The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1941, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT OFFENSE, NOT DEFENSE IS - ™ BishopRowe, REASON FOR FORTIFYING { | ALASKA, SAYS COREY FORD nued fron: Page One) . ir hold it successfully. Attack } troc ? Air-borne ks ge of ka by an cner fleet? No; none of, these. ary to popular impression’ our are not primarily with Alaskam de- another’ reason’ for preparation going right vy BE SURE TO LISTEN TOMORROW to the £ J 4 KIN SUNDAY MATINEE 2:00 to 3:00 P. M. November 23rd From the works of Sehuman, the “Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major (Rhenish)” with Bruno Walter conducting the Philhar- monic-Symphony Orchestra of New York From the works of Saint-Saens, the “Sonata No. 1 in D Minor (Opus. 75)" played by Andre Pas- cal, Violin and Isidere Philipp, 0. The nbove Columbia sets may be purchased at the Alaska Music Supply, 122 Second St TYPHOON SUITS Ideal for Hunters and Fishermen Sizes Small, Medium, Large Extra Large All in Stock HEADQUARTERS H. S. Grav The Clothing Man That reason is offense Good Parlor Game Take a globe and a plece oh\l’r&arv of his birth, and greetings| string. Put one end of the \'-ing‘ on Tokyo, and the other on Seattle. The string will cross the Aleutian Islands twice. Dutch Harbor, you will find, lies smack in the middle | of the shortest ocegh highwhy be- | tween the United States and Japan Now swing the western end of | Eighty-Five SEATTLE, Nov. — Thursday was a happy day for Bishop Peter Trlmble Rowe, for 46 years Episco- pal missionary Bishop to Alaska. It was not only Thanksgiving | Day, but was also the 85th anni- 22 and messages of good will came to him from ‘all parts of the United|{ States and from his beloved Al- {aska. The occasion was celebrated at the home of the aged prelate’s son, Leo Rowe, at 20346 12th Ave. N.W.. with a traditional Thanksgiving| 1 ;000 FEET OF NEW HOSE FOR »FIRE DEPT. City Coundil Vofes fo Re- pair Street Truck - Adfs | on Many Problems The City Council acted last night to prepaye the key fire and street !departments for continued opera- tion, with the vote to buy new fire | 'hose and to repair a needed street vour string down as far as Manila. | dinner for a few intimate friends.!maintainance truck. still it will pass only.a few hun-| dred miles south’of the Aleutians.| Actually it is shorter to Manila by way of Dutch Harbor than by way| of Honolulu. (Impossible? Check it yourself.) Even the southern islands | of Guam and Luzon, wou will find,‘ are nearer our Pacific coast by way | of Alaska than by way of the Haw- aiians.” Ford describes Al defense, or offense. bases as a “pipe line” for the Navy. Dutch Harbor is the center cf the first and front- string of line section of this line. Kodiak is the principal spot in the second cection, and Sitka the capital for the third and final section. Dutch Harbor is taken, fleet opera- tions would fall back to Kodia and if that base falls, they v\lll (reture to Sitka. But as the U. S pipe line shortens, the pipe line of the enemy in waging its War iiust| ., gio proadeast picked up here as- ! half lengthen, Ford points out, with the attendant difficulties of waging war via a long supply route Disceurage Attack “The mere "existence of well- fortified bases in these islands would have a strongly deterring etfect on any tendency to tres-| pass on the Philippines, the E Austral in this or urthermore. thousand-mile Aleutian chain there are at least three harbors—Dutch Indies, Ford asserts. Singapore Harbor, Adak and Kiska—which are larger than any harbors in the South Pacific east of the Philip-! pines. The capacities of Pearl Har. bor, Pago Pago and Guam are respectively, four, seven and eleven first class ships; the capacity of Adak Harbor alone is 23 ships, Kiska could accommodate 40, and Dutch Harbor could’ furnish ac- commodations for the entire fleet.” The military the Admirals and Generals wus ex- plained by Ford thus l. A.MACHINISTS Meets Monday LOCAL 514 IN THE A. F. OF L. HALL WORLD'S LARGEST SELLING STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY way only SRS S D S S DI ) “PROO! SYIAIGN' BOURBON WHISKEY. SCHENLEY DISTILLERS CORP., NIWVOIKGH" | Pacific.” Bishop Rowe, “the giant of the| North,” came to Seattle from m\ post in Alaska in August, and is looking forward to returning there in the sprmg R REINFOR(EMENTS BEING RUSHED T0 AFRICAN BATTLES : German Radio Broadcast Announces British Re- laying Large Force LONDON, Nov. 22. — A German serts that strong British reinforce- ments are steadily arriving at Sierra Leone, on the West African coast, south of Dakar. Six British warships are also at| Freetown discharging bombers and ground personnel role is to keep the peac if war comes to the Pacific, Dutch Harbor is the spot thy all figure would be the most logical target for an enemy attack.| Not invasion; but a token bomb- ing. ‘There are three reasons,’ a !Navy official explained, ‘why Lth place would be Number One on the, list: First is its ortensive position; an enemy would naturally wish to| remove it, for his own security, before it could strike at him. Sec- ond, sueh a bombing of un Alaskan base would have an immensely jct.nulating effect on enemy morale plan anticipated by | t home; and Dutch Harbor is the nearest. Third, and mest import- lant, any attack on Alaska would bring our ships rushing from all directions, thereby immobilizing a| !large pertion of our fleet. in the North Pacific and leaving the south- ern waters less adequately pro- Lected.’ Job In Alaska And here’s what Ford advocates nt the end of his article: “We've secured our position in jthe Atlantic and our job is now| the city water tank are needed an to finish safeguarding our North Pacmc position as well. We should hasten to select, equip and fortify fleet, submarine and air bases all me way out the Aleutian Islands— to and-including Attu. That way only can we anchor securely our Pacific triangle of defense. That can we offset any pos- cible Nazi thrust at the Western Hemisphere via Alaska and Canada, ,and send adequate ships and planes i Irom our island bases to slash at the inyader's flanks. That way, land that-alone, can we discourage permantly any Oriental attempts to {respass - on our West Coast, on ;Hnwaii, on._the Philippines, even on | Singapore and the East Indies. “Only with the whole Aleutian chain fully fortified and ready can we really dictate peace in the - Peter Minuit bought Manhattan from the Indians May 6 1624 Chrysler MARINE Engine Enginesin Stock A Marine Engine for Marine Use "Enquire About at all times Designed and Built for Marine Use by Chrysler Corp. ACE 6-CYLINDER LAUSON OUTBOARD MOTOR PHONE 57 owling- (Not a Conversion) CRO 6-CYLINDER The hose purchase, which wil {run over $1,300, will see 500 feet 2%-inch hose and 500 feet of 1'.-inch hose bought for the Ju- |neau Volunteer Fire Department. ! The councilmen voted to spend up {to $125 for new rings and a re- }bore job on the street department’s Diamond T truck, on the report of | Street Superintendent Bert Lybeck |that the repairs will assure opera- |tion of the truck for the next two | The decisions to purchase fire Ihose and repair the truck were but | highlights in a lengthy meeting |of the council whieh took up a | hodge-podge of subjects. Indian Village Garbage before the H. Matthews, Gastineau | Health Council, with a solution of | the garbage dumping problem on Willoughby Avenue beach. The Rev. . Matthews said the Office of Indian Affairs has agreed to build two platforms in the native village and | supply garl disposal cans on ithe platforms, and asked that the city provide a hauling service to |disposed of the refuse in an ap- proved place. Asked by councilmen if the Of- |fice of Indian Affairs couldn’t also | dispose of the garbage thus collect- ed, Claude Hirst, superintendent of 'the Indian service in Alaska, de- ,cl‘ned his office has no jurisdic- !tion over the native village. The {matter was referred to the street | committee. The topic of an illuminated stop lmgn at the intersection of ‘¥2th and I'E streets was brought up' by Po- +council in be- Public | Appearing was Rev. W. of the age {the light and sign are badly ne ed to halt traffic coming in to th city on 12th from the small boat | harbor. This matter too, Was re- ‘ferred to the street comittee, which it was reported has had’ four new lights installed on 12th Street in the past month. Defense Lighting The lighting question again arose as City Engineer Frank Metcalf re- }poned that two more lightssaround d more lights on docks are requlred | to facilitate patroling these quar- | ters in the interest of civic defense. This request was also referred to the street committee, Metcalf also asked the city to purchase an electric siren for use as an alarm to call out the CMc Defense Unit for regular drills a in cases of emergency. The pres- ent combination of the Alaska Ju- neau mine siren and the city fire bell is not plainly heard and fails to call out the city's miute: men, he pointed out. The siren Metcalf proposed be bought would be a 7'%:-horsepower electric alarm, capable of being heard in a seven-mile radius. It would be similar to the fire siren now in use at Douglas, .he said Just where the siren would be lo- cated is still undecided. This pro- position was referred: to the coun- clls flre commmee with power to Our Financing Plan WN R ALSO THE NEW 4CYCLE AIR-COOLED The New Sensation in the Outboard World! Dawvlin s s e UNBAG, ALASKA 75-143 0. P, OYAL 8 CYLINDER _ THE DAIL 'ALKSKA'EMPIRE—JUNEAU. ALASKA‘ e T Douglas [n Presents | Fried Rabbit | IIIIIIIIIllIIllmIIIIllmllIII|IHIIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIII“IIIIIIHIIIIIIIHH lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIII"IIII!IIII‘I‘I"I‘IIIIIHlIIIIHIIIHIIIHIIIIm]lfiliiiil-ll‘ll_lilllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIII“IIIlIIlIIIlIIIIIIII||IIIII|IIIIIIIIII!llIIIII 7A|I|IIII|HIII|I|I||IIIIIIIIlII|I||IIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIII liIIIIlIIIIIIIIII|IIHIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIllllIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI"' i make the purchase if deemed ad- visable. | House Deals The matter of selling houses also received some attention from the | city fathers. It was reported that| a house on Harbor Way between 9th and 10th streets has recently been sold to Charles Helsing, for | his high bid of $200. It was also| voted to call for bids on a house | at 585 South Franklin Street. The | house is one of two buildings| blocking construction of the npw sidewalk to the Alaska Juneau‘ mine. Both buildings are being | purchased by the city from heirs to the estate of the late Frank| Roberts, with the purchase price! set at $1,000. Bids on the house | are being called for 5 p.n. next | Friday. The councilmen also acted to hire a new full-time assistant li- brarian to aid Librarian Ann Cole- man catalogue and prepare for cir- culation some 450 new volumes | just received from the Camegie‘ Foundation. It was understood the new books will be used jointly by the city library and the Red smeldl Reading Room in the Decker Building. PANAMERICAN LODESTAR DUE FROM SEATILE, Fog at Seattle today delayed thei departure of a Pan American Lode- tar for Juneau, although it was yossible the ship might be able <0, clear away in Juncau late this afternoon. ! Meanwhile, assenger- and southbound from Fairbanks. The Douglas Clipper hopped to Fair- panks with M. D. Williams. Both | seven [aftermdon, i R Putehr traders had built huts on tan as early as 1613, NALZIS PLAN | | spreading throught eight States. Dinners in addition to JOHNNIE’S FAMOUS BROILED STEAKS and CHICKEN DINNERS Served Anytime DIN Ethe Best DRINK the Best DANCEthe Be EXCELLENT MIXED DRINKS AT ANYTIME! DANCE 'TO THE ONLY HAMMOND ELECTRIC ORGAN ON THE CHANNEL 7w Mg Open All Nighe! For Reservations—Phone Douglas 68 Douglas Inn & Cocktail Bar - JOHN MARIN, Proprietor CONFERENCE FOR EUROPE Presidential Se Se(retary Re-| veals Program for "Econ- omic Rehabilitation’ WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, — The| | White House announced today v.lnt' it has heard that Germany is plan- ning a conference, promising some | “high sounding formula for econ-‘ omic rehabilitation and restorati jof the independence of all Eur! pean nations.” England is excluded from the list | of countries invited, Secretary Steve | Early announced, reading from pen- ciled notes. e ———— \COAL WORKERS IDLE; SYMPATHY - | STRIKE SPREADS Nearly 200,000 Miners; Idle in Eight States as | Walkouts Confinue | PITTSBURGH, Nov. "Z—Uno(! time to reach | ficial estimates today disclosed tlmh nearly half of the nation’s 384,000 | another Lodestar| | bituminous coal workers are idle as | xent to Seattle with Karl Keil ns" result of the United Mine Work-’ passengers | ¥ s strike. Sympathy walkouts are rapidly | Pennsylvania’s Gov. Arthur James, ! | thinking such action unwarranted, the Douglas and an Electra were' itoday turned down a request for «heduled to return here late "“S]thce Police to maintain order in Fayette County where s, has oceured during the past two days. | “The scene in~this rea is quiet| DANCE Eagles Hall DOUGLAS MUSIC by EDWARDS and WEST 10P. M. Admission 30c NOT EVERY ONE can be a competent insur- ance agent as the business is so complicated special training is required. We represent the Hartford Fire Insurance Company and will gladly give you prompt and full answers to any insurance question. . Phone or call at our office anytime. Shattuck Agency INSURANCE — BONDS JUNEAU PHONE 249 SATUR’DAY NOVEMBER 22, 1941 s e - AR [HEREEREREEARE AR ~ )8} SRRSO 1 cpt - o’ -