The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 15, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dail y Alaska Published avery svening except Sunday by the FMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. WELEN TROY MONSEN - - - R L BERNARD - - Vice-President Entered tn the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. El 'UBSCEIPTION RAT Delivered 3 carzier In Jusanu and Dousiat for §1.38 ver m stage paid, at the following rates: ance, $12.00; six months, in adv . $1.265 “ne month, Subscribes the Business Office of sny fallure or i ilvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ited to it or not wise credited in' this paver and also the local news published republication of all news dispatches credi berein, NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES nerican Building Seattle, Wash will confer a favor If they will promptly notify ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ~ Alaska Newspapers, 1011 . |lation. We must meet the challenge wit liti- Empire i s e oranms!, T8 b Well, we won those [réedoms by fighting for them! Why not protect then the same wa A lot of mechanical water has run over the ."; Bu"‘n”"‘l’:’;r“u; dam n‘1 civilization since these shots were fired by | the minute-men of Lexington and Concord. This th. ce, $6.00; the basic situation is the same. Our irregularity in the de- | WILL meet that challenge to maintain our can way of life We feel the most complete expression of what this day should mean to us is embodied in the proc- | lamation’ of President Roosevelt, made before war was declared, setting aside December 15 as “Bill of | Rights Day.” Here it is: “Whereas a joint resolution of the Congress, approved August 21, 1941, authorizes and requests the | President of the United States ‘to issue a proclama- tion designating December 15, 1941, as Bill of Rights Day, calling updn. officials. of the government to display the flag of the United States on all govern- ment’ buildings on that day, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day with appro-| priate ceremonies and prayer’: ! “Now, therefore, I, Frahklin D. Roosevelt, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 15, 1941, as bill of rights day. [And call upon the officials of the government, and upon the people of the United States, to observe the | day by displaying the flag of the United States on Ameri- battle in which we are now engaged is fought with | mechanical monsters more than men with arms, but | right to live | our own lives is being challenged and we must and | DECEMBER 15 Edward J. Giovanetti Donna Jean Jewett Mrs. H. T. Tripp Chede I. Paul Bill Baman | Bonnie L. Wagner James Gilkey Steve Gutana Mrs. J. P. McPherson Elizabeth Gilroy HOROSCOPE “The stars incline | 1f [public buildings and by meeting together for such | | prayer and ceremonies as may seem to them ap-| SEWARD LOOKED The Pacific Ocean ast regions beyond will becor the ter of events in the world's great So spoke Willlam H. Seward who engineered the purchase of Al Today the eyes of the world a Pacific area to which Seward re strgggle is in progress for suprema of the globe which he declared was of world events. come the great center Certainly, the Pacific theater developed and offers the most potential possibilities , tutions of a for development of any section of All of which makes us consider the wisdom of |The free schools, the free churches, the labor unions, |able sway for first meetings with Seward's remark and points an unerring finger) the religious and educational and civic organizations | persons of opposite sex, but there at the necessity of democratic victory in the|of all kinds which, without the guarantee of the bill |is & promising sign for the pursuit Pacific, that this great region may be developed |of rights, could never have existed; which sicken |Of new friendships or romances. with an eye to furthering humanity, not I)O\A‘lng;"nd disappear whenever, in any country, these ngm,»Curn should be taken to avoid ac- to the aims of grasping despotism | are curtailed or withdrawn. ;”‘"‘llh in winter sports. There is e “The 15th day of December, 1041, is therefore [RU )1 omen for this date. BILL OF RIGHTS DAY set aparl as & day of mobilization for freedom :.nd»mfl””f:fi’j;‘fiw :}l‘f‘:fi\”‘j_\U_“_‘w?l“‘”“ —————— for human rights, a day of remembrance of the |, == o o B\l.\lll‘f‘.\,s expansion Today marks the 150th anniversary of the date democratic and peacful action by which these rights willy appear desirable, but risks when the first ten amendments were added to our|were gained, a day of reassessment of their present|chould be avoided. Government! { constitution. meanifig and their living worth | borrowing will be curtailed as banks These amendments guaranteed us freedom of “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges |adjust financial plans for the most religion, press, speech and assembly and a right to as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to|exacting year in all history. Pros- petition the government for redress of grievances. win them. They come in time to take these rights|perity will be enjoyed, but infla- Right now we are more concerned than ever for granted and to assume their protection is as<|tion appears inevitable. Miracles before about these sacred rights which our American sured. We, however, who have seen these privileges |Will be performed in defense pro-! constitution guarantees us. During the past several lost in other continents and other countries can now |duction, but even more miracles sources that ‘these will be required in coming months. years we have heard from many rights were being ferrited away fr tion—political enemies who decla: < propriate. | AHEAD | “The first ten amendments, the great Amenmn‘ chnrm of personal liberty and human dignity. be- its shores, its islands, and | came a part of the constitution of the United States me the chief thea- |on (he 15th day of December, 1791, | hereafter.” “It is fitting that the anniversary of its adoption | but do not compel” | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 Conflicting planetary aspects are | discerned for today. Although good i ne may be expected in the Tuesday newspapers, labor will pre- sent a serious situation. Secretary of smu-;,hm,m be remembered by the nation which, for 150 |MAany wrong ideas will be dissem- : |yéars, Bas enjoyed the immeasurable privileges | nated. ¢ P are turned on that | which that charter guaranteed: The privileges of | HEART AND HOME Al s, ook ferred as a great | freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of y of the section!the press, freedom of assembly and the free right destined to be-!to patition the government for redress of grievances ‘ “It is especially fitting that this should be remembered and observed by those ins 1-] democratic people which owe very existence to the guarantees of the bill of rights: anniversary | is the most un- this world of ours. | appreciate their meaning to those people who enjoyed om us. The com- them once and now no longer We understand an. women who social an important date for should use their business or |advantages for the future. It is a |day to lay foundations for work and play in 1942, when there will be so many changes in human re- their |1ations that. it is imperative to use! | foresight now. This is not a favor- NATIONAL ISSUES: Censorship plaints have come from enemies of the administra- in some measures What their loss can mean, And 0:\ Hewg il ll)xe\ “e(:";:‘:y' ::ellt\c i secrecy regarding many goyern- red the Roosevelt by that realization we have come to a clearer con- | y J i ek | ment matters will be imperative, regime was attempting to set itself up as a dictator- ship ception of their worth to us, and to a stronger and | more unalterable determination that here in our but critics will talk about abridge- iment of freedom of the press. It But the game of politics, which has been a great |land they shall not be lost or weakened or curtailed {will be discovered that even 'small American pastime, must now take face something much more real in the threat of |form to that understanding and that determination |enemy. dictatorship than mere campaign The enemy which now strikes 11'('edom does so with more than Washinglon Merry- Go-Round (Continued trom Page One) uh U. S. naval stations in cific to watch out for them. In 1932, for instance, during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Japanese fleet left mysterious- ly, and for several weeks the U. S, Fleet was on the alert trying to figure out its destination. In recent years, however, botn intelligence services have been un- der the command of drawing-room experls. General Sherman Miles, in charge of Military Intelligence, is a charming gentleman who has surrounded himself with wealthy young blue-bloods. Only members of the best families can qualify for Mmilitary Intelligence, and how much they know about the life around a Japanese waterfront is question- able. Similarly, Naval Intelligence has been in charge of two delightful gentlemen, Captain Alan Kirk and now Captain Ted Wilkinson. Both have their names listed in the So- cial Register, the blue-blood list of Washington's selected socialites. Wilkinson has a large across the Potomac in Virginia, and there he entertains in the very best manner, but when it came to dock- ing the US.S. Mississippi in New York it took him six and a half hours. Captains Kirk and Wilkinson are| great assets at dinner parties, and apparently want all their men to be likewise, for no man can get into Naval Intelligence un- less both grandfathers and grand- mothers were born in the US.A. Not even Wendell Willkie could qualify. Obviously it is the man who can speak a few languages, is not| afraid to get his hands dirty close contact with life, is not too particular regarding the percentage of blue blood in his veins, who should be able to bring in shipping information in MRS. ROOSEVELT AND JAPANESE Mrs, Roosevell is one of (he mansion | a backseat as we | “It is to give public expression and outward charges. | that we are about to commemorate the adoption at our individual oratory and legis- ]xr.s practice.” most even-tempered, good-nalure.l“ Meanwhile, the State Department | lJa\pm\ had sprung a Hitler double- | Caribbean, competing with Ickes' cross on Hawaii during the middle division of Territories and Insular of her husband’s appeal to Em- | Affairs. In fact, the State Depart- peror Hirohito. ment almost hired as chief of this On the fateful Sunday of the division the Governor of the Virgin bombardment, Mrs. Roosevelt came Islands whom Ickes had fired into the White House while the President was talking to the Jap- anese Ambassador. She said noth- A fair analogy can be drawn ing at the time, but her lips tight- between the gentlemen of the State ened into a firm straight line — Department and the America First AMERICA FIRST [nems may become pointers to the Newspapers and the radio| will concur with the point of 'view of the bill of rights and rededicate its principles and | in Washington and will cooperaw’o\- ‘?“ECHWIY There is a sign presag-|across the Pacific and half way|her home. A Christmas party withj | |ing a news leak in one of the de- |partments in the national capital persons in the world. But no one | got so sare at Ickes that they ac- 'thh Dt be traced; the . sete fn Washington was more irate than |tually started & Bireau of their |fOTecast. : she when the news first broke that own regarding the islands of the| FPersons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of ups and downs. Military affairs will disturb many. Strangers should be accepted cautiously. Children born on this day prob- ably will be talented and able to succeed. They may be nervous and highstrung and should be carefully reared. | (Copyright, 1941) sure sign that the First Lady’s| Committee which is now disband-|8l€s in connection with German | dander is up. ing. Both were sincere, and defin- | plantations. Afterward, she told friends: itely felt that the best way to treat | wu;( - “Imagine the nerve of that man | P¢ (hcltau)rs wr: ‘g ““"‘J"“’"‘ ":‘”"“ e i S silting with my husband in the '00m. (0 expand. Onge Japan. had as significant thal ) 4 ) {aken a part of China, they felt, |struck first not at the Philippines, White House when Japanese bombs " were falling on our boys! And when|he Would be- satisfied; and once | Hitler had taken Austria and the |I came in he got up and actually| bowed and was full of smiles!” ”S;ndoltcnland he also would be sat- stied NO-APPEASER ICKES | Apparently they bhad their heads too far in the clouds or did not The one member of the Cabinet y |who had a consistently 100 per- | understand human nature suffici- jently to realize that the thirst of cent, though sometimes unpopular, oo batting record regarding Japan Ms‘a dictator Never is quenched. It |the toe-stepping, hit-'em-harder | was this blind policy which opened Secretary of the Interior Harold !PC. nation fo attack when its |guard was down. No one outside the Cabinet ever, |knew just how many tough fights| Ickes had with Secretary of State, Hull over appeasing Japan. For a| time it got so that Hull would not | speak to him. CRET SOUTH AMERICAN BASES Japanese and Nazis prepared for One clue as to how carefully the | which is armed to the teeth with |heavy bombers, but at Hawaii. Ha- waii had sent its best war planes |on to the Philippines . . . If the Navy had read the newspapers it might have been better prepared last Siumday. Constantine Brown, foreign affairs expert of the Wash- ington Star, predicted war with Japan ten days in advance and named Sunday, December 7, as the starting date . . . | Current sight is than foresight but looking back- iwards it might have been better {not to have arrested all those Ger- man spies. J. Edgar Hoover was |running a radio station for them, always easier 120 YEARS AGO Again | r-mm..-.v--"-“-» S from THE EMPIRE DECEMBER 15, 1921 | Agent Willis E. Nowell of the Alaska Steamship Company announced that the war taxes on freight and baggage were cancelled. | Frank A. Boyle, Registrar of the U. S. Land Office, returned to | Juneau on the Northwestern from Seattle. | b SRy 403 A baby daughter was born at the hospital here to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Adamson. W. A. Estus, owner of a cannery on Willoughby Avenue, was an arrival on the Northwestern after spending the past several months on business in Seattle. The Mavericks won from the House Committee by a score of 1592 to 1414 at the Elks’ Bowling Ttournament last night. On the House Committee were Dott, VanderLeest and Metcalf, while in the Mavericks line-up were I. Goldstein, Stocker and Grefe. Weather: High, 33; low, 31; snow. e rrrrrremeeers N | Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corpon b e e e i} WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “When this fell beneath my observation I was astonished.” Say, When this fell UNDER my observation.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Absolute. not as OO in BOOT. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Raise Raze (to demolish). SYNONYMS: Marvel, miracle, prodigy, curiosity, phenomenon. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours” Lel us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ABORIGINAL; first; original; an original inhabitant of any land. "It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.” —Darwin. Pronounce the U as in CUBE, (to lift up). Rays (lines of light). PO SR ARG ESeeee e s e e e e ee MODERN ETIQUETTE * poperra LEE bl S S Q. Does an unmarried woman use “Miss” when,signing her name to a business letter? A. Yes; but be sure Dorothy Johnson.” Q. When arriving at a friend’s home and she is just leaving, what should one do? A. Tell her you will not detain her, but will sce her some other that it is enclosed in parentheses, as, “(Miss) time. Q. Is it proper to say, “I only have five dollars”? A. No; say, “I have only five dollars.” ONLY should be placed directly before the word it qualifies. USSR S e '.OOK and LEARN ?\1{ C. GORDON S e ) 1. What opera has the most famous quartette in it? 2. What percentage of the world’s erude oil is produced in the United | States? . Who said: “Am I my brother's keeper”? 4. Which is farther west, Honolulu or Nome, Alaska? 5. What Spanish explorer and soldier conquered Mexico? ANSWERS: “Rigoletto,” by Verdi. Sixty per cent. Cain, when the Lord asked about Abel after Cain had killed him. Nome. Hernando Cortez (1485-1547). it - flying 8,000 miles, which is ing Club which is to be held at back again. Thus it was easy for|exchange of gifts will add extra Japanese bombers to fly from their | pleasure to the occasion. mandated islands to Hawaii. But - apparently someone, some place,} failed to give the Japanese credit for having just as good bombers as | ours, plus the ability to use them. | (Copyright, 1941, by United Fea- | ture Syndicate, Inc.) O.E.S. TO ELECT Annual election of officers will feature regular meeting of Nugget Chapter, scheduled for tomorrow night. Bal- loting and initiation are also ischeduled for the evening. —_———-—— TWO LEAVE SATURDAY Joe Riedi and Bernie Hulk of Douglas are among the passengers enroute to Seattle. Riedi is going for medical attention and Hulk ! expects to enlist in the Coast Guard ‘nml]ery, it was reported. - e AID CLASSES ARE TO BE ORGANIZED MORE FIRST Order of Eastern Stars,|® MONDAY, DEEEMBER 15, 194} e 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. e————— e e . Juneau’s Own Store “The Rexall Store" Your Rellable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. HARRY RACE Dr. John H. Geyer DRUGGIST DENTIST “The Squibb Stores of Room 9—Valentine Bldg. Alaska” PHONE 762 o L L Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, “The Stere for Men™ ‘gmmmim. SAB'N,S of Opflmfi:'!m ana Front St.—Triangle Bldg. | Glasses Fitted Lenses Grounda You'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sta. PHONE 136 A Watch and Jewelry Repalring | at very reasonable rates Jones-Stevens Shop o] PAUL BLOEDHORN | Seward Street Near Thrmrd 3 8. FRANKLIN ?m;E!f‘,_.._A H. W. L. ALBRECHT and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 85 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency R s ST CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Markes 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices L—-fi. = — suer WHITE, eonce TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Physical Therapeutics | Heat and Light Treatments Massage and Corrective Exercises Phone 773 Valentine Bldg. || 4 JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. | Business Counselor i COOPER BUILDING i L. C. Smith and. Corons Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. " Ratiutie Gustomers” " DR.H.VANCE | OSTEOPATH Christensen Bros. Garage Consultation and examination 909 WEST 12TH STREET free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 6; I’! nwutnnum. TR TSR “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors Peppermint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Caramel Pecan, Black - Walnut, Raspberry Ripple, New York, mmntunsz mfl" : | RUN OVER BY TRAIN Eli Post is confined to St. Ann's Hospital for two or three days on account of injuries received yester- day when the ore train ran over him while he was at work. Just a miracle, he believes, saved him from far more serious injuries. - e, —— FRANZES TAKE APT. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pranz, who came to Douglas recently ‘from the East, have taken one of the Bar- oumes apartments for their winter residence. - e To build one modern ' battle- ship requires about the same am- ount of steel as 30,000 automobiles. ——————— SPECIAL MEETING , Mrs. Glen Kirkham, who recent- ly passed required examinations for first aid instructors, is now pre- pared fo conduct a class and she asks all who would like to take a course in the subject to notify her. In due course Mrs. Kirkham plans to start a first aid class of the Girl Scouts. ) e ee SCHOOL VACATION PERIOD DEC. 24TH TO JAN. 5TH According to announcement this morning by Supt. Calvin Pool, De- cember 24 will be the last day of school before Christmas and studies will not be resumed until January 5. A change in the dates as previously announced is to per- young | Ickes argued way back in 1937, when Japan first invaded China that the United States should c operate with Britain in shutting off Japan’s oil and the raw m terials of war. And he kept plug- ging this theme and getting into| the hair of the State Department with unremitting zeal ever since He brought the matter up again in 1938 when the Japanese sank the U. 8. gunboat Panay, obviously a test by the war lords to see ;whelher the United States would ‘v,ake it lying down. | Then, in 1940, Ickes joined with ‘Morgenthcn Stimson and Knox in to embargo all oil, gasoline and Iscrnp iren. Once again |Hull opposed, and persuaded th: | President to delay the oil embargo| |until almost a year later, by whicl 1!1me Japan had built up a yez\rs \reserve of oil—which she has to- day Secretary | the attack on the U. S. was un- earthed by the Congressional Com- »mittec which 'investigated aviation | conditions in South America. They discovered that six Messer- schmidt planes recently were flown | into Colombia by Japanese pilots. | The planes and pilots later dis- | appeared, but it is well known that Colombia is dotted with German “fincas” or plantations, many of them not too far distant from the Panama Canal. These plantations |are isolated establishments, where \no outsider can ascertain exactly whm goes on The Congressional Committee and who|trying to persuade the President also learned that the Japanese had secretly stored 8,000 tons of dyna-| mite at, Medellin, and that other high explosives were stored by Jup»I anese fifth columinists. Another revealing clue was report that Japanese, and Nazi 'agents had established twelve se- Eu«! airbases in the Colombian jun- | the | though they didn't know it, and lhacl possession of the secret Nazi |code. Continued possession of that jcode might have revealed the hook- up between Hitler and the Jap- |anese war lords and the plans for attack. However, the Justice ' De- was not the only one who ,was chasing spies and overruled Hoo- ver’'s arguments for continuing to watch the spies but not ‘arrest them 3 Inudenml!), both Hoover and Dies apprehended several Japanese agents on the West Coast, together with reams of documents showing their espionage activities.' In one case, the State Department forced Hoover to turn loose even though an American confederate was con- {victed. In the case .of Dies the State Department requested him not to publish his sensational ma- terial . .°. . U, S, heavy he bombers are capable partment wanted to show that Dies | mit better staging of the school operetta to be given on December 23, Tree exercises and Christmas programs and exchange of gifts will be held on December 24 and school will dismiss as early in the day as possible. ,ee UNDPERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Jack Warner entered St. Ann’s Hospital last night to under- go a major operation this fore- | noon. { i ———.— FROM TENAKEE Alex Demos arrived in town late yesterday afternoon from Tenakee Springs after a month's stay at the winter resort. remain here for the present at least. I D - CHRISTMAS PARTY Mrs. Grant Logan will be the mieeting of the Monday Night Sew- He expects wl i | B.P.O. Elks tonight at 8 o'clock. EARLE HUNTER, dv. i Exalted Ruler. ————————— CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids in triplicate will be received af the Office of the Com- missioner of Education, Juneau Alaska, until 10:00 o'clock a.m. Friday, January 2, 1942, and then publiely opened, on the transporta- tion of pupils on the Eagle River Route fo and' from the Tee Harbor Territorial” S¢heol for the school biénnium 194 1- 43, Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the Office of the Commissioner of Education, Juneau. The right is rmrved to reject any or all bids. Lo (Sigriedy JAMES C. RYAN, Commissioner of Education. First publication, December 15, 1941. hostess this evening for regular|Last publication., December 29, 1941. adv, Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla— at the GUY SMITH DRUG .y H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Mas” SIGRID’S ' PHONE 318 COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY OF ALASKA Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 or 747—JUNEAU SECURFE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Moucruize Your Home Under Title L F. H. 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