The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 17, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published evers evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. TROY MONSEN BERNARD - HELEN R L Vice-President and Business President Janager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Delivered by carrier in Juneau for $1.25 per By mail, postage paid. lowing rates: One vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in & one month, in advance, $1.25 Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office. 602; Business Office, 3 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED FRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- Yice credited in this paper and also the local news published erein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Building, Seattle, Wash. WAR CENSORSHIP 1 A few days ago, a small item on the front page | The Empire announced that this paper “has more | news printed you can of gathered and not than conceive. The statement was prefaced Wwith an explanation | all ship and plane movements being declared vital | military information and banned authorities. And not number of from publication only transportation of a other have | been held out of this paper during the days su\cr" the entry of the United States into the war Our censorship, far, has been largely self- impos When the made their first move | of sion authorities to | of ship and plane movements, word developments, stories pf alien | would be of aid to the all the information avail- | intelligence officers, | reporting the in the war. valuable by military news but items types 50 d Japanese agere we needed no miiitary 1at new med mili ary and other We activities news have sought om beth army and navy far could go in cause able to give us just what type of report dangerous in the hands of the enemy. So cific concerned, we have had judgment regarding the writing and print- items without endangering officers our have been general information on might be instances are our many There have been in a good many blunders & first few days of war which proven costly had enemy ships or planes take advantage information unwit- tingly printed. For instance, Alaska newspaper, a few days after the outbreak of war, listed the loca- | tion of all ships, then tied up at docks along the orders to proceed Luckily, no ships resulted from this all ‘moved on, al- most of them were required to hold the | where the newspaper reported them for after publication of the piece. isn't that military authorities wish to with- any information from the American public. do wish to prevent such information reaching any agents of enemy powers. In these days of short it is altogether too easy for or even an unscrupulous American the pay of a foreign power, to send out reports to the enemy So far newspape these hav been able to of one coastline awaiting attacks on any of these information and have now though they locations several d It hold They wave radio stations, any foreign spy, under matter censorship has been largely a ‘semnd generation |delved into the drinking habits of national *side | bly, THE DAILY. ALASKA EMPIRE-— JUNEAU, ALASKA vy precautions takem by newsmen in the interest public ety. Ne esterday indicated that government censorship will be established as soon as Congress approves pending legislation, which will give compiete war powers to the President. Jof volunta of s We were particujarly pleased to note that Byron | 1|2 5[6 |EE 8|9 1213 510 8(19(20 , 26(27 Price has been director. The selection seems much wiser than would the naming. of some military official to act as watch- dog over the Fourth Estate during the war. The naming of Price constitutes recognition on the mrl‘ of Roosevelt of the value of a practical, conservative newspaperman to use good judgment rather than a gag in administering the release of military news. Price will be remembered by Empire readers as the Washington correspondent of the Associated Press whose daily column appeared for a number | of years in this papér and were widely read nml‘ commended, At present he is serving as Executive News Editor of the Associated Press in New York City, position from which he is being granted a leave of absence to take up his censorship duties. A student among news hawks, Price was sent to Europe by the Associated Press nearly two years ago. On the trip across the Atlantic he crammed him- | self with European history and a study of languages. | |He arrived on the continent with more information |about European affairs than many of the political | |heads he interviewed. | Price will direct censorship of not only the press, [but of radio, cable, mails and other mediums for transmitting information. | It sounds like a big job, and we are glad it is /in capable Hands named by President Roosevelt | a WHAT THEY DRINK | An enterprising New York columnist recently as | of censorship. { | HOROSCOPE 1941 DICIMBIR win [ S08C T WOW |08 ] Wi [ o] 7| 5t | DECEMBER 17 Mrs. L. J. Holmquist Charles B. White Ruth Kunnas Peter R. Larson V. N. Blackwell Ed “Doc” Sweeney Mrs. George W. Johnson Mrs. Elmer LaChance Mrs. Genevievé Soboleff Bartie Coate Al Forsythe - “The stars incline { but do not compel” THURSDAY, December: 18 Adverse planetary aspects are {active ' today. Good news of many leaders the world around. He found that: President Roosevelt is satisfied with five percent | beer. i Winston Churchill drinks anything except water. Stalin’s favorite potion is cherry brandy. Emperor Hirohito of Japan and Pres!lent Chiang Kai-Shek of China are both total abstainers. | Hitler drinks a brew with most of the alco!\ul‘ removed—something like our prohibition Mussolini—oh, who cares? | beer. { | preparing for Cavalry in Steel (New York Times) The cavalry isn't what it used to be. It used to! ride horses, which looked pretty on parade, however | grim their appearance when they were being curried | up for stable inspection. In a close decision the| cavalrymen always got the girl, while the infantry | went wistfully off, muttering, “Who ever saw a dead cavalryman?” Cavalry regiments had glitter- | ing histories. But now the cavalry mostly rides m~‘ of tanks, which buck worse than any Texas bronco. It needs more courage and endurance m.m‘ ever before, but it must display them unseen, in a confined space, usually breathing bad air. So one can readily sympathize with Major Gen. E. W. Sansom, commander of the new mechanized | forces which have just crossed from Canada to Brit-| ain. He wishes to call his tank division the “Rough Riders,” after, as our London dispatch credits him | with saying, “the name of an Ottawa team.” What is hard to overlook is his obvious failure to recall the famous cavalry regiment which Theodore Roosc-‘ velt led (on foot, to be sure) up San Juan Hill. That | regiment was made up of the original Rough Riders, | though they never rode so roughly as do General | Sansom’s fighting mechanics. The time may come when the tank units wm\ have their peet. But it is difficult. How can you ! follow Navarre's white plume when it is walled about with steel? How can' Masefield’s young knight once | o more “rally the broken squadron?” The modern | fighter boxed in metal is as brave as those armored | men who rode, lance in hand, against Jerusalem; as! brave as Tennyson's Light Brigade—braver, proba- because facing more hideous forms of death. Japanese born stations, Japanese consulates and | messages and greetings. lis in threateénihg place. | configuration | future holidays. |is to | profit | th Washmglon Merry- Go-Round 10o|mnucd from Page One) Hmu shows that 200 key Japanese | have been decorated by the Emper- lor during the past two years and | that many Japanese are in close | cooperation with the homeland 5 "~ |sociation which has been directed White House guards have less time| by consulates in Califoriia. to play with him, and he curls up! Dies -agents have ollected pho- disconsolate in his green dog-house, oo papnie of variotis Japanese truck just back of the President’s office. pardens — operated alongside oil tanks and strategiec rallroads. Also JAPAN SPIES {they report 5,000 Japanese residing Last suminer Congressman Mar-'on ‘terminal islands in Los Angeles? tin Dics had investigators make a parpor wiere are located strategic thorough survey of Japanese acti-| g1 tanks, Reeves Field and a ship- vities along the West Coast. The pujding eompany. Oil storage tan results eventually were suppressed |plown up in the hatbors would ‘ch- by the State Department and the ganger all of the Los Angeles area. President himself, but a brief sum-|mppe most mary of them indicates that some sejzed by Dies’ agehts atre maps, parts of the United States face "‘sl)uwing all the U. 8 stlategic dapgerous problem when it U’"“’Mpolmh and fortifications; and . a! to fifth column activity. | Naval Manual showing the gize of | Hitler had many agents planted all American naval vessels. through Norway, France and t!v\' Low Countries when he atfacked. 1941, is so up to date that it even | but the Japanese, according to 1hu,,hom latest models of U. S, mios-| Dies report, start out with 150,000 i quito boats together with the Presi-| of their dountrymen in the Umu-d\denua] Yacht Potomac and the| |in the United States. The Dies re- | through the Central Japanese As-| revealing documents air bases all along the West Coast. Cotigressman Diés had summonsd 52 witnesses and was prepared to conduct hearings regarding Japa- nese activities when he received a letter trom Matthew Maguire, then acting Attorney General and now | U. S. Federa]l Judge, stating cate- gorically that the State and Jus- ticé Departménts, together with the White House, were opposed to the inquiry. I INVENTO] COUNCIL This is what happens to the hundreds of defense inventions re- ceived daily by the National In- ventors' Council: | After a preliminary scrutiny to {eliminate ‘“crackpots” the inven- tions are sent to one of the nine |regularly employed engineers of | the Council’s Washington staff. The | specialist makes an examination and if he considers an invention i;.ood enough he sends it to the The Naval Manual, published ~in Council member who is an expert sclf to the staff by donating al {in this particular field. |~ Every six weeks the Council meets -in 'Washington to consider | ithe findings of the individual | {inventor of, among other things, however, may be expected. promising sway for happy Neptune sorts, It is a HEART AND HOME: Women should avoid. fatigue under this which may cause thoughts in regard to While there is a of evil portent affecting our which may weather a bad good luck will attend thrill-! the high s In the holidays mothers are to demonstrate > of nutrition whie a major inte in the new year, Knowledge regarding the various foods on the market will reveal that gay containers do nct necessarily represent vitamins BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Severe fluctuations in the stock market will precede fortnight of inac- tivity. Many bargains will be picked up by investors of foresight, but| they will have long waits for rises as the new year prog es. In the coming week retail merchants will through brisk buying - for stmas. Warning is given that e is an omen read as indicat ing increase in burglaries i Am- erican cities. NATIONAL ISSUES: Differences of opinion regarding defense meas- ures will be forgotten as isolation- ists and interventionists face ac- | tual events. There will be, how- ever, bitter accusations government tendencies which have | been responsible for our national ! defense that is now proved too | slow in . certain directions. Unity | |of thought and purpose should guide the nation in 1942 which s to be a year of supreme perils. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: In London the population, inured to the horrors of war, may mani- fest impatience to increase the| speed of all war efforts. Aggressivel policies will be more and more ad- vocated, notwithstanding the toll of life that has been given by Army, Navy and air forces. Indica- tions presage for the winter scat- tered activities of great signifi- cance and preparation for the spring when tremendous events are prognosticated. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pros- perity, but they should prepare for future exigencies. Children born on this day will be optimistic, forceful and deter- mined. Théy may have artistic ap- preciation or even great talents for painting and music. (Copyright, 1941) depressing sign Navy storm, {ing events on and their sisters knowle: be a o2} ive, would make. its own room. Favorite ‘member of the Council is Dr. Charles F. Kettering, famed storage the - self - starter. Affectionately known as “Boss,”-he endeared him- $10,000 air-conditioning plant for their crowded, sweltering offices. Other noted ' Council members are Dr. Thomas Midgley, inventor | been mentally depressed, apparently worrying over the failure of Con- | worked diligently for this project. | tain regulations covering matters of sanitation to keep dairies up to a | normal stahdard. | prsrsras. | time at the party.” | PROCRASTINATE; to put off froin day to day; to delay. | ate maore lrhan‘ I dlq wenf,_v years ago."—Swift. regarding | __ from THE H;MPIRE ———d 20 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 17, 1921 John G. Brady left on the Estgbeth to visit during the holidays with relatives in Sitka. The body of Congressman John Arthur Elston, of California, was found floating in the Patomae River, in Washington, D. C. Elston had gress to assure the proposed naval base at Alameda, California. He had Walter Manahan, of the office force of the Pacific Steamship Com- pany, was leaving on the Spokane for Seattle. Territorial Commissioner of Health, Dr. H. C. DeVighne, announced that the Territorial Board of Health was preparing to promulgate cer- Weather: High, 36; low, 36; fair and colger. Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. GORD;: WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We had an awfully good 8ay, “We had a VERY good time at the party.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Canteen. Accent LAST syllable, not the first. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Root (part of a plant), course). BYNONYMS: Deliberation, deliberateness, prudence, caution, cool- ness 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: “I procrastin- { L Route (direction or B D e MODERN ETIQUETTE * gopgrra LEE = N ! N N § e Q. Should a woman, who drops a handkerchief, up before the man has a chance to see it? A. No; she should wait for him to pick it up. Q. If one has been a house guest is it all right to give a servant a gift of money when leaving? A. Yes, provided it meets with the approval of the hostess. Q. Is it wrong to say, “Miss Blank, I want to make you acquainted with Mr. Brown"? A. Yes; the phrase good form hurriedly pick it “I want to make you acquainted with” is not . e e TSP S TN itoox and LEARN Y & corpon D S USSR | 1. Which State has for its motto derived? 2. From what medieval article of apparel is the modern corset What Spanish explorer first saw the Pacific Ocean? Which animal is the most cunning? What ‘does Whitsunday commmemorate? ANSWERS: Indiana From a similar “Crossroads of America”? 1 2 Ages garment worn by the knights in the Middle Vasco Nunez Balboa (1475-1517). Both wblves and foxes are classed as the most cunning. The Pentecost. HOLIDAY ISSUE OF BREEZE SOON READY The next issue of the Gastineau Breeze, a Christmas number, is due off the presses in a couple of days and will make the last one before ‘the final commeneement number to be published in the spring. —————— COOPERS RETURN; ARE | TO LIVE IN DOUOMS MRS. GOETZ IS TO HEAD EASTERN STAR NEXT YEAR Heading their staff of officers for | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 |94r 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 Mastér; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger Blrugren Building PHONE 56 Juneau’s Own Store Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Oftice Phone 409 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG co. HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” Dr. John H. Goyer Room D—Vn.lmtmo Blag. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to'6 pm, “The Stere for Men” SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Feod Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing | at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORY | 8. FRANKLIN STREET —— s RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shattuck -Agency | O Ty RS CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 L_ High Quality Foods at —_—— Super WHITE Power TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Qeward Street Near Thid H. W. L. ALBRECHT Physical Therapeutics Heat and Light Treatments Massage and Corrective Exercises Phone 773 Valentine Bldg. 4 JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor OOOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corons TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Ce. " Batianes Gustomers” the coming year of 1941 with Bertha | D. Goetz, for Worthy Matron, Nug- gét Chapter No. 2, Order of Eastern Stars, held their annual election at the regular meeting last night. In- islation preceded the election. Other officers elected were as fol- | Icws: Worthy Patron, Albert E. Goetz; Associate Matron, Jessie F. Mack; Associate Patron, Ernest Oberg; Secretary, Roberta Johnsos ‘Treasurer, Jessie K. Fraser; Con- ductress, Myra Lee Hopgood; Asso- ciate Conductress, Evelyn Krofi- quist; Trusteé, Catherine Balog. Announcement of appointive of- ficers will be made later. Refresh- ments were served after the business of the meetihg. Installation of the above named officers is scheduled for the sixth of Januaty in joint session: with the Masons. — e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cooper moved back to Douglas yesterday after three months' residence in Juneau. They have moved into Mrs. Reinikka's residence, which they will occupy while she goes south to visit | her daughter. at Hermosa Beach, California. —————— ENOTICE TO DOUGLAS AUTO OWNERS The 1942 Automobile: license plates are How available ahd on sdale at the office of City Clérk. Territorial and City regulations re- quire that the new plates be dis- played January first; Chas. Tuck- ett, City Clerk. —————— SUNDAY SCHOOL PARTY The Rev. Walter A. Soboleff an- nonced today that a CHristmas par- | ty for the Sunday School classes of th‘e‘ me::go.m Presuyterian th;rch‘ wil u‘r December 23 at 7:30 THE WEATHEfi 3 (By the U. 8. Wi V. S. DEPARTMENT OF comncn. wmm BUREAU Juneau, December 18 — Sunrise 9:43- a.m., sunset .4:06 . p.am. | DR.EVANCE | mfimmm urs 10 to 13; 1 to §; sppotnment. Archie B. Belts PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bystems Bookkeeping Rm. 8, Valentine Bidg. Phone 676 —_—— Christensen Bros. Garage mw::s‘rlnjnsmm “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, | Rock Chocolate, Strawberry and P at the GUY SM COLUMBIA L ANY PHONES 587 or' TA7—JUNEAU SECI™ . YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Imprvu and 'Mutlumze Your Home Under Title L F. H. A Forecasts: Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska: tonight- dnd: Thiwrs.: Dixon. Entrance to Cape Spencer: easterly tos southeasterly winds, 15 to 30 miles per hour, rain or snow; Cape Speércér to Capc Hinchinbrook: casterly to northeasterly winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour, partly cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: north- easterly winds, 12 to 20 miles per hour; partly cloudy; Resurrec- tion Bay to Kodiak: northerly to northmmiy winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour, partly cloudy. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp, Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weathey | Southeast Alaska: Rain or snow south: of Petersburg and snow | flurries north of Petersburg tonight and Thursday; lower tempera- States. These all Japanese Lm-,pmn of U. 8. airplane carriers. The | members. If a majority deem an zens, and. do not include 50,000|jocation of gums, engine room, etc llnvenuon worth of further explora- S is indicated alongside the phnzo-;tivn it is sent to the Army or Igraph of each vessel. It must ha\c\N-l\). whose experts then take |taken Japanese agents months or charge from there on. If an in-| |years to collect this data. |vention is approved, the Army or = Navy then enters into negotiations KNEW BATTLE FORMATIONs (O ils purchase. { Another Japandse map seized by| Most inventors are patriotic and Dies agents is revealing in the. ex- | modest regardihg compensation, but treme. It shows the layout of the | occastonally one commes along who ! American Fleet in a typical battle demands a $1,000,000 check. | formation near Hawaii. U. S. naval, S0 far the Council in*its ten| lof ethyl gasoline, Dr. William | Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, and Otville Wright of air- plane fame. (Copyright, 1941, by United Fea-| ture Syndxcnle Inc,) Chnstmas Party For Girl Scouts Santa Claus will preside ovnrl CAPITAE—$50,000 SURPLUS--$150,000 e COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS |officers confirm the fact that the Months of existence has received |map shows past naval maneuvers. |A4bout 35000 inventions, blue-prints The dotuments show the details And ideas. They arrive at the rate lof the Panama Canal, San Fran-'Of about 150 a day, and their na- cisco, Manila, Guam and WVladi- ture is kept in strictest secrecy.| | vostok. They also give the normal All members and the staff are | cruising radius of the U. S, Fleet Pound by oath ot to divulge any out of Honolulu, together with the;information | normal location of airplane carri- All models are returned, since ers, cruising battleships, scouts and!the Council has no storage space. |auxiliary transports. Maps also| When this word was sent to a show the whereabouts of submarin ulWe\( Coast inventor, he wrote back | cables. mines. ehannels wireless! that his invention, a hizh explos- 4 | Dugout Ruilding. L} the Christmas party for the Girl Scouts at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow | afternoon in the American Legion Gifts will be exchanged, refresh- ments served, and the final initin- tion of newly installed ‘ members will be conducted. D RAYBAN goggies cut haze and eliminate glare from sun, snow, water. — Dr. Carlson, Blomgren ade, ture: over the north portion; southeasterly: winds, 12 to--20. miles per hour except northerly winds, 15 to 85, mflu‘nper Hoir in channels north of Frederick Sound. Rt Juneau and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with anov flufries tonight atid Thiirsday; lowest temperature t about 26 degrees, high- est Thursday 29 degrees; gentls to tate euufly to north- easterly winds. RADIO REPORTS, | TODAY 0 :308.m. tempt. 8 SSE Max tempt. Station last 34 hours | 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.30 1:30 a.m. H\tli.l,\' 20.43 Lowest « 24 ‘Weather [] Snow 8 Rain, siow l 4:30am.| First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA There is no substitute for newspaper advertising!