The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Emp ptrc Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. v MONSEN - President HNARD Vice-President and Business Manager 1 in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. 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Police deny that any of the tricks played by Hallowe'en pranksters are exactly within the law, but the custom has been in vogue for so many years that there is cer- | tainly no stopping it now. We oldsters still chuckle about a lot of Hallo- | we'en tricks we got away with in our school years, and we vow we wouldn't want our own youngsters ) to miss out on Hallowe'en fun as long as they play all their pranks on the neighbors and leave our house alone. Rarely does a Hallowe’en pass without some boy, or gang of young people, going a little farther with |the open high seas. | fensive zones which America has legally set up and | their tricks than the average citizen feels he can laugh off. When pranks develop into vandalism they become a matter for police to investigate, and all the kids with soap and tic-tacks in their pockets know there are more “cops” roaming the streets on Hallowe’en than at any other time of the year. Ghosts and goblins are supposed to sneak around on Hallowe'en, too, and htunt the scenes they fre- quented during life, but we'll wager that any ghosts wandering around the Gastineau Channel area to- night will either get mighty wet or be pretty chilly. Funny thing, that all the haunting spirits seem uchcs of a dead past. If spirits of the ships, %]Hneb tahks and munitions “on order” but not yet a reality could do some haunting, we'd hate to be associated with the Office of Production Manage- ment tonight. A GOOD IDEA The prospect of a defense drive for old razor ¢ which may be staged here through the of Commerce, sounds like a hoon to all ean men, r ve're in favor of continuing the drive One of our most irritating problems is he t o'd razor blades. If a public depository an be installed here it will stop a E we we drop one of the old blades in we're secretly afraid the garbage going to slash his wrist when he empties we throw 'em in the channel, we worry immer cutting his foot, or if the water bmarine diver with one of those rub- “t puncture himseif and drown. > of the best steel produced is used in razor, lof Gen. Tojo, Japan makes it clear that she will THE DAILY ALASKA ENEPIRL—JUNEAU ALASKA .md‘ tid W8 AibiBerAtktid’ tHb Falen - nram.lm tearful of % shortage of good steel for use by de- 14>n.w industries We think we'll give up those oid razor a lot more readily than we shelled out with aluminum cooking ware. As a matter of fact, heartily in favor of letting Uncle Sam have ‘em is blades our | we're Time for Positive Policy | (Cleveland Plain Dealer) [ The trade marks on American foreign policy ead “Made in Japan” and “Made in Germany.” Washington has no adequate product of its own to arfer, it deals in the wares of others as they come Ao This fault—a dangerous one for a great power responsibilities—is made painfully clear he Axis powers move to enforce the military treaty signed by Germany, Italy and Japan just o 1 vear ago. It is the only foreign war alliance story aimed ‘at the United States. Its purpose s to embroil this country in the Pacific to such an extent that either through a state of alarm or tual warfare it would be compelled to cut down the shipment of war goods to Britain and the her Allies. Now two events have served warning that the Axis alliance is being enforced; the torpedoing of the United States destroyer Kearny, near Iceland,‘ and the appointment of Gen. Hideki Tojo, admirer | of Naziism and advocate of closer Axis cooperation, as premier of Japan on the crest of a wave of in- spired anti-American propaganda. The torpedo which damaged the Kearny was fired by a submarine, “presumably German,” say the dispatches. This is a horse laugh. It wasn’t discharged by a U-boat of Afghanistan’s navy. The Germans gloated over their attempt to sink the | Greer in the same vicinity last month and they nt- tempted to sink the Kearny. Their purpose, of | course, is to frighten America into pulling back on its program of delivering to the Allies the war | goods that were promised. Instead of scaring this nation it should demon- | strate to Congress the futility of debating the neu-| trality act clause by clause. It should warn of the\ immediate need of a positive foreign policy. And that can be obtained only when the hands of the {nation are freed from the shackles of neutrality— all of them. Berlin has done a service to this nation by the attempt on the Kearny. It was not a merchant‘ ship carrying supplies to an enemy. It was not within any danger zone around a belligerent pre- scribed by the neutrality act. It was not even on| It was well within the de-| proclaimed between the coast of North Amenca‘ and Iceland This being so, it is foolish to believe that the Germans will sink more American ships if they are armed or permitted in “danger zones” near the| coasts of Britain or Europe. Germany will sink them wherever they are found, be they merchant- men or men of war! There is only one answer to‘ this challenge and that is the immediate, full im- plementation—by the abolition of the neutrality act —of the doctrine of freedom of the seas. This warning that the Battle of the Atlantic will be resumed in full force when and if the Russian campaign is concluded in Germany's favor, is under- | written by Japanese developments. They too, A:\e-l pend on the war in Russia. By the appointment | act against Russia in Siberia at the first favorable opportunity—a jackal campaign a la Italienne. This will be a direct thrust at the United States, | committed to aid Russia. It will be but the be- ginning of an attempt to establish the whole pro- gram of a New Order in Asia with all its threaten- ing restrictions on the economy of this country, dependent as it is on the raw materials of the Orient. America can answer this threat omly by in- forming Tokyo that it has had enough of Japan’s aggressions in Asia, aggressions aimed not only at valiant China, but at the western nations and their whole philosophy of life as well. Only if neutrality is thrown over, only if the State Department talks straight to Japan, backed by the Navy, can this country be said to have a foreign policy that can be labeled “Made in America.” Otherwise what action we take will con- tinue to be determined in Tokyo and Berlin. Amer- ica will just tag along, being compelled to act only when it suits the convenience of those nations which would destroy it. had no idea fhat was vinglon putting guns the U. S. Navy on Panama's ! FDR was Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Leffingwell was Un- der Secretary of the Treasury. ‘The stars presage far- reachmgan:l Merry- Go-Round Jontinued from Page One) | Rt iitler wins, this nation | n be invaded. | WHAT IS ROOSEVELT'S | POLICY? nt and astounding as is inking, pecple are a long from going along with way vet Roosevelt’s policies. This is chiefly true because people do not seem to any | know whether Roosevelt clear-cut foreign policy. They would like to know; and a| great number would be willing to| follow the President—even into war| —if they entrusted him. A bmpns-‘ ing number even think that en- tance into the war may be necessary and that it would be better to. gat it over soon rather than drag it cut indefinitely fused by the failure of the President to chart the course. has Also they distrust all the con-| flicting inforr jon they get from Washington For instance, they remembered hat Roosevelt announced in the most catagoric terms that the des- troyer Greer was attacked first by a Nazi submarine. But later, they know, Secretary of the Navy Knoz sent a report to the Senate that a British airplane first attacked Nazi U-boat, and that the r ectually was bearing down on the submarine when it turned back and fired 8o when the. Kearny is torpe- doed, the average Midwesterner is skeptical as to what really hap- pened. NAVY CENSORSHIP Again, the average Main Streeter But they are con-{ ships until a couple of them were sunk and Panama objected to the guns. Most Midwesterners didn’t care very much if U. S. guns were on Panama ships, and a lot ap- proved. But they would like to |have known about it in advance, instead of having it leak out by accident. Result is what they now wonder what else has been going on that they don’t know about. Also the Navy's cepsorship has iven rise to a lot of wild rumors bout shooting matches on the high seas, plus far more suspicion than is justified about secret in- ternational moves made by the White House. Result—the biggest complaint you hear in the Midwest is: “If the President would only tell us what he’s doing! We're not children! We {know we have to help Russia even if the Communists in religion. But why President. have to make gueer announcement Russians bringing don’t believe does the such a about the back religion? 118 he frying to fool us?” That's about what it boils down to. Folks in that part of the country feel they are out of knee- breeches. They don't get much kick out of sleight-of-hand in serious times. Ard while y don’t want war, they might be led, eye: willing to go to war if they not blindfold, but with open their FDR'S BOGGING DETAILS Almost one year ago, shortly after Roosevelt re-elected for a third erm eIl Leffingwell, a part- T ° mighty house of J. P. Mo lled &t the White House. and Leffingwell have been opposite ‘sides of many fights, but despite that they emjoy an old friendship dating back to the days, of Woodrow Wilson when: on the ° snatch from the train window be- So Leffingwell volunteered to his old friend this frank piece of ad- vice: “You have two hig jobs, Mn. President. One is to be President; the other to lead the nation. And as I look back on it, that was the one great thing Woodrow Wilson forgot. That was why he lost the country after the war. “He got snarled up in the details of administration and forgot the Lroader problem of leadership. And that was why Herbert Hoover never could lift up the country with ad- ministration details. He forgot to lead the nation.” Leffingwell has not been to the White House lately. But if he had, he could point out very truthfully that Roosevelt, as never before, is out of touch with the people. For eight years he made periodic trips across the country. No President ever travelled as much ‘as he. His critics called it politics, but what- ever the label, the real fact was that he made the country acquainted with what he was doing. He led the nation. » But today Roosevelt’s time is taken up with admirals, war strat- diplomats and the details of defense. He has his nose to the rindstone as never before. He sees no more of the country, gets nc more feel of the people than he can tween Washington and Hyde Park CAPITOL STAFF Capital chuckle of the week: “What is Congress? A nuthouse run by the inmates” . . . . Senator Gerald Nye, from agricultural CTOBER 1941 1/2(3)4 8191011 18(16(17(18 22|23|24 ZS 2930 1] [ mv | | OCTOBER. 31 | ‘1 ' John W. Troy J. A. Krugness Bob Kaufmann ) Wwillis Wi Roff B. D. Stewart Evelyn Hendrickson Mrs, Douglas Meul Alice MacSpadden;: Althea’ Rands ¥ “’ Ruth Talmage Bob Laney Robert Walney Mrs. %roscopc | i | “The stors incline best do mot This is an. uncertain qr |cisive day in planetary inflyence -&’!' | @. important events in- the .month with aspects domrinated ‘bys HEART AND HOME: ‘&onkn | should employ today as a time for preparation, in the -household, or the office, for future exigepgies. There Is a sign presaging ankiety regarding the safety of husbands and sons in defense service, but apprehensions should * be distrissed | while important tasks are under-| taken. Simplicity in dress will be fashionable even among girls not in uniform. The use of cosmetics will be greatly reduced or what- ever is artificial or superficial wiil| be considered bad form at a time| of national crisis. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: This is' not a favorable configuration for| |engineers or architects who are| not engaged on Government con- | tracts. Small business concerns will more and more feel the pingh of war regulations and lack of raw materials will cause difficulties \among manufacturers with littie capital. This month will be murked by many readjustments among merchants who must ,supply,sub- stitutes for mat.enals monopohze"l for defense industries. NATIONAL ISSUES: Bittetness regarding the foreign policy of the Administration may linger despite demonstration of the need 'offorce in national defense. Fifth ‘eolum- nists and agents of the Axis’will continue to make much' of “Wéll- meaning peace gestures ' dffiong citizens of the United ‘States. There is a menacing sign redd’ as indicating opposition to secret ‘ser- vice mthods which have uneavered espionage and hostile propaganda. The seers warn that there .is/an aspect read as encouraging to revo- lutionary tendencies. ot INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: In this Pluto era warning,is given that inner weakness is the great- est menace to nations as well. as to persons. While Pluto represents transition and the destruction. of| the old, this is the time to differ- entiate between what is beneficial and what is detrimental in lons- established orders of govemment Democracies at the crossroads must | e prepared for changes and must make sacrifices. It is possil to use the Pluto influences helpfully for the new order. | Persons whose birthdate it Is have the augury of a year of gain and travel, but there is danm ot imposition or deception. £ Children born on this dny-shauld be fortunate in literary or artistic careers, but they should be wary | in love affairs. (Copynght 1941) much time making isolationist | speeches and “rorgev.nng the farm- | er”; simultaneously praised North | Dakota Representative Usher Bur-| dick for helping the farmer . . . Oklahoma's eloquent Senator Josh | Lee, a militant New Dealer, ex- pects to be opposed for re-election next year by Governor “Red"?hil-| lips, die-hard foe of the Rogscvelt regime. (Copyright, 1941, by Uni'ed Fea- ture smdlcate. Inc) Indian Servite Boal Has Engine Trouble A break-down on its auxiliary engine has changed the plans of | the Office of Indian Affairs boat’ Boxer, now at Kodiak, it’was”an- nounced here today by Claude’Hirst, | Alaska superintendent of the Indian Eervice. ( Because the auxiliary whi erates cargo hoists has refi operate, the Boxer will North ' Dakote, got, an upexpected political -:spa: from M. W. Thatcher, - Wi “fepresenta~ tive of the:powe Farmers Union and natignal grain co-ops. He fe Lnnunu:d Nye " ‘for . spending... 100, frelght at Kodiak, for by merclal steamers 36, % Alaska penuwu!a, sagd e bpat will retupn: at* to Seattle, he.added, po&.lb eal}; g in here 'MXSNOMER: an erroneous naming of any person or thing. §mv A large collecticn of Alaskan views was on display in the Zynda | Hotel by Trevor Davis. Each picture had an explanatory text. S EARS AGO 73" THE EMPIRE B e e ] OCTOBER 31, 1091 Hilding Haglund celebrated his fifth birthday in Douglas with a party for many of his friends. Sam Guyot, traveling man, returned to his headquarters in Juneau on the Northwestern after a trip to Ketchikan. William C. Freeburn, Superintendent of the Chichagof mine, arrived on the Ambassador for business here. Plans were being made to offer a varlety of classes in the Juneau night'school, The Yukon River was running heavily with ice it was reported, and one man who was on a raft of logs had to be rescued because he was unable to reach shore through the floes. ‘Weather: High, 43; low, 36; cloudy. PO s Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corpon v ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The rain had hardly stopped until we started out again.” Say, “The rain had hardly stopped | WHEN we started out again.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pecan. Pronounce pe-kan, E as in ME unstressed, A as in CAN, accent last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Xylophone; XY, though pronounced ZI, I as in LIE. SYNONYMS: Doctrine, dogma, tenet, precept. 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: “Many of ‘reforms’."— the changes, called parliamentary Burke. by a great misnomer, MODERN ETIOUETTE " ROBERTA LEE e Q. If the father of the bride gives her away, which arm should he offer her when proceeding up the church :;ialc? A. His right arm. Q. Can porter service be secured.at any time in a hotel, and what is the customary tip? A. Yes, a porter can be secured to do all kinds of carrying The | tip is expected and depends upon what service the porter has done. Q. Is it a woman’s place to take the hat and coat of a man friend who has called to see her husband? A. No; this is the duty of her husband. B e LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON 1. Who was the United States District Court Judge who resigned some twenty years ago to take a position connected with big league pcseball which he still holds today? 412" Which two 6f the primary colors, when' mixed together, make green? 3. Who painted the famous picture, “The Blue Boy”? 4 1In the treatment of what disease is insulin used? 5. What Biblical character’s name has been applied to reckless cab drivers? ANSWERS: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Blue and yellow. Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88). Diabetes. Jehu, because of his reckless skill as a charioteer. QUi P o M DEFENSE BOND Q. What is one way in which everybody, no matter how small his in- come, can help to keep down the cost of living, and also aid national defense? A. By refraining from spending all his earnings, and investing a part of them in Defense Bonds and Stamps. Thus he also provides himself with assets which will be available when goods are plentiful after the emergency. What happens to Defense Savings Bonds that are held beyond maturity? The interest on Defense Savings Bonds ceases when they matwe. In other words, the redemption value of such Bonds does not change after maturity; they may be redeemed at any time thereafter. Must Have Been a Big Stork! I8 1pust have been a hig hbyrhmwem-wtchroo ver born in e&pfivlty, welghed 20 pounds. _Csazze Joe. .. . to bring such a large pad eld zoo, Chicago. -The baby rhihg He has been "Chiropractic” FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 1rectory, Drs. 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