The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1941, Page 4

PAGE' FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published evers evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junesu, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD President Vice-President and Business Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrfer in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rate One year. {n advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, 36.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers 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, 374. MEMBER OF ASSG. TED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- wise credited In this paper and also the local news published berein. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESFNTATIVES — Alaska Newspape American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. 1011 OUR TIRE SHORTAGE ban on tire sales went into effect all weekend mayors of territorial rationing officers in a grou Gruening. Well, the Alaska were over last, as citie made of appointments by Gov. The tire ban will exist until according to Leon Henderson, administrator of the Office Price Administration, and will be lifted only when a perfected. Basic framework for is now in form. It will, generally speaking, ban' the purchase of new tires for ordinary passenger cars. It will cut down on the number of tires which may be purchased for trucks. It will stabilize tire prices and will also establish some sort of control over the tire after rationing plan is this rationing program outline THE D. more than 10,000 tons of crude rubber per month. This taking pessimistic view of the situation {but no other attitude justified in the present f emergency. “Consumption of crude rubber for of civilian goods in recent months has been a monthly rate of around 47,000 tons. is obvious that we will have to reduce this sumption of crude rubber by nearly 80 percent.” is a is productior run: It con- ning at CLAIMS ARE SAFE .The extension of the draft act to include men up to 65 years of age will undoubtedly affect many | more prospectors with claims staked out in the hills than did the previous selective service age limit of 28. Of course, men between the ages of nd will probably not be called for military duty, but the draft act does place these men in a position to be drafted for defense work of a non-military char- acter, and in that capacity many of them may be moved to the States or to locations in the Terri- tory where they will be unable {o perform their an- nual assessment work Men thus dragged away from the sites of their | claims may be thankful that those prospect holes will be safe from claim jumpers during their ab- |sence: The provisions for saving these mining ven- |tures for the prospectors in the service were made {in the passage of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Act of 1940. According to the act, assessment require- ments on claims “shall not apply during the period | of service, or during any period of hospitalization | | because of wounds or disabilitv incurred in line n:“i duty, to claims or interests in which are | |owned by a person in military service and which | |have been regularly located and recorded There is only one requirement which must be |filled by the prospectors who join up. The owner | work claims January 4,|0f "any mining location shall, before the expiration| HEART AND HOME: of the assessment year during which he enters mili- lare well directed today. | tary service, file or cause to be filed in the o!ru--‘ | where the location notice or certificate is recorded a | |notice that he has entered such service and desires | Ito hold his mining claim under this section.” { So, if there's “gold in them thar hills" it will | |be there waiting, after the shooting is over. { Freedom and Democracy irule strongly for men and women | |on the planet Earth. clouds of war, { shining |and |vanish with a y shrine of retreaded tires the AILY ALASKA EMPIRE HAPPY BIRTHDAY DECEMBER 30 L. F. Morris Margaret Fowler Atella Bates James L. Druley F. D. Atkinson Mrs, D. W. Stafford William Gaylord Mrs. T. F. Churchill Agnes Delaney HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ! | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31 This last day of the year Iis most fortunate. Benefic aspects Behind the| the Sun of peace is| with marvelous promises for the future of mankind. Women! Wives and mothers will inspire their families with high hopes under this con-| figuration which stimulates faith assures courage for coming days. Old habits and customs will| of uncertainty and apprehension. Home today will have a special significance as a of happy memories. Love | California, where she was to spend the winter. | Tacoma in Alaska, left on the Spokane accompanied by H. L. Morris. | not as in TAPE. i) AGO | 20 YEARS THE EMPIRE D e UL | DECEMBER 30, 1921 Miss Trine Museth left on the Spokane on her way to Escondido, e was to be joined at Ketchikan by her sister, Mrs. J. H. Davis, who with her husband and children are also going to California for a trip. Mrs. Peter Gravrock and children, Lola and sengers on the Spokane going to Ketchikan, where Mr. Gravrock preceded them about two weeks previous anl where they were to make their home. A. Van Mavern, representing the West Coast Grocery Company of Leonard, were pas- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goldstein left for a visit in the South. The Ketchikan High School was to meet the Douglas High School in a basketball battle in the Douglas Natatorium Weather: High, 34; low, 32; fair e Daily Lessons in English %' .. corpon i) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do noi say, “Others beside Dick and I came late.” Say, “Others BESIDES Dick and ME came late.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Tapestry. Pronounce the A as in TAP, OFTEN MISSPELLED: Meet (to come upon). Mete (to measure). Meat (food). SYNONYMS: Expectancy, expectance, expectation, anticipation, trust, confidence, hopefulness. WORD STUDY: “Usc a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: LUSTRATE; to make clear or pure by a propitiatory offer¥yg: to purify “We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city.”—Hammond. { MODERN ETIQUETTE * ROBERTA LEE z el | v Q. Is it proper to converse with your neighbor in church? A. There should be no talking in church, but if absolutely necessary, do so very quietly. Whispering is very annoying, especially speech in which the hissing sound of S is prevalent Q. If the hostess is unmarried or a widow, who should act as host? purchase and retreading of tires (Philadelphia Record) | will be expressed more freely than lin the past as prescience of change will be based largely on issuing to for the maintenance alth and safety. We are not how it is to be decided just which vehicles will be in- cluded We presume that a doctor could obtain new tires for his car, if he could prove the actual need of putting the machine on new rub ber for the sake of his patients’ health. At any rate, to be set up, and it will be up to tire purchasers to show these boards that fall ible groups and that it is essential for them to get tires for the safe operation The regulations tire: of public only to vehicles required in this category local rationing boards are they within the el of their vehicles In explaining the need to conserve our present rlibber supply, Henderson declared last week: “Spread of the to the East Indies threatens ihe future importation of rubber into this country, Approximately 50 percent of crude rubber land already occupied or being Another 43 per'cent comes war area comes from areas invaded by the Japanese. from the ad Java, and Borneo, ened by the Japanese “This means that consumption of ducts already manufactured and of crude rubber must be conserved by every possible means until the outlook for future crude rubber imports is cleared up. “At the present time this country has on hand matra all of which are threat- told just cent Dutch and British islands of Su- | rubber pro- | In a democracy, a man can be a crackpot with- out being a traitor. A man can disagree with the ! majority without landing in a concentration camp. That's one of the benefits of democracy, and | |one of its strengths—something we should not for- | | get, especially in wartime In New York, recently, John, Haynes Holmes of-| fered to resign as minister of the Community Church | | because, he explained, he could not “bless, sanctify jor support the war,” | | Holmes, a pacifist for many years, isn’t under | arrest; it’s likely that he will continue as minister | of the church. Very, very few agree with his views; | | most believe he has a right to them. Recently, tco, Senator Joseph F. Guffey, Pennsylvania, declared in an address commemerat- | |ing the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights that | |there is a distinction between revealing military | information valuable to the enemy and making nor- | mal criticism of the Government. Congress, he said. | | can best act when it hears honest criticism. [ | That distinction seems to have been forgotten in | the arrest of a Kansas City attorney under the 1917 | edition act—the first since war was declared. He | is accused of writing a letter to a Congressman | |uring the impeachment of the President and Con-i gress and blaming them for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor That's plain foolishness—not sedition. As Fletcher Pratt pointed out in a recent article, f Romance will be prevalent Many of those who watch the old year die will find churches more congenial than night clubs BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Purveyors of keepsakes will profit. Jewelers will enjoy a brisk trade. Theatres will b2 more popular than usual in holiday times. Hotels and restaur- ants will reap many dollars, for food will seem most important as| the possibility of future restric-! tions is visualized. Resorts and places of amusement should be well patronized. On the principle that hlessin brighten as they take is felt their flight all luxuries will be ap-| preciated NATIONAL ISSUES: Fear of inflation will intrude upon holiday gayeties. The rise in the cost of living will be demonstrated in the prices of food, wines and holiday sweetmeats. Congress will discuss many bills intended to control soaring values of necessaries. Statesmen will be compelled {o consider inevitable .hazards in na- tional finance and to choose be- tween greater and lesser economic vils. A. The hostess asks a relative, if there is one present, or the man she knows best, to act as host Q. Is it permissible to pour after eating? A. No: if no finger bowl is served and the hands must be washed, go into the dressing room to freshen up. water from a glass over the fingers {L00K and LEARN ™ E A. C. GORDON | SSSSSTSTSSSSSUS PSSV PSS US| 1. Which are the two most difficult letters to understand over the telephone? 2. Which are the world’s three longest rivers? 3. What city was the first capital of the United States, and what city was the secons 4. How many keys are there on a standard piano? 5. Which is the smallest self-governing political unit in the world? ANSWERS: The letters “f” and The Missouri-Mississippi, the Nile, and the Amazon New York, from 1785 to 1790, and Philadelphia, from 1790 to 1800. 4. 88 keys; 52 white and 36 black. 5_ Vatican City, iiome, Italy. % BUS CHIDREN F loyd Baker, 32,Is Dead from Wound 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 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phane 409 "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. "Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths - Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” Dr. John H. 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PROVIDED FOR | e BT . a substantial stockpile of crude rubber and large in- | there is only one respect in which a democracy at |€ ventories of manufactured goods held by producers |war is more efficient than a dictatorship: Mistakes INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:| and dealers “However, expanding needs of the military forces plus the uncertainty over the possibility of getting further imports make it imperative at this time that we cut down our civilian consumption to not in measures and dom, not to shiels use them to prote jthey did not travel from England and prevented from happening again. We want to keep our democracy and our free- | Mexico will prove to be a friendly [neighbor when a Nazi plot is dis- covered. Closer relations and more men can be discussed in the open d them as fragile things, but to ct us. forecast for the peoples of Western Hemisphere. Trade and commerce among them will expand greatly. Distinguished tors wili crusted newsmen cheered. Then| understanding points of view are! the | Made by Shotgun WRANGELL, Alaska, Dec. 30.-- | Parents of children who ride on | ‘the busses to school may now rest assured that each and every child will be provided with a place to| stay in the event an emergency | ishould make bus service impossible. Complete arrangements have been Imade by A. B. Phillips, Superin- | Juneau Logging Company at Edna | Bay, died yesterday from a self- ‘infucted but accidental gunshot Floyd Baker, age 32, cook for the|® Z TRUCKS and BUSSES DR.H VANGE || NASHCARS . OSTROPATH Christensen Bros. Garage Consultation and examination 909 WEST 13TH STREET TR || WHITE v - Washinulon by plane. . . . The party included they thrust tlkeir pencils in their be ‘entertained in | wound in the upper right arm. The free. 10 to 13; 1 t0 8; ; Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) Philippines, Dutch East Indies and Malaya Vi U. §. Naval and military advisers have not seen eye-to-eye with this argument, however. They pointed cut that once Japan takes the Dutch East Indies, it will have all the oil it needs, plus tin and rub- ber. And although the Japanese will be short cf iron, copper, cotton and other war materials, even so they might well be strong enough to invade India (which is not too strong for the British) Also U. S. experts are not optim- istic about the prospects of knock- ing Hitler out inside of the next year. Obviously no one knows ex actly what is going cn between Hit- six photographers, plus a corps of teeth and applauded. Scotland Yard men regularly de-| Churchill had done something tailed to guard the Prime Minister. wholly American. The rest of the| . One of these has the colorful press conference was easy. name of Sergeant Dudgeon. . . : The party had what they described | MERRY-GO-ROUND as “a rotten trip” coming atross.' Dpan Tobin, square-shooting pres- But when Churchill showed jdent of the AFL Teamsters, will himself to the press, he seemed to not permit commercial ads in the be literally in the pink. . . . Lord union’s big monthly magazine. Re- Beaverbrook, on his first day in cently he turned down 50 pages Washington, worked until midnight, jur paid advertisements. The Team- then was up and at it again at'sters Union with 645,000 members is |8ix 1?1 !!m morning. . . . The Presi- |the largest individual labor organ- dent’s ru-s? act, after Churchill had !jzation in the world. . . . Since its posed himself to the questions Of;esbabnshment the National Youth the press, was to express »ms sat- | Administration has enabled more isfaction. and: relief. by drinking a'than 2,150,000 youths to obtain glass of water. high school and college educations. Washington | tendent of Sehools, to place the chil- | where the Pan-American Union will |dren in homes of friends in Juneau become of supreme importance. !should an emergency exist. Persons whose birthdate it is| Mr. Phillips found it most gratify- | have the augury of a year of suc- ing that the Juneau people con- | cess, financial benefits and happy tacted in connection with this pro- | friendships. The young will court | gram weré cooperative to the extent | and marry. of being willing fo take in not only | Children born on this day prob-|one child as they were requested but | ably will be extremely fortunate @5 many as were without shelter. | all through their lives. They have | Parents of children thus are assured the forecast of success in any |UDat in case of an emergency and chosen career. They should b;:“he children fail to return home,' kindly, charmi‘ng and - pditer | they are safe and sound somewhere | £ ¥ . |in Juneau. i (Copyright, 1941) PRt g e e | Subscrive to the Dally Alaska | “u' I | “ed Empire—the paper with the largest SG S a |paid circulation. body has been taken to Craig by Marvin = Frankforter and Willard Klinge. THAYER FUNERAL _ WAS HELD TODAY Last rites for Walter Thayer were held today at 2 pm. in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Dean C. E. Rice Tead the service. Thayer, who passed away on De- cember 17 at the age of 55, was from Yakutat, Alaska. Interment, was in the Evergreen CHURCHILL STANDS UP In a single impulsive movement, at ence, Winstonn Churchill did more (for the British Empire than a corps of propagandists could have the White House press confer- | . The President asked for it— that’s why an extra place was made lon the powerful Senate Appropria- |tions commiftee for South Cardli- (na’s able young Senator Burnet iMaybank. A close friend of Roose- | velt, Maybank told him of his desire ler and his high command; U, S. experts fear Hitler still has a military machine powerful enoug to menace the Near Bast Thus he might start He stood B was all. 'riendly sentimen a PINCEIS into a cocked ha movement against the British from vije potion of the bally the Suez-Near East side while Japanese applied the squeeze from jneck, and a cane the Singapore-Indian Ocean area In short, Churchill did a publi¢ JAPAN AIR PREMACY Irelations job whicl To hold Singapore against DUl Gone in a lifetime. upon But it created a wa the ‘man with a gaping mouth, a stiff the money in terms of British-American to be on the committee and the Thm!?resment went to bat for him. . . . i o(j;xl‘he”clt‘)d Lo;);}wrtz:l‘:ex;snu?iofi‘ has . nally ri of its leftist officers. lL' fl':eu ;r dkl\::al::f‘!“ addition to bamming Communists jand Nazis from membership, the Union elected a complete anti-Red a chair. To Fairbanks Post Magnhil Oygard, Public Health Nurse formerly of this vieinity ‘and recently of an itinerant eastern posi- tion, is being detailed to the Fair- banks division of the Territorial Department of Health. i Miss Oygard plans to leave shortly after January 2 for her new post. The Civil Defense field has made it necessary tg have two nurses at English- | slate of officers. Among the leftists |defeated was O. M. 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So an orderly was dis- CHURCHILL CHAFF , over the heads of the front Patched on an emergency erranc The Churchill party included no row, by every newsman in the room. and the “boiler kid” got his sand less than 80 persor Obviously The effect was electric 'rmr:h-i\\lrh } | Japanese will require heavy rein- relations than the waning British fcrcements. All the experts admit ex-chequer could pay for today. this. At present the Japanese have| The President opened the pressj some 3,500 planes in this area, which conference with an item of domestic gives them complete supremacy of interest, then explained that Mr.! the air. This was the reason for Churchill had volunteered to an-| the sinking of the Prince of Wales swer questions. This was good and Repulse. It also accounts for s, but the 200 men who had the rapid advance of Japanese crowded into the President’s office troops down the Malayan penin-'wanted to see the Prime Minister sula. 'as well as hear him. 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