The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every eventng except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. TROY MONSEN - - - - - President Vice-President and Business Manager HELEN R. L. BERNARD - - Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following ra One year. in sdvance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, In advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify the Business Office of shy fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 3. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasks Newspavers, 1011 Amerjcan Bullding, Seattle, Wash | who THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA must meet it as united Americans regard] of our attitude in the past toward the policy our government has followed. Whether or not that policy has been wise, our country has been attacked by force of arms and by force of arms we must retaliate. “Our own defenses and our own military position have already been neglected too long. We must now turn every effort to building the greatest and most efficient army, navy and air force in the world, When American soldiers go to war, it must be with the vbest equipment that modern skill can design and that modern industry can build.” We hope Lindy meant just that and that we will be able to put him back oh our hero list, rather than eyeing him with a shade of doubt OTHER SUPPORTER | \ | | Further bringing a unity of purpose into the American scene early this week was John L. Lewis, also mafle a statement early in the week to| show that he has no subversive feathers showing| so far ‘ds’'tHe course taken by the government céoncerned | Lewis declared: ! “When the nation is must ‘rally 'to’ its support is | every American mmldvrulinn. attacked All other | becomes insignificant 'effort becomes 'a THE TRY. THAT mufifl | | when | Japanese mln])l('(i & Nazi tactic S\mdm\ they sprung their surprise attack in the Pacific. The | fine hand . of' Hitlert was' eudily ‘detected in those | death-dealing raids | But ‘apparently) as the' week wears on; the prfl pon forées ‘were not 'able to grab ‘quite the war aae vafitage from their: maneuver which they must have! hoped wolild Perhaps they did not lonrn] their 'Nazi ' lesson ' 'well s The purpose of such a surprise attack, is 'to get the jump on the enemy and have a défine itehead cstart’ in the war. ' But American fore while not ready at the instant of attack, were cer- tainly not caught napping From ail information which reaches us here, the result. of course, in jund Volk” “Congress 'and administrative government must |be supported and every aid given to the men in| the combat services of our country. “Each tru#' American will cooperate living reality. “ twith all other citizens I join in the suppoll; |of out''goverfiment to the day of its ultimate tri- | umphover Japan and all other enemies.” Jaught Red-Hande(I and umln-d | ! (Philadelphia Record) More than a month -ago President Roosevelt 1e-‘ vealed German plans to abolish all religions and | establish a Nazi-dominated church with a credo de- ! rived from Hitler's “Mein Kampf."» There wds some scoffing in this country. ‘There. were loud denials from Berlin. | But, now we learn—not from Washington, not from . London—but in a dispatch from Berlin, m:\wdi by the,.German censor, that the Nazis do have a; blueprint.. for abolishing the Christian religion. The proof \is contained in a book called “Gott | (God and Nation) widely circulated | among Nazi elite. When we recall that pnsse:sion‘ | changes | tendance ’2 BT | coaching local talent in various plays left on the Alameda for Seattte. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DECEMBER 13 Edna Harpole Evelyn Spain Mrs. Robert Light Leephonse W. Smith DECEMBER 14 Naomi Forrest Kenneth Loken Claud C. Carnegie Mrs. Dorothy Pegues Samuel Guyot Donald Pegues J. C. Michaelson Lorene Gucker Emeral O. Davis E. F. Rodenberg, Jr. PR RS e HOROSCOPE “The stars-incline but do not compel” SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 Benefic aspects conflict with verse planetary influences today when persons who possess foresigit will vision the need of future re- ligious support in meeting world This is a promising con- figuration for the clergy. HEART AND HOME: Church at- should be large under this direction of the stars which inclines humanity to seek the healing power of faith in the eter- ad- Jnl Customs for Alaska with headquarters in Juneau. ‘§ Daily Lessons in Enghsh W. L. GORDON ) from THE EMPIRE { 20 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 13, 1921 The Princess Louise was in Juneau northbound on its first Vancou- ver-Skagway run. Stanford Dodge. actor and manager, who has been traveling in Alaska John C. McBride was appointed by President Harding as Collector A large quantity of contraband whnske\ and a gasboat were con- fiscated in a €ity-wide raid'téday. 'six perscris weré under arfest as'a result of this round-up, according’ to'U. 8. Marshal Major George D. Beaumont., Mrs. James Frawley returned to Juneau on the Alameda from Seattle. Weather: High, 36; low, 34; snow. WORIS DFTEN-MISUSED: Do:not bay, “Fhe judges will select the best two stories.” Say, “The’ judgez will 'select the TWO BEST Stories.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Debauch. Pronounce de-boch, E as in ME unstressed, O as in OR, accent last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Defefericé (reverence). similarity). SYNONYMS: miniature. WORD STUDY: Difference (dis- Portrait, photograph, painting, picture likeness, “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: LINEALLY; in a manner descending in'a direct line f¥om an ancestor. “The prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.” e L SRR | MODERN ETIQUETTE * ropprra Lim el brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs Q. What type of closing sentence should one avoid using in a letter? i £ : A. Avoid closing the letter with an “ing” sentence, such as, “Hop- ing to hear from you soon,” or “Trusting that this finds you well,” of *Having nothing more to report, I think I'll stop.” Q. TIs it all right for a caller to remain if a second caller arrives? A. No; the first calfer should of course remain for a few' mintites, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 194] Kaser and reeburger Blrugren "PHONE 58 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 468 “Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room $—Valentine Bldg. NE 762 Hours: 9 am: to 6 pm. ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and ‘Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin Sta. PHONE 136 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Becond 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. Juneau’s Own Store "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE | DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Eldg. Youll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANGCF COFFEE SHOP - Jap day the military sun has been shortlived. Our forces are now' reported to be pretty well in| command of the South Seas situation. ))\ Nazi party members of forbidden literature meansuu] laws that govern the universe {loss of party membership if not a voncentmlmn\’rhup is a sign presaging a widen- \mmp and that publishers have great difficulty in | {ing consciousness of the qumm! .nhl.'\lmm; paper, for any but official books—we don’t | iplane of existence. In many na- need a Nazi imprimatur to know that it has official [tions men and women will turn to | approval. ithe divine ruler of the universe | The book outlines a religious “new order” that‘and will worshjp according to many uuuld replace all Christian churches, whether Cfl“’lo-“ormg and rituals. Evil is to be l:c or Protestapt, with a national “German faith.” |overcome as it appears in the The book declares: “We Germans have been*ym-m of war, but victory of right called: by fate to be the first to break with Christi- will come with halting steps. anity; it is. to, be an honor.” BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Shipping It proclaims: “Germany is our interests will be foremost now and will be our religion.” there is a sign read as presaging 1. At what weight does a light-heavyweight boxer become a heavy- This is final proof—although few of us needed movements of the United States Weight? this - final proof—that Hitler, is the enemy not only Navy in the Pacific Ocean. It 1s' 2. What is the significance of “ASCAP"? of freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and the lemphasized that the Sino-Japanese 3. The name of what Shakespearean character is given to a newly- other freedoms we enjoy, but also of freedom of war is a Mercury war. The influ- married man? religion. It is a reminder, too, that he proposes t0 ence of the planet has been strong 4. What country's people are the most inventive in the world? abolish not only those churches that might actively |since the beginning of what the ag- 5. Who was the first great naval hero of America? oppose him, but all churches. gressors call an “incident.” There ANSWERS: There can be no freedom in the world—for any- iy a sign that presages great eco- 1. When he exceeds 175 pounds. thing but Nazism—as long as Hitler lives [nomic stress in the Orient while 2. There are the initial letters of the Americin Sotiety of Com- g lour exports are diverted to South|posers Authors'and Publishers. § ofl tankers, America. 3. Benedick, in “Much Ado About Nothing.” NATIONAL ISSUES: In seeking United States. ‘friendships with our south.ern John Paul Jones (1747-92). |neighbors citizens of the United Gl P who soundly the feelings of the people of Mon- |States are warned against the at- tana,” the petition declares . . . .'titude that our country is the most Last year, however, Ivy Litvinoff Friends of Will Hays say the mDVlE‘.mpmlam in the Western Hemis- was considered just a little too pm-‘(mr plans an early return to In- \pherc The seers point out that British and a little too talkative for jdiana to re- establish himself po"lhere has been too much Yankee a diplomat's wife. So she very iitically in order to run for the|poastfuiness and even condescen- conveniently “took up her abode” in'seat held by Senator Van Nuys. | dation in the past. The war is to Siberia, where she devoted herself During the Harding regime’ Hays {level all prides of nationality or| to her pet hobby, teaching Russians, was a big shot in the Indiana QORI carnerons .o perception of !dency to make much of the pres- | “basic English"—the essential words|Likely to,oppose Hays for the nom- .\ meaning of the universal| ent will be strong in sumu_l.mng; of the English language. ination is Secretary of State Tucker, s | brotherhood comes through the | enerous spending. As_ Christmas closely allied with State GOP draws near all resolutions to be medium of bloodshed and suffer- | i s ... . D=l 5 i e h > ?lf:an;]r;\a;cl:::pasga::swamm;)mn {ing. |careful will be forgotten, it is fore- | jact three years, left Juneau on Itold. Jewelers and furriers will pro- | e | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: | his way to Washington, D. C; where i‘::axetfia: ft'orr():g? g:::’ :ln 3:5 Our overtures of friendship w“m:.';-u:ex\::] f:gvi“;“’e‘"*r“: :‘t‘“s‘c‘“_]n‘]“‘lhe will'be Chief of the Commercial strongly urged by Democratic chiefs|the South: American countries wn”who e ‘h “ di‘.l niture, : e'y Operdtions Division of: the CAA. {o run for Congress next year,be offset by mistakes which re-|FiC L(e -} “;;1 ‘ci)"‘ l:’m" ents| Mr..and Mrs. McWilllams ' and|g. Metcalf headed the 1940 Montana|tard —understanding. Well-meant '; e forgotten through the holi-| their young %on, Owen, ‘arrived on Roosevelt-for-President Club and |efforts to win complete cooperation |44YS: |a CAA plane from their home in won high Administration praise forjin Western Hemisphere defense will] Anchorage and’ continued south by his effective campaigning. PAA. ¥ (Coypright, 1941, by United Fea-| » iture Syndicate, Inc.) > - Ring Lost 20Years Is Found then leave. Q. Ts it good form to talk about one's self? A. There are many people who have the idea’that to talk about one’s self is bad form; however, most people do not think so. If the story one has is amusing or instructive, there is no reason why it should not be told. ] Watch and Jewelry Repal lllth € A\l\‘L LOST ring 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 85 INSURANCE Jones-Stevens Shop | LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Strést . . Near Tnma last, word reached Juneau that PFirst Committee had been dissolved. By that time, the United States 'had been .at formal war with Japan for four days and at formal war with Germany and Italy for one day. The iso- lationist group died ‘hard, but when the real crises | there was 1o room for movement agaitst | while ships and work to win a Night before Americd r-,,,-,-,-,,..,,_-——-_"m-mm.- PP L_LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON it the H.'W. L. ALBRECHT Physical Therapeutics holy land. It any our bombers, in earnest freedom. came war in ‘this ‘country soldiers going from the enemies of our The most colorful figure, from the public's standpoint, in the America First movement did not a declaration of abandonment of the isola- tionist cause to throw his cause in with our war effort. Early Monday, Charles A. Lindbergh (Lucky Lindy) decided that now is the time to fight a good war, not argue about the wisdom of fighting. In a statement to the press, Lindy said: e have been stepping closer to war for months. Now it has come and we Heat and Light Treatments Massage and Corrective Exercises Phone 773 Valentine Bldg. were to war wait for JAMES C. COOPER C.P. A, Business Counselor The Nazis are trying to sink our COOPER BUILDING but it is doubtful if they can accomplish what Sec-| many retary Ickes couldn't. L. C. Smith and. Corons TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by thWiIIiams Is J B. Burford & Co. Heze Enroute fo our DR Wil vy . New CAA Post ————— DR H.VANCE | sl S kst free, | urg 10 to 12; 1 td'; S. career diplomats hated hel erhood of United States ship should be recognized. In the !|Army, the Navy and the air forces {many races are represented and| |astrologers discern influences whica lare at times disturbing. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The ten- citizen- Washinglon Merry- Go-Round (c«nunuec trom Page One) Shattuck Agency o RN ST AR CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at ¢ L’ Moderate Prices SRR, | e e o e | Super WHITE Power e @ TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET | I. K. McWilliams, who has been superintendept of safety nguliuml!; d {for the CAA“in Alaska' for “the| propagandize Revolutionary mediately began to for the Russian Democratic Party. By the time he was 24 he had be- JAILED IN LONDON come a member of the Bolshevik' Because Litvinoff had lived in central committee in Kiev, and a England for five years, he was vear later. in 1801, he was arrested made the first Ambassador to Lon- and sentenced to exile in Siberia.'don after the Soviet finally estab- Before he could be sent tc Siberia, lished diplomatic relations with His! however, Litvinoff escaped and fled Majesty’s Government. As such.| Lo Switzerland he spent a month in jail, held as a\ The next fifteen years of Litvin- hostage for the British agent Bruce| off's life were spent in very danger- Lockhart, who was held in Moscow. ous visits to Russia or in the comp-|During his imprisonment, the Am- any of Stalin, Lenin, Trotsky and bassador’s sense of humor prompted | other exiles in Switzerland, France him to hong this sign on the door| and England ‘Of his cell: Once, in 1906, Litvinoff turned up, “Military Guest of His Majesty in Paris with a huge batch of Rus-| Afterwards, Litvinoff was de- sian paper money which the Com»‘ported‘ and returned to the Ru”‘i munists of the Caucasus, under the sian Foreign Office where he served leadership of Stalin, had seized in|under the famous Tchitcherin. The a raid on the Czar's treasury in two were in constant conflict, each Tiflis. It was Litvinoff's job to with his own personal following change the money into smaller de-|Which tried to dominate the Foreign nominations and distribute it to|Office. party members in Paris. But he was| Finally, Tchitcherin became in- “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors Peppermint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Caramel - Pecan,” Black Walnut, w IC AC vl Raspberry Ripple, New York, | ! | 3 Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla— at the GUY SMITH DRUG — s '{l{- H.S. GRAVES SIGRID’S ;. T Chioy S PKOHE 318 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: be thwarted by careless words and|Goads of many sorts will be felt njudicious actions. Editors of peri-|py the United States Government lodicals and producers of motionas it waits on the brink of war.| {pictures should be careful in pre-ipuch criticism will be employed by | senting comments or charmterm-‘Eumpean leaders who desire the |tions which betray our ignorance | fyll strength of our nation in aid of the true background and his-iof the Allies. The stars seem to |tory ~of South Americans and Its presage a portentous quiet through varied peoples, astrologers declare. lzhe holidays when there may be Persons whose birthdate it iSian event of appalling significance. {have the augury of a year of sat-| Persons whose birthdate it is isfactory attainment. Extraordin-|phave the augury of a year of fair- | ary activities and experience nm’ly good luck. Temptation to spend rorecast too much money may be frequent. | Children born on this day Pprob-| Children born on this day prob- SRRV ¢ AUTOMOI“LE OWNERS “ ATTENTION The 1942 Automobile anensel Plates are riow avaflable and on sale at the Oftice of ‘THie City'Clerk. Territorial 4nd "City “regulations require that the new plates be dis- | played January 1. " : R. G. RICE, City Cterk. First publication, Dec. 1£, 1941. Last publication, Dec. 15, 1941. Loll id HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING . * caught with some of the money on sane, retired from office and was him and expelled from France, kept under guard for four years. Twice during his years in exile he, sent ships loaded with munitions to Russia to start revolution, but! in both cases the ships were sunk MADAME LITVINOFF Nine of his years in exile. were! spent in London where he sold cor- sets, served a clerk in a publish- ing company, and married Ivy Lowe niece of Sir Sidney Lowe and re- lated to Sir Maurice Lowe, well- known to Americans as the Wash- ingten correspondent of the Lon- dbn Telegraph Ivy Lowe Litvinoff has been one af the most contr al charact- ers in Russia. After her marriage #he became an ardent Communist— though, because of her bourgeois background, her loyalty always has been suspect in Moscow. There she u)ndumd a salon frequented by the literati, She translated Russian novels into Enzlish and became Moscow’s No. 1 hostess Frequently she accompanied her husband to Geneva on his appear- ances before the League of Natiens, which times she took great de Jight fin tripping up U. S. Amba: sador Hugh Gibson, and other U] ' staff ' Twenty-five chiefs and assistant But just as Litvinoff achieved his ambition of becoming Foreign Minister, he suffered the terrible experience of having most of his purged from under him. chiefs were shot, exiled or com- mitted suicide. Every important di- Vision except three was cleaned out completely. Most conspicuous was |, First Assistant Commisar Krestinsky who had been Soviet Ambassador to Germany. He was shot. Many of Litvinoff's friends coh- sidered him lucky ered this storm. His political eclipse did not come “until Stalin cot ready to make a marriage of convenience with Germany. And| considering Lhe fate of his asso- clates, Litvinoff's mere relegation to a back seat, and his presmt‘ comeback as Ambassador to the J. 8. A. stamp him as something | of a phenomenon in Soviet Russia.' | to have weath-| MERRY-GO-ROUND At a large public rally, the Butte | Mont) V for Victory Club! iaunched a petition calling on Sen-| |ator Burt Wheeler to resign, “What |you are doing does not represent MANILA, Déc. 13 = A-Chinese man salvaging coal from the Yang- tze river discovered a gold ring and sold it to Lieut. William J. Lederer, Jr. §10. Lederer had spotted it as a naval académy ring, and its in-! scription. identified, it as belong- ing to. Donald Francis Smith. Now , Ledgrer has located Smith in New York, and learned_the ring was lost nearly.,20 years ago. He is re(urning LAt | : | Mrs. Colis Druley Is Cle\geh‘md Bound MlJb ofls‘ E’;y, f{)r ma‘ny years a resident’ ,J enu is smbogndj to Sédetl Ohio, to spend lhc hondays with (her .parents. . She is accompanied by her .two .children, Sarah and little Jimmy. The three may re-| |turn,_to Junegu nex; April. - g T o | The Dauy aiaska. Empire has me largest paid circlation .of any Al- aska newspaper. ably will be determined to succeed, ably will be talented and ambiti- well endowed with brains and phy-|ous. Love guided by financial con- The gallery of a battleship or of the U. S, Navy for| {to prepare ‘for memorable holiday | home - hospitalities is fortunate to- \plane, race prejudices should van- sically able to overcome obstacles of all sorts. MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 Benefic aspects ‘dominate today.! Mars is in a place which is read as presaging severe conflict which should be favorable to the ‘Alliés. HEART AND HOME: Women are | subject to stimulating planetary in- flaences which -should enable them celebrations.. Whatever pertains to | day. which is lucky also for shep- ping. ance will flourish in'the holidays 'With an. extraordinary: in- tensity. ' Women: of / all ages «will| cherish sentimental ideas under the | stimulus - of the war spirit :and marriages of middle-aged persons will -be numerous. NATIONAL ISSUES: As social bars are.let. down and persons of all walks of life exist on a level ish. . Secret. efforts to fan old in- juries into -flames' of hate will be jmade . by fifth - columnists, The seers warn that the actual broth- \ cruiser compares in detail with that siderations may be expected of a first class large hotel. 100 Proof National Distillers Prod. Corp., N. Y. Dwflbulad by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY Seattle, Washington rgu COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY OF ALASKA Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 or 747—JUNEAU SECULRE YQUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Modcriize Your Home Under Title L F. H. A. CAPITAL-—$350,000 SURPLUS—~-$150,000 ® COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank There is no substitute for newspaper advertising!