The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire tion and federal assistance as is necessary he industry alive Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, Alaska’s mining industry — particularly the MELEN TROY MONSEN - - = - - President|placer mining—faces possible 'suspension in the | ekl Vice-President and Business Manager ... rypure because of lack of priorities” The wage Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dourlas for §1.25 per month By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: One vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; fof the association to obtain such favorable legi: and hour situation and the fact many skilled workers essential to the industry are being drawn into other activities outside the Territory, threatening the labor one month, in advance, $1.25 supply i r r rkens the Subscrivecs will conter & favor 'i¢ tHey will promotty nouty | SUPPYY In -the placer ‘flelds, furthier “darkens the Business Office of any fallure or drregularity in the de. Outlook livery. of their papers, Telephones: News Off . 802; | “It is obviously a critical period for the Al.uk'n ) Sy T S i . — mining industry and the Territory. Every \hka The Asmelncd Press is exclusively centitled to the uss for | interested in the industry who will be in Seattle Tepublication of all news dispatches credited o 1t or not ether- | . yioinfty on December 10 should be at the (‘omlug wise credited in this paper and herein. so the local news published ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. meeting | to keep DECEMBER 4 ] Annabell Hagerup - O e e 1e problems to be discussed at the Seattle Dorothy Marie Reck NATIONAL REPRE TATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 ceting ri< 8 9 3 & St as oy Dean Dupre American Bulldingy smu. o aska Newspapel meeting involve the proper defense as well as the Roy : apree — St e i ~—————— |industry of the North. If the industry be paralyzed | F. T. Reynolds and a vast portion' of the population forced to| Mrs. T, F. Shelton evacuate the Territory, the dire resulfs will be felt | Dave Campbell far and wide .. . and far beyond the borders of | M » ¥ | Thomas Thompson the Territory Alex Metirsor | “May NNZV loyal Alaskan immediately interest- ed in her mining make it a special point to attend | ey the Seattle meeting and put all power possible be- | ’ i hind the movément to avert the threatened disaster.” H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E | | i The Last of John L. Lew , “The stars incline ! E | 9 | i but do not compel (Philadelphia Record) | !, I i The miners are back at work in the captive |fss mines. | 5 - Defense production goes forward. There will be ! L R b MINING EY ON SEATTLE no halt. This is not an important day i These are the most important facts in America [0 planetary direction, The early | today. |hours are fortunate for aviators, A lot of ore bodies are destined to be conversa- They are much more important than the utter |but Neptune is in tlnmten\ng sway tionally re-discovered next Wednesday in Seattle, | ang complete backdown of John L. Lewis in calling| HEART AND HOME: Many per- when the Alaska Miners’ Association holds its an-|off his personal strike against the President of m(.“)lcxlucs may disturb families un- nual meeting and the men who dig the gold and [United States, against defense, and against the|der this configuration which en- other mineral wealth of ‘the Territory get together | nation courages anxiety and apprehen- for soms reminiscences, plus some important business Indeed, President Roosevelt's victory in this|sion. Deception and double-dealing victory over an egomaniac |Way be prevalent in social circles se This year, as never before is struggling to maintain operation in the face of The greater triumph is over the one man who a defense program which is recognizing )»x'il)]n)‘il,\':“'o"m have benefited if this strike had lasted long those operators who are mining ores of stx‘mcgic‘(‘"ou“hl}“ sabotage defense— minerals. The miners of gold and other valuable,| ~ Thuer but not strategic, minerals must bend every orforr: The President’s handling of this delicate lssue to keep their mines turning out some semblance of a masterpiece of ' statecraft production. And, quite naturally, every resident in | Tt woult*Hiave béen Biey X0 yield to the clanioh the Territory has a stake in the maintained opera-|for pluster and troops. But that kind of rough- t of these mining enterprises, for without mining and-tumble opposition is what Lewis would have | a great number of Alaskans will be without employ- | relished ment- and Alaskan merchants will find themselves | Instead, the President used those equally effec- | with but few customers tive weapons: patience, courage and restraint It may seem strange to some that Seattle should Mr. Roosevelt knew force was unnecessary. He | be chosen as the location for the annual meeting of knew Lewis had put himself in such a shameful the Alaska minine men. But to the mining frater- Position before the country, and especially before | nity the big town on Puget Sound makes better sense | 18bor—that he could mot possibly maintain that as a convention city than could any Alaska location, | PoSition . The public was under no illusions. It was well under the present circumstances. It is from Seattle ¥ aware that Lewis was sabotaging defense, that he that most of the mining supplies for this Tertitory |, .4 1o real pretext for a’strike—because his clamor are ordered, and from Seattle the ships sail to bring | o, 5 ynjon shop could not cover up the fact that upplies to thelr destinations 95 percent of the workers in the captive mines are Then, too, many of the mines in the Interior | members of the United Mine Workers NOW. do not operate the year arcund. Mining men are Thus, this issue which called out all the miners like waterfow] in their migratory flights south for —actually involved only five percent of them the winters, and it is in Seattle where they meet, How far Lewis had overreached himself; how talk business and plan the coming summer's opera- thoroughly he had alienated the support of his own tions. Because Fairbanks is in the center of the | CIO was painfully evident at the Detroit convention Interior’s mining region, it is interesting to read last week. For while the CIO, for obvious reasons the' attitude expressed recently in the Fairbanks |Passed one resolution supporting Lewis' mine strike— News-Miner: It passed half a dozen other resolutions which Whex thé - Als Miners Association meets Tebudiated everything which Lewis was doing to the in Seattle on December 10, it is to be hoped that P2UOD's defense. 3 not cnly representatives of every section of Alaska hiose; men, DL GRER: Eow Al TOlE N Ol . °™" | miners knew—that the whole future of the labor s quartz and placer mining industries will be but that the many interests of Seattle and coastal cities who thrive because of these will rise to an appreciation of the import industri |erisis is only in part a the mining industry | Who thought he was bigger than his country movement was being thrown into a reckless gamble in which Lewis’ sole stake was the attempted humi- liation of the President of the United States. Only Lewis was so blinded by his own ego he of the problems of the industry and will put their could not see that the American people would not | shoulders behind the wheel along with the members stand for that | washll‘g'on ‘F-, JOHN L. LEWIS'S “EVIL oil dispute which has disrupted OLD MAN" American - Mexican relations for Merr'_ “. It has been a long time since | several years. { %y Jack Garner and the late Senator| 1t was this oil proposal which Go-kound | ‘ Joe Robinson of Arkansas went £o | apparently got in Cordell Hull's see the President of the United | pqy. States about John L. Lewis. But 3 i (Continued 1rom Page One€) |ij. ex.vice President, sitting in| Iowever, October 1 was finally 2 e i his stocking feet on his front |5 for the signing of the agree- minding, the little business prob-|porch in Uvalde these days, still | €Dt and the Mexicans brought lem is still as acute as when Od-|remembers it. ‘(heu Minister of Finance, ‘Edual«do fum tackled it. If anything itS| A nre. Gatner tells the .dprr| oy UP. from Mexico Clty. Bub worse. The vehemence and num-|pc was a bit worried for fear he suddenly something happened, and ber of complaints have increased |the State Department postponed so greatly that Democratic leaders would not have the nerve to speak | his mind fully to the President, so‘ BP0 s and have l"kc"\)m slipped a pint bottle of rye .into ' their fears direct to the Whltuhh pocket. And when he got to the ouse White House he went into a wash- T e room and took a couple of healthy DEFENSE STEPCHILD | swigs. Odlum has accomplished some| “Then I stepped in,” recounts results. He has doubled sub-con-| Garner, “and I said, ‘Franklin, this tracting. But these orders, hnpres-fman Lewis will sink you. You may sive by themselves, have not kept not realize it now, but if you let pace with the rapid widening and /'him stay in the same boat with pening of the little business|you, he’ll sink you in the end.'” crisis—as material, labor and other| Garner says that he spoke his shortages have increasingly cur-|piece ‘with considerable vigor ' but tailed ncn-defense production Qhe feared it made little impression Drastically needed is a surgical —at least at the time. reorganization of the whole de-; NOTE: It was some time later fense contracting system, making|that Lewis called Garner “an evil, little business an integral part of | Whiskey - drinking, poker - playing | defc production instead of a|old man.” pchild to whom a few scraps| thrown occasionally when its| OW MEXICAN RELATIONS becomes annoying. The new agreement with Mexlco: big complaint against Odlum |is one of the most important re-! instead of tackling this|cent contributions to our Good difficulty immediately, he| | Neighbor policy. But the mudefact’ built up an elaborate administra- i5 that the President and, his ad: d-| tive organization that looked gran-|Visers required a long time to sell on paper but did not keep!it to Secretary of State Hull. He wolf from the door of small|didn't seem to like it at’all business. Time is of the essence Actually the Mexican agreement these fast-moving days. Scores of Was negotiated on September 1.Al- | little plants are shutting —~down |though the President approved it daily, Good intentions, no matter | almost immediately, Cordell Huil how good, won't keep them going.|held it up for two months and | Odlum was too polite, too anxi- nineteen days ous to get along with people, was The agreement provides for the too steeped in Wall Street salve. stabilization of the Mexican peso | He talked about joining the Army in the same way we have helped ard trying to do his job as a!to peg the pound sterling; for ‘a commissioned officer. What he Mexican road building program needed to do was get up and|underwritien by the ‘United States; squawk until ‘he got something for also a trade treaty; and a cash ittle business. { payment by Mexico on claims of | The only thing he got was ul ;'Ameumn citizens, Finally, it lays for himself |th4 ground for conciliation of the the signing until October 5. Then; as the Mexicans once again | were ready to sign, the State De- partment postponed once more. Again there was a mysterious wait Then Secretary Morgenthau actu- ally told the press that the agree- ment would be signed October 12. But once again, as the Mexicans prepared for the final the State Department held up thel deal, STANDARD OIL IN BACKGROUND The Presidént had approved the agreement. Secretary Morgenthay had OK'd his end of it. Jesse Jones had approved the $30,000,000 credit | | for road building, and Undersecre- |tary of State Welles had worked jout all the details. But the Secre- tary of State needed more time. Undersecretary Welles advised that | no one rush his chief; so everyone sat tight for almost another month. Finally, the date of November ican delegates sat in the May- flower Hotel. A bellboy paged “Mr. Farish and Mr. Armstrong.” It was | | William S. Farish and Thomas R.| Armstrong, president and ident ‘of Standard Oil of y, being summoned to conference with'Mr." Hull. The Secretary of State had been won over. In the end he issued a nice statement in' favor of the agreement, though also insisting to the ‘end that the agreement did | not bind the oil companies. (Copyright, 1941, ture Syndicate, - Inc.) e vice pres- New Jer- their last Empire Classifieds Payy formality, | 19 was set for the sighature. The Mex- | by United Fea- {as well as in public affairs, for the stars emphasize selfishness and 'the {desire to gain prestige or profit |This is a fortunate rule for col- ‘legc students who will make extra- onhm 'y records this term. Minds ‘O! young and old will be alert nd sensitive in an unusual de- gree. This is a day for serious study and not favorable to'’To- mance; girls will benefit through !attention to serious things BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Develop- | ment of our natural resources:will focus attention. Agriculture will be | greatly stimulated plans = to change farm economy are promot- |ed by the Government. In Wash- |ington aggressive ~action alon: as "'";;Zu‘""""""’oh‘“I, “"(";(.“;‘]:)D;i‘)‘r';;l 1. What seven cities in North America have a population of a million anxiety as wi as good r the future. Initiative probably’will ©F MOre’ 7 < i stir up new antagonisms amonz Of what verb is “wrought” the past tense? persons tenacious of long estab- What is the name of the young of the following: (a) deer, (b) lished commercial conditions, The frog, (c) bear? ; ; fact that a great economic revo- 4. What famous woman served as a nurse on the battlefields during lution has been in progress for a number of years must be - recog- 5. What are the names of the strings of a violin? | nized "% ANSWERS: NATIONAL ISSUES Specious 1. New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, peace suggestions will arouse in-, Mexico City, and Montreal terest among many persons who 2." Work. hope to avoid bloodshed by Unit- 3. (a) Fawn, (b) tadpole, (c) cub. jed States defense forces. Isolation- 4. Clara Barton, who later founded the American Red Cross. tists will be active in the coming 5. E, A, D, and G. year, but they will cease to have | wide influence as world confllc! IN MEMORY extends toward our continent. ENGAGEME“I OF | has been long foretold by the seers | “In kind remembrance of our| that our destiny will compel us to become the rescuer of democracy | That means ultimate involvement lon a great scale in the world con- | ‘f‘hu INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Hitler's move against Russia has {been interpreted as a subterfuge to gain Turkestan and Iran, {gaining a backdoor entrance Egypt, but leading astrologers think that the stars Hitler probably is to encounter from Darlan secret opposition which may prove of sericus consequences ito the Fuehrer. it will be difficult to decipher the {real motives that actuate occupied France. Persons whose birthdate it have the augury of a year of good luck, but they should be on guard! | for impositions or frauds. Children born on this day prob- ably will be exceedingly fortunate, for they should have artistic tal- ients that carry them to success. <CD])V| ight, 1941) Christmas (oncerl - IsEvenfonDec.19 “Ye Olde Carol Synge” will be given by the vocal music department jof the Juneau High School in the | auditorium on Friday, December 1¢ with participants in appropriate cog- tumes of the gay nineties. The concert is the annual Christmas songfest under the direction of Miss | Merle Schroeder and will feature 85 lvoicesA mixed chorus, Girls' Glee {Club and the Singing Debs. On the tentative program for the | evening’s entertainment are such old | favorites as Brahm’s Lullaby, Ave | Verum by Franz Mozart, and The | |Sleigh. A “negro spiritual, Littlé David Play on Your Harp will also ! |be sung. | | “Miss' Schroeder also announced | that a selection, A Christmas Folk- | |song, composed by one of her pex'—‘ |sonal friends,” Miss Mary Margaret AI‘mnch will be sung on the pro- ! gram, | Pianists for the concert will be Shirley Davis, Anna Lois Davis, and | Pat Shatfer. - - - | NOTICE | AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing thus | to! indicate Palestine | and Syria as final battlegrounds. | In coming months | _|ding is to take place in January. air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. ady from { THE EMPIRE 5 D e e VR | DECEMBED 4, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dimond of Valdez were receiving congratulations on the arrival of a girl baby. Dimond Was one of the well known attorneys in the Third Division. Four gas and smoke masks were ordered for the use of the Juneau Fire Department at the suggestion of Chief J. Latimer Gray. The Empire warned that only 19 shopping days remained before Christmas, and displayed many ads of articles for local buyers. Campfire Girls met and discussed phases of nature in line with Nature Lore Honors won during the week. A mixture of French, Java and Shimmu was to be danced in the Coliseum Theatre feature “The Idol Dancer,” starring Clarine Saymour. Weather: High, 40; low, 37; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English %/, 1. corpox | r WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The two books were both on the table.” "Omit BOTH, 6r say, “Both books were on the table.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Grocery. Pronounce gro-ser-i, O as in NO, E as in HER, I as in IT, accent first syllable, and not gro-shri. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Proceed; two E's. Procedure; one E in sec- ond syllable. SYNONYMS: Regardless, indifferent. 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: EVOLVE; to unfold or unroll; to develop. “The principles which art involves, science alone evolves."—Whewell. careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, B e MODERN ETIQUETTE ** goperra LEE e Q. Is it proper to place the elbows on the table while eating? A. This practice is not frowned upon as it once was. It is better, however, to keep the elbows off the table until coffee and cigarettes are in order 3 Q. Ts the man’s or the woman’s name spoken first when introducing a man and his wife to a group of persons? A. The wife’s name should be spoken first. Q. Is it correct for a member of the bridegroom’s family to give a - for the bride? A. No; neither family of the bride nor the bridegroom should give showers | ho the P e LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON A—--,,,—,‘—',—,-,——",,,—,»-"'cm'm"'-¢—'o-o‘\ the Civil War? Friend and Employer MR. OLIVER DRANGE, who died a year ago to- ay. Gone but fondly remembered.” NICK GRONDSMA, Tenakee Springs, Alaska, December 3, 1941. ‘W.S.PULLEN, R., : 15 ANNOUNCED Miss Katharine Hadley Tells of Befrothal at Luncheon in East { Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hadley of Washington, D. C., announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Katharine Hadley, to Winfield Scott Pullen, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pullen of Juneau, at a luncheon } party given November 1. The wed- adv. Miss Hadley attended the St. { Nicholas Scnool and the University 1of Washington. Sh¢ also attended Duke University in Durham, N. C., and George Washington Univer- sity. She is a member of Kappa Gamma Sorority and the . junior (group of the Mary Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. | 'Pullen is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Washington and a mem- ber of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He is at present doing defense work in the Office of Production Man- agement. Miss Hadley is the granddaugh- ter of the late Hiram E. Hadley, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of the state of Washington, and a niece of Lindley Hadley for- mer Representative from Washing- ton’ State. > oo ® Accounts Government In- * sured up to $5,000.° ® Money aviilable at any e (Imslmas Carols Ak 0 Be Sung by .. auoxmn SEATTLE Dec. 4.—On Christmas eve'a chorts of 100 voices belofig- {ing to Armiy, Navy and civilian de- |} fénse workers will echo ca.ro‘.sl I against the snow-clad hills protect- | ing Butch Harbor, the Navy's base near the tip of the far-flung Aleu- tian chaif™ Word has been received at Thir- teenth Naval District’ Headquarters here “that’ “the -chorus ‘has 'been formed and is holdtng regulnr prac- tice: 2 @ Start an account with $1 or more. . Current 4% Rate Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneau — % Dr. A. V. Stewart THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941 uom' JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 and fourth Monday of each month in S¢ottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. VERGNE L. HOKE, Master; JAMES W. 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