The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1941, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 16, 1941 B Y T N DY SV C ALY O A T R R 20 YEARS AGO‘ {‘rofi"E EMPIRE DECEMBER 16, 1921 Mrs. L. A. Green, for several years Court Stenographer for the Dis- | trict Court for this Division, was a passenger for the South on the Prin- cess Mary. 3 never had a team. INEAU LODGE NO. 141 and fourth y of each month lnwflfll Rite Teémple beginning at 7:30 P-xfli cond Class Mattor. Notice was given that the City of Juneau was declared under quars ;antme because of diphtheria existing'in the City of Douglas. HAPPY BIRTHDAY | George A. Parks left for the South'on the Princess' Mary to spend ,Lhe holidays with his parents in Denver, Colorado. Juneau’s Own Store Jack Holt was playing at the Coliseum Theatre in “Held by the Enemy.” DECEMBER 16 G. E. Cleveland Helen Priend Dorothy Tuckett | Dorothy Cox Elmer Benedict Donald A. Messerschmidt Jack E. Schmitz Mrs. Wallen Forrest F. P. Matthiesen Stanley Nevins HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ’ ALABKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES American Bullding, Seattle, Wash, Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 460 Alatka Newspapers, 1011 Judge and Mrs. N. L. Burton left on the steamer Spokane enroute |to cCalifornia for an indefinite stay for the benefl( of Mrs. Burton's | health. Weather: High, 32; low, 31; snow. "The Rexall Store” Your Rellable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. "Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING BSoap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. R e N AR HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST PN o s + “The Stere for Men" SABIN’S "Front St—Triangle Bldg. Gradiate Los Angeles e S gy Opthalmology alumni leave the You'll Find Food Finer and 8ervice More Complete at THE BABANOF COFFEE SHOP in on o The Charles W. Carter nese surprise and Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET [ BCA Victor Radios | and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shaflufigency E CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices L0OK and lEARNA C. GORDON ||| e e PR - Jones-Stevens Shop “ ¥ LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Thira P H. W, L. ALBRECHT Physical Therapeutics MICK Heat and Light Treatments Massage and Corrective Exercises Phone 773 Valentine Bldg. GOODBYE i 5. st football.fans cocked their A lot of Pacific Coa: to the story of the departure of the ears yesterday Mick James Merlin Phelan is packing his bags and leaving the University of Washington after the con- atic season. Cussed, discussed and JAMESC. COOPER clusion of an 1 2. 3 R 4 e 5. ; . | praised by some, the Mick will leave his monicke! engraved on the annals of football history. Published evers evening except Sunday by the " . EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Some turned out to be surprisingly good, many were disappointments, but at least once every year the HELEN TROY MONSEN % dn NSIARD upset the dope. Too often, their dope upset was in Kntered in the Post > wrong o o e - nvnscntrnon ““.. the wrong direction—what. appeared to be a league By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year. in adyance, $12.00: six months, in advance, $6.00; | t0 be a set-up. To give them their dues, however, Bapscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notyty | O Occasioh the Huskies could be counted upon to Ihe ‘Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- ews Office. 602; Business Office, 374. push over the top squad on the coast. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Phelan was said by his critics to lack that some- o di ited to it t other- “D“b:’r:xv":: %n lgn:w::per!?n‘;h:;nu:g-"gufll ,.Jif.":...u.m his men into a squad of fighters, with the unbeat- able will to win whenever they trot out onto the heard to curse him—others have cried out their loy- alty. He seemed to affect different players different- never seemed to be all for him or all against him There was too much division of sentiment to produce That Phelan knows football and is a good stra- i ;. (ot e B B B e i tegist can never be doubted. His system of football Daily L in English 1 was outlined to them at skull practice they have a, y essons ln ng ls w. L. GORDON won games from stronger teams. : ' | (Pest) Welch, two characters whose presence will be WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “There is a grocery on both missed around the stadium and athletic pavilion at | sides of the street.” Say, “There is a grocery on EACH side of the | It is only fair in closing to warn Phelan’s suc- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Aborigines, Pronounce ab-o-rij-i-nez, | cessor that uneasy lies the athletic crown placed on | A as in' AT, O as in OBEY, both I's as in IT, E as in ME, principal accent | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 3 | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Crystallize; observe the Y and the two L’s. n he'is''to rest nights, he must be sure of winning to dominate today, adverse plane- b byt .Cm mER W |ten challenges each fall. He must overpower Idaho, | [tary influences are active. There : Infringe, encroach, pass, e to President Roosevelt reyeals two: notable trends. ‘CthOlHlEI Stanford, UC.L.A, USC. and the Uni- ‘mav precipitate an extremely d:ln- increase our vocabulary by n}astrring one word ea(.:h day. ’I’odn.y's wgrd: First, it shows the anxiety of the qdmummuon‘\emu, of Washington Alimni Association. If he gerous Situation. EVICTION; foreible expulsion; the act of turning out. “His radical in tHe war. Second, it reveals that military infor- ‘irom the Just ask Phelan. |come under a fortunate configura- g B mation, no matter haw grave, will be given to the | PR Tyt tion today which seems to presage A reading of Knox's report may a bad| | defense organizations. Astrologers | R % % iyl long have foretold situations due to| taste in the mouths of some of us on Pacific 1 oE Even before the snows of winter, baseball's ‘hou“""“-\“]\ of the seers. There will be Q. Jsn't 1t the courteous thi P 2 J8 sse attacl g 9 : : us thing to do for a motorist to pull out of of sting in the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, o -")0ooie” has begun its session. In almost every |reason to make holiday festivities g also that there was a lack of preparedness, o | s : ; o P P e na activi vere elonging vay ving Yes; it is not only discourteous if he doesn't do so, but dangerous. 8g. the nayy gl aeldvides. wepe The | figuratively speaking, of course) into a xemlcncle"‘”m belonging to a way of living : . - o Knox declares. | Sicre atovel /v Obals. have been |NOW about to disappear. Prom ma- Q. On which side of the dinner guest should the servant stand when At the same time, it is indisputable that the | ; P dling ,.and paper! the drafts are open| . Huwailad ttaBE Wb ‘an:objdot lesdap. whioh thg ads \‘,"l’]l;“”;f‘“‘;:;:;”’& K ”;se'd . PEN | Wil be possible, the seers declare A. On his right side be b 4 e | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: As the Q. What are two subjects that should be avoided, if possible, during re¢ will be a sense of i i r ay. o Ja eneral conversation? wind has blown since that tragic Sunday, the J‘”’a‘)mneung of the National Association of Fm(es.smn'll*pmmmn thom ° tarefreé ‘days L A. RatginRas potitics treachery seems to have fanned ! . league meeting in Chicago. This get-together of for residents of the United States. in Far East waters indicate that our boys went into | baseball's bigwigs is a proverbial occasion for trades | Prosperity will be widely enjoyed. action abruptly after the first Nippon bombs were | This winter finds a situation much to the liking | fugees will put into circulation It was good mews when Knox told us that the | of the “hot stove league” There apparently will be |money sent here for safe-keeping. ckot ¢ Japan expecte E was not ¢ . % knockout blow Japan expected to land | teams, as well as the would-be contenders, are anxi- | generous. Importations of fine fur- 1. What is the significance of the custom of throwing rice upon a " g " cquisi- | Diture and heirlooms salvaged from | bride and bridegroom? and marines on a series of knockouts of their own. ous to improve themselves by transfers and acq ional League, where Brooklyn will be in the mar- ”nl‘x’f‘(‘:""‘DNr/";) IS%UElsl "ge" in ““; 3. In what year did the United States issue its first postage stamp? ket for players to hold their pennant (and do bet- | oF pPaliofn Bmees - Wit 4. What is pig iron? A realize their responsibility to the be in a mood to shake up the entire team, ““d‘nauon Pmpaux\lida Sugsesting that| British flag? Chicago, St. Louis, and others will be shopping for $ oy ANSWERS: |be' resented and will be traced to The cracker barrel and the sawdust box Will|fifth column sources. Care in The quadrumanes, or four-handed animals, such as the monkeys. |' In 1847. say, “Play ball!” astrologers who declare that repeti- e T tion of rumors which are deroga- John Cabot (1450-98). N | A | ey r - your However, Anderson was an Anna-|serious in effect was’““glon ‘nn 100 percent support for your \chlldren, Thox o difomroi space u l S - ¥ . . - Daily Alaska Empire S b : Phelan “run of the mill” Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. President | pygkies under the Irishmian could be ‘counted on to Delivered by carrier in Juneau asd Douglas for $1.25 per month. W\mne: would drop a game evegyone had declared | one month, in advance, §1.25, turn “giant killer” and with a weakling team would nvery of thefr papers. # The Associated Preéss is exclusively entitled to the use for | thing needed in the personality of a coach to cement gridiron, Some of the Mick's players have been ly. In their out-of-uniform remarks, the piayers | unity of purpose after the kick-off in many games. is sound, and when his boys have played it as it . i e et ) With Phelan goes Cotton Wilcox and Ralph the Seattle university. | street.” any fron dome by the University of Washington. | ; on third syllable. gty : H F Although benefic aspects appear The report of Secretary of the Navy Frank KnoX aontana, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, |is an evil portent for' labor which WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and It s yours.” Let us to have first-hand information on just what goés on | qips up, we predict his biggest headache will come | HEART AND HOME: Women| %pecch was followed by his eviction from the club.” o sublic in all its stern reality. L o preparation for splendid service in b Py Fired for the Winter | Y ROBERTA LEE |war and a few girls have taken the, Coast. It reveals that there was a certain amount| (Cioeinnall Buayifer) g Y R i th middle of the road when another back of him wishes to pass? | baseball-minded town the chairs are being pulled |Significant as farewells to old cus concerned. S. forces were “not on the alert,” Fah e nehs Agouns. \he genegal terial losses spiritual development| filling the water glass? ] mirals may not soon forget. From the way the Navy| The match to start the stoves is supplied by the |year ends ther Baseball Leagues in Jacksonville, Fla., and the major ‘da\s of supreme responsibilities the flames of navy ire. Latest reports of the struggle of baseball talept. | Merchants certainly will profit. Re- n dropped and have the situation well in hand a good bit of trading, because many of the leading Spending by wage-earners will be| ™™ Janded. It merely served to launch the navy, army tion of new talent. Certainly this is true in the|British cities will lure many buyers. 2. What land mammals have no legs? 3 become extremely patriotic as | ter against the Yankees next fall); Cincinnati will g PeE s eyl Who was the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean under the the morale of selectees is low will| talent bargains Rice is an ancient symbol of fertility. get a good workout before the time comes again to|watching one's words is enjoined by It is crude iron cast into bars of convenient size for handling. | “yes. from now on you can count |officers could not easily live down. (tory "to defense conditions may bc‘ fadta. fri i ¢ | polis classmate of Admiral Harold| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: e " i | foreign policies from our side of polis |makes it ~impossible to provide | | " < v i - | Neptune’s aspects are always of| |'the aisle;'” added Martin. Stark, mow Chief of Naval Opera-| 3 4 “Thanks,” replied the President, tions and a power in the Nayy.|marked effect upon Japan which | Proper educational facilities. ~The Go-Round | el i e Anderson was made Chief bf Naval|Must face terrible defeats in the | American Legion Hall has been | with and affectionate grin. 3 fo (Continued trom Page One) ways knew I could count on both | Intelligence. Later, to the surprise rew year when economic cundn-‘P’e‘s“d into service to provide class | | of you in the showdown.” of almost everyone, he was.promot-|tons will - cause great “suffering, | Toom space. | a3 ed to the key command of the among civilians as well as soldie “The Town of Kodiak had ap- | Scouting Fleet in the Pacific, where | Foresight will be lacking in me{plied to the Federal government | {statesmen and commanding offi- |for funds to build a school house Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. Japanese airplane carrier and Lho.wi ANNAPOLIS ADMIRALS he was supposed to ward off ehemy | submarines coyd haye approached so close without someone being aware of them.” SPAT WITH KNOX I The plain-talking Texan also! turned his quiz guns on Navy Sec- retary Knox, demanding sharpl “What's the matter with those com- | manders of yours out there?” Knox defended the officers, tending they were brave and con- scientious. | “I didn't quesuon their courage or integrity,” retorted Connally.| “What the country wants to knawl is why our forces were caught nap-: ping.” ” Republican congressional chiefs | Charles McNary of the Senate "md Joe Martin of the House said noth-| ing until the conference broke up.| Then, hoth warmly shook the Pres- | ident's hand and assured him of| their wholehearted support hence- forth “The die is cast, Mr, President,” said McNary gravely. “We're a'l‘ shoulder to shoulder until we see| this thing through.” | con- | | victory after victory. His bombers { Jersey, On the night Japan caught Am- erican force$§ napping in Hawaii, Governor Charles Edison of New formerly Secretary of Lhe[ Navy, was being entertained in Washington. Very few details of the attack had trickled in at that time., But immediately Edison re- marked: “Judging by the news so far| they have used the strategy we had | always suspected. By this time I would say the Japanese had taken! | Guam, Wake angd Kodiak Bay (in the Aleutiap Islands).” What ex-Secretary of the Nayy, Edison referred to was the fact that the Navy many umes has 'staged its Pacific maneuvers on the theory that Japan would make a surprise’ attack on Pearl Harbor. {In fact, just two years ago, the Army and Navy staged war games |, |around Hawaii, and the Army “sank” the NaVy by using exac(l\l the ‘same strategy of the Japanese | —getting up early and taking theml by surprise. Furthermore, even if U. S. armed | |forces had not rehearsed these tactics, everyone knew that it was this same strategy of surprise and flank attack which has won Hitler attacks. CONGRESS FLASHES While awaiting the dppearance of "the President, the Republican and Demaocratic sides of the House presented a striking'contrast. Republicans seemed to haye some-, thing weighing on their mi! ds — maybe their America First' voting !records . . . Charley West, former congressman and Undersecretary of the Interior, who is suing a de-! fense contractor for some $600,000 ih commissions, besieged, Speaker Sam Rayburns office for a pass {to the packed galleries . Scene on the House floor: Wiscohsin’s bald,” dapper isolationist qury Sauthoff, a LaFollette Progressive, holdmg an earnest conversation with"tall, high-colored “Ham" Fish. New York dsolationist Mrs. jof the tem}zoraly steel girders” in |the gallery reserved for her. She {gave the better seats to members of her' staff . OPM Director General Knudmu was seated in the first row with Senators — and looked a lot more like & Senator than those around him . . . Isola- The, Roosevelt took a seat behind one | jcers who make decisions as Axis dictation becomes more uncompro- mjsing. As the year ends planetary | linfluences will stir the masses in many nations and revolutionary tendencies will be even stronger than could be foretold by a ‘world! shocked at wholesale executions in vanquished countries. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good | prospects. Much pleasure is ‘indicat- ed despite anxieues concerning Lhe' ’futurc of the democracies. Children horn on this day prob- ably will be lucky as well as tal- ented. They will have intuition and broad sympathies, ‘Copyr&ght 1941) CARLSON 5 "“BACK FROM TRIP FAR WESTWARD Tells About Ko Kodiak Forg-| ing Ahead - Housing ‘ of adequate size; to put'in a water system, and a sewerage system, all | of which are sorely needed. ’I'helrw j request has been turned down. The\ ‘The naval air stagzon at Unalas- lack of proper sanitation is seri- | ka has taken over the Office of ous. An epidemic can assume sen-‘[Xndfan Affairs school there as an ous proportions in a town so lack- | emergency hospital in event of air ing in the fundamentals of ordi- |raid or other attack, it was an- nary sanitation. During the récent | nounced today by Claude Hirst, cold spell; many business places | superintendent of the Indian serv- and almost all homes were without | iceé' in Alaska. water, as the water had 'frozen. The fire hazard is extreme—a new fire truck is being purchased, but there ‘are no water facilities for fighting' fire of any size and what with the crowded conditions of the buildings in" the downtown busi- ness section and the lack of fire- proof construction, a repetition of the Seward fire can easily occur.” R o o \ NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing| s air route from Seattle to Nome, on | Anc‘horf;e a 1:‘;,{;“;?: mt nt:; sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. commissioned at Fort Richardson. THE WEATHER U. 5. DEPAR; 8 o ¢ fi‘%mnm; BUREAU tnnim'tpxco Junéau, December 17 — Sunris> 9:43 am., sunset 4:05 pm. L) HOSPITAL past ‘weekend after a three weeks’ trip to ‘the Westward, where he visited Indian’ schools at Yakutat, Valdez, Cordova, Séward and Ek- lutria. He" described conditions at Seward - followirig * the 'recent fire {ds badly crowded, with ‘practically | no ‘hotel nccommod’at{éns (or visi- | tors T0 JOIN HUSBAND Is W " Satistied Gustomers” ————_‘ Htrsb'retumed here during Lhe‘t TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage DR. H. \VANCE oma uuu-ndl, “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors Peppertilint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Caramel Pecan, Black Walnut, Raspberry Ripple, New York, | Rock Road, Chocolate, su-vbmy and Vanilla— at the GUY SMITH DRUG tianists, Sepators D. - Worth Cldrk | Forecasts: ‘Conditions Acute” | wiped out Polish airdrames before Triangle Cleaners Let Us :Do Your Dirty Work! Phone | 5 | 0 | 2 | | | Line, the Meuse, which no Fyench-} | er Division, and durmg naval man- | euvers in the Caribbean in 1938 his | permitted his ships to come within! Polish planes could get off the) ground. His troops picked, out the cne spot in the French Maginot man ever thought he would try The fact that U. 8! Admirals ignored these lessons is now com- ing under congressional serutiny. But the explanation is not hayd to find. It is in the Annapolis clique of admirals who are the reul{ rulers of the Navy. g For instance, the commander nf the Scouting Fleet in -the Pacific| is Admiral Walter S. Anderson. As| commander of the Scouting Fleet it was his job to scout for and detect . any enemy approaching Hopnolulu. However, Admiral Andersonp was; oneg. commander of the 4th Cruis- entire fleet, was “sunk.” -He had the direct line of fire of the big guns. of the opposing fleet. This was a blufder Which mml plaus¢ far the, President . . To one man in the press gallery the mslon" occasion had a special sig- nificance.” Hé 'was' Charles Brook Smith, crack, veterdn West Vir- ginia correspondent, wha 25 years ago sat in the same gallery seat, wlen” Woodrow Wilson asked Con- gress for. a declaration against Hohenzollern Germany. (Copyright, 1941, by United, Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) MOOSE 10 TURKEY " ... GQRBLE,ON FRIDAY The Muasc wm stage their post- poned turkey gobble'oh Fiday might in ‘the 'Odd Fellows' Ha!l ‘and “the public is invited Proceeds from the gobble will be nually .scm Qut "hy the organization. D Subscribe 10’ The Empire. J and Gerald Nye joined in the arx-1 of war| used IOX the Christmas baskets an- | H fi”— Dr Rae uluan Carlspn, local cptometrist, *“returned last night from a three '‘weeks’ stay in' Ko- diak. She made good use of heavy winter clothlng as there was a severe cold spell in Kodiak, aug- mented ‘by a’ wind storm which reached the proportions of & 70-| mile gale in the Gulf of “Kodlak is going ahead u- fast {as possible, under the circ nc- le sajd DF." Carlson. jough the residents of Kodiak have ¥otel| to incorporate their town, orderly! permanent plunmng of streets, and buildings is' impossible as the Fed- eral Governiient\has not 'relbased the patents to’the townsite, Build- ings are going, up, but there is not the aspect of permanence is so necessary to the prope el- opment of a town. 3 “The population has increased conisiderably but the housing short- age is really acute. Hundreds of people are arriving there, among 1 Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Wed.: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: southwesterly to westerly winds, er 20 miles per hour, local showers; Cape Spencer to Cape Hin- chinbrook: easterly to southeasterly winds, 15 to 25 miles per Hour, local rain or snow; Cape 'Hinchinbrook to 'Resurrection Bay: erly to northeasterly winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour, snow; Resur- rection Bay to Kodiak: southeasterly winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour Wednesday, rain or snow, changing- to showers of rain or snow. Southeast Alaska: Clear or partly cloudy except snow flurries in | ! north portion tonight, occasional light rain or snow Wednesday; colder tonight in south portion; gentle to moderate variable winds becoming southeasterly winds, 12 to 20 miles per ahour Wednesday afternoon. /Janeau and vicinity: Snow. flurrles tonight with occasional light snow Wednesflay. not much change in temperature, lowest tempera- ture tonight about 30 degrees, highest Wednesday 34 degrees; gen- tle variable winds, becoming sotheasterly Wednesday. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer ‘hmp Humidity Wind Velocity 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.19 35 60 ESE 16 4:30 am. today 29.15 32 80 s 3 Noon today 2917 32 2 W 2 RADIO REPORTS Weathes. Snow Snow Snow TODAY east- | 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am. Max tempt. | Lowest tempt. 24¢hours Weather Station them being many families' with last 24 hours | temp. . | 1 NES 747—JUNEAU SE(,UX‘E X’; LO' OUGH US To Improve and Modoernize Your Koma Under Title L F. H. 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