- blast. | ment ~here as- NAZI LOSSES Nazis Shoot EQUAL WORLD, Another 50 | For Slaying| . Assassinatimf Two Ger- mans Cause 100 Deaths <VICHY, Unoccupied France, Oct. | 23—Pifty French hostages died be- |fore a Nazi firing squad today in the 50-lives-for-one forfeit for the assassination of a German -officer at Bordeaux. It was the second such measure of retaliation within three days. ‘At the same time, 50 additional hogtages at Bordeaux—the 50 still alive out of 100 selected for exe- icution In reprisal for the killing of the German commander there— ‘won brief reprieves while the Ger- mans gave additional time dead- lines for the capture ‘or surrender {of ‘the actual assassins, The news from Bordeaux meant that a total of 100 hostages al- ready have been put to death, evenly divided between the assas- ! sinations at Nantes and Bordesux. I ',;z;é .. Xalls 2875, utilities 17. |The first 50 were executed in the Nantes case Wednesdny‘ ey NEW YORK. Oct. 24—Closing the Juneau and Douglas boys there. jof dynamite stores two weeks ago, Quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 82%, Anaconda 261/2, Bethlehem and Steel 63%, Commonwealth Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, In- ternational Harvester 501/2, Ken- New York Central 107/8, Northern Pacific 6%, United necott 33%, sm&es Steel 55%, Pound o DOW, JONES A following are averages: indi — Drs. Kasér and Freeburger DENTISTS Blrugren PHONE 56 ————b Dr. A. W. Stewart 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 460 ” 3 /] Chiropractic Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST ROBERT SIMPSON. OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthatmology Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Bullding—Room 7 (The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sta. 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