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PAGE FOUR fall back on old automobiles or even horseback rid- ing, the victory over our Totalitarian enemies would be worth the sacrifice. . We understand that after a period when all new HELEN TROY MONSEN President | qutomobile sales will be frozen, a car rationing | R. L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business NADMKET |\ oovqm will be put into effect, allowing govern- | Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | ment officials, civilian defense heads and others SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ' eau and Dous r $1.25 per month | With a vital need for cars to secure them. Trucks| T . ‘advance, $6.00; | Will also be doled out where they will do the most good in our defense effort. Among the civilian population, naturally, this Telephones: News Office, 8 move is going to place a real premium on used “MEMBEE OF ASSOCIAYED FRES machll\gs People in general are gt.n.ng to do with- The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for out their new autos and many families with no car republication of all news dispatches credited 1o it or not era | heretofore will probably continue to do without that bereln. sedan they have planned to purchase with the pay- ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER checks from newly acquired defense jobs, ___THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. Here in Alaska, the restriction won't pinch as NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 hard as in the States. With few roads connecting American Building, Seattle, Wash. ; ol communities, persons in this Territory are not tourist-minded. And in the States, we predict that the hardship will be largely an imagined one. With the nation at war, resorts will not be the carefree holiday spots of previous years, and main traveled highways may be so crowded with the movement of soldiers much of the time that motoring would be slow and no pleasure. At any rate, i*’s a sacrifice we can well afford to make. D(u'ly A’aska Empire |war, and if most civilians in this country have! to Published every evening except Sunday by the REMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Btreets, Juneau, Alasks. Delivered by earrier in Ji 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- ivery of their pabers. vy, . Business Office, 374. Mr. Moto and Mr. Kawakami (Philadelphia Record) The fictiona] character of Mr. Moto is suddenly no longer funny. In our reaction to the impact of war with the very |Japan we are in danger of developing Japanese jit- day the report of the fall of Manila was released, |ters that would harm not only loyal Japanese in Alaska’s Delegate Anthony J. Dimond should haye |(his country but any person who looked like am urged more complete concentration of planes in the |Oriental. Aleutian Islands. i Of course we must be on our guard against the The Philippines were not completely lost by the | very real threat of Fifth Column activity. i fall of their Capital City. Nor has Singapore fallen| But we should not become hysterical and by to the Mikado's horde. But the loss of these terri- |AR excess of zeal force normally loyal Americans seems to hang now on the thread of last- |Into the camp of the enemy. g . B READY GETTIN It was significant yesterday that on tories ditch defense From there, where is the war going? 1 As we reeled from the treacherous attack by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of tlie |Japan on Pearl Harbor, as we read $h‘"¥fflr¥ Klfloxi* Pacific fleet, has intimated that he expects the full |TePort that Fifth Column work in Hawaii was “the force of the to fall back to the Hawaiian|most effective Fifth Column work that has come out Islands |of this war except Norway'— If such an action takes place, a real battle will Ab .Was. easy. for us to think of every Japanese ensue. For the surprise December 7 blow at the |25 & Potential spy like Mr, Moto and to forget loyal Pearl Harbor base, while indisputably crippling ourlAmencans of anan.ese ancestry like Clarke H. Kn: defenses. was not a knockout, as the Japanese had | Wakami.. Kawakami, born in this country and fo; hoped. By all report, we still have enough power |Seven years correspondent for Domei, official Japa- at Pear] Harbor to make it more than interesting |Nese news agency, resigned his job to enlist in the for the Japanese there |U. S. Army. . : e ’ That battle should draw a certain amount of | And ‘lhere were Km\akaml.s s well as Motos the home defenses away from the Japanese islands.lin Hawaii. Secretary Knox, in recounting heroic ; incidents at Pearl Harbor, told how a number of What would be more practical as a reprisal blow 9 Hing than an onslaught launched from the Aleutians by |Workmen of Japanese ancestry helped man machine guns against the invaders. American long-range bombers and saips. ? b B vkl ” On the other hand, if the wily Japs, as some | In the December jssue of the American Mer suggest, should head for Alaska rather than the |CUry, Ernest O. Hauser, formerly a correspondent in Hawaiian group, after their victories in the Asimic“'he Far East, gives a;fi:“‘::::u:zur:::etfi:lm;.o!gz; T ] waters, the Aleutians are their closest target. Cer- “‘"‘E: of Japanese. . ! [ g tainly, if serious consideration is to be given Alaska ' ©f the 150,000 Japanese in this country are second- as a base for either defense or offense, no time can |8eneration and thus American. cibizens, he wmes:” be lost, as Delegate Dimond stressed yesterday. | The overwhelniing majority of young and old AL A A | Japanese-Americans stand with the United States. AYLOS ‘MEFENQE | In a year's time more than 3,000,000 pounds of barley, corn, rye, and rice, 150,000,000 pounds of . > '|sugar and 163,000,000 gallons of molasses go into both in the States and in Alaska, sale of new mrhithe making of alcoholio beverages fii the United #85 gks. wea g 2 i States. And what do people say when they take Meantime, assistant OPM chief Sidney l-hnmtm.JE drink? “Here’s mud in your eye!” declared that complete utilization of the auto indus- manpower and machine power may shorten the | war by months. Which would seem to indicate that . * war | Alas. the. poor automobile. dealer. = Yesterday, Hospital bed rates in many cities in the States are going up 10 percent next year. Pretty soon manufacture of 1942 model cars will be seriously |there won't be anywhere you can go to recuperate curtailed, if not completely stopped. from the shock of new taxes and the rising cost of After all, the first job on hand is to win the |living. more than 7,000 miles from oul force, and it is not believed to | memories fade Americans will be-! i sizable profits will accrue in many | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO 10 cupine JANUARY 3, 1922 Seward Kunz was reelected President of the Alaska Native Brother- hood. JANUARY 3 Grover C.” Winn Lance E. Hendrickson | Yoland Uberti i Walborg Lindegard | A shooting match between M. H. Truesdell of Juneau and H. W. |Kahler of Douglas was causing considerable interest. Truesdell was considered the best shot in Alaska, having the honor of making the | only run of over 100 targets without a miss ever made in the Territory. JANUARY 4 Jane Alexander Louis Kann Paul K. Lucas Anton J. Reiss Willlam J. Niemi Howard Beazley Nellie Miller Guy F. Scott HOROSCOPE “The stars incline s ! George Morgan, Juneau resident, lost but do not compel” ||| xee niet E. H. Sherman and George Getchell were registered at the Zynda. {Mrs. H. J. Alexander and baby and John A. Richards were Gastineau registrants, Fred Sorri, recently a clerk at the Juneau Post Office, had taken the | position as day clerk at the Gastineau Hotel, To look over the Pioneers' Home, Karl Theile, Secretary of the Terri- tory, and Lockie MacKinnon, member of the Board ¢f Trustees, sailed for Sitka. his life by drowning in Ten- Weather: Highest temperature, 39; lowest, 34; rain. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 y PN Benefic aspects are active today, b although adverse influences are 'I l 1 E I' h dicerned. The configuration en-‘ Da'y essons 'n ng IS Vvy. L. GORDON courages apprehension and a ten-| dency to look on the dark side of | things. | HEART AND HOME: Interest in WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The two girls are both beautiful.” Omit BOTH, or say, “Both girls are beautiful.” religious observances will be wide- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mania. Pronounce ma-ni-a, first A spread as the year begins. The as in MAIN, I as in IT, second A as in ASK unstressed, and three syl- orthodox churches will gain great-|)aples, not man-ya. Iy, while cults and philosophies of OFTEN MISSPELLED: Physique, though pronounced fi-zek, I as in many sorts will win attention.| yp g a5 in ME, accent last syllable. Families will turn to prayer as a SYNONYMS: Prosy, prosaic, dull, stupid, tedious. il o Ry ',;‘E s i} WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ‘_Nai:;e t !stle»:llil;““fl ’}‘1::;3‘;: xcn‘::r; | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: bibllations, which: ihclude the POMPOUS; characterized by excessive self-importance; pretentious. “The waste of lives in war, mankind wil} | POMPOus vanity of the old schoolmistress.”—Thackeray. apprehend new meanings in his| day by day existence. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The usuai! first of the year slump will be avoided in certain lines of trade MODERN ETIQUETTE * popgrra LEe perity through the month. Prices| Q. Should one foster friendship with a of foods and other necessaries will |addicted to petty thievery? lontinue to rise and there will be A. Tt would be 'etter not to do so. There is only one short step zeneral protests in view of tax|from petty thievery to grand larceny. As the old proverb says, “He jurdens and other difficulties thu!‘thn( will steal an egg will steal an ox.” confront men of average means. Q. Should a girl wear a hat with an afternoon dress when going to Ihe white collar workers will suf- an informal fraternity dance? ‘er severely, also the modest in- A. Yes; both hat and gloves should be worn. come professional men. As holiday | Q. Is it obligatory for a bride to wear something on her head when she is being married in church? A. Yes. | | | person whom one knows is gin to understand the meaning of, real sacrifice. { NATIONAL ISSUES: Labor, troubles will arouse resentment | among citizens who do not under- stand industrial problems. Certain union leaders will lose prestige and | they are warned by those who read the stars that ambition may de-| 1. Where did the first Continental Congress meet? stroy their power. Justice should | 2. Which one of the United States’ possessions has a name which be dispassionately enforced, " the Means “rich port”? seers declare, as employers are| 3. Do deer shed their antlers every year? carefully weighed in the balance | Which State is bounded on one side by a perfect arc? with employees. Astrologers de-, 5. What was the first bridge to span the East River in New Yotk clare that few large fortunes will City? be made at this time, although| ANSWERS: Philadelphia. Puerto Rico. Yes. Delaware. Brooklyn Bridge. lines of manufacturing. o 1 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Emperor Hirohito of Japan is sub- ject to aspects that are ill-omenzd for his relations with the United | States. In the cycle of warldly" . Wealth he has been sympathetic to many this year and their signifi-| HOME NURSING CLASSES % g {cance will be recognized in view of Miss Jane Hibbard’s class in e, war lords of his empire, BU|ine neeq of increase of population. | Home Nursing will meet Tuesday the people will be: in such economic BUSINESS AIRS: Privat 0 h g straits before the end of the win- = AFF B vate night at 7:30 o'clock at the Health L 2. 3 4. 5. Washi;tjlon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) can Naticnal Commitiee anc op- position leader of the House. Wil- lkie remains on very friendly terms with his old campaign mana even though they differed on for- have participated in any bombing of China, where Japanese aim has been notoriously poor. The Navy fliers' accuracy at Pearl Harbor, therefore, was noted with great interest by our larly as it was in striking contrast to the inferior marksmanship of Japanese army bombers in the Philippines. Despite frequent raids, they have done no important dam- age. Also they have been blasted |out of the sky by our planes when- experts—particu- | ever they can catch them. The fact that the Japs have been i ir force in the vote to repeal the Neutrality Act.‘:f::glpt;s";}fmgp?;: kit 38 i el ipe fi:‘pl&l',?;f;s ":e:’::‘ considered significant. From this defeated Roosevelt, Willkie phoned ;i s peing deduced that the better S e dn. |trained navy air arm is spread out “Joe,” he said, “those Republi-{yory thin and is belng used chiefly cans who voted against repeal of for special purposes. - neutrality are going to have a | tough time being re-elected. They're going to find the country is be- hind Roosevelt on this.” The Republican National! Chair- man replied that he would not only re-elect all the Republica~s who voted against Roosevelt, but he would also elect a lot of new Re- publicans to fill the seats of the Democrats who had voted with Roosevelt. 13 isten,” said Willkie, “if you re-clect 80 per cent of those who voted agginst the President you'll be the greatest political genius of all time.” “And,” said Willkie in telling the story to a friend afterward, “a| few days later there was Joe him-| self voting with Roosevelt for a declaration of war.” eign policy. Shortly after the Congressional . MEN UNDER 21 In view of Congressional discus- sion regarding conscription of men under 21, it is interesting to note that during the Civil War, the Union Army totalled 2,778,304 men, of which 2,169,789 were under 21.° In addition, 104,987 were under rs of age; 1523 were under 14 years of age; and 300 were undér Also there were actually 38 boys in the Union Army from ten to eleven years old, and 25 boys under the age of ten—drummers and {buglers. POSTSCRIPT ON GUAM Guam, strategic U. 8. “stepping istone” base captured by the Japs, was long a subject of hot contrg- versy between the Navy Deparf- JAP BOMBING ment and Congress. For years tlie U. S. experts are not deprecating Navy tried to get funds to fortify the potency of the Japanese air this vital little insular Ppossession force, but its operations in the first and Congress repeatedly blocke weeks of the war have disclosed the plan. certain significant facts. Characteristic of this congress- One is that the Japanese Navy ional shortsightedness was the de- fliers seem more accurate in bomb- bate that took place in the House ing than their Army pilots. on Pebruary 23, 1939, when a Guam Jap bombing accuracy in the appropriation was voted down 205 Pear] Harbor attack was most ef- 0 168. Here are a few of the gems fective, and this treacherous opera- uttered that day by some of the tion was carried out by naval COngressional masterminds who . This was the first time the killed the item: Jap naval afr arm bad been seen| Representative John M. Robisoh, n action by our observers, |of Kentucky, Republican isolation- “"The Japanese have been very ist: “The real danger to our country secretive about their naval air does not come from Japan. Japan, h l shores, and with a navy only two- thirds as large as ours, could make no successful attack orl the Hawai- ian Islands or continental United States if we mind our own business and stay neutral.” | Representative James P. Rich- ards, South Carolina Democrat whe voted against the neutrality revision bill: “I'm against this appropria- tion, If you believe in arming for defense, but not in spending $1 tc |go into foreign seas, 5,000 miles |away from home, to fortify a posi- tion we cannot hold and which it not necessary for the defense of our country, then vote to strike out the Guam provision.” Representative Wunham Sutphin New Jersey Demccrat who opposec the neutrality revision bill: “We can avoid & lot of trouble in the | future by striking out the fortifi- icauon of Guam.” 5 | Representative Earl Michenér iMIch!;xnn Republican isolationist: “This is nat_essentlal to national | defense.” Ty | Representative Joseph Bhufiifi Missouri isolationist Democrat: *. ithis oratory about the need of fortifying Guam is & lot of bushwa.’ | Others who fought against forti fying Guam were Representatives |Ham Fish; Bernard J. Gehrmann | Wisconsin ~ Progressive isolationls( !who was born ifi Germany; Emmet |O'Neal, Kentucky Democrat; anc Dewey Short, Missouri isolationist Republican who last month made & {Speech demanding the expuision of | Wendell Willkie from the GOP be- |cause of his advocacy of war against the Axis. ? 3 0y { ' CAPITAL CHAFF | "The Rockerfeller Office is send- ling to Latin America over 100,00 |copigs of the President's war ragdic !message, in - Spanish’ and Po¥ty |guese. . . . Rockerfeller's illustrate /magazine, En Guardia (“On Guard”) has been steppéd up 80,000 in Novembér to 150,000 in December. It pictures the armed forces cf the U. B. A. . .. 'by requests Yor the “Ballad of the | Leatherneck Cotps”, Which cbm- memorates the landing of United |States Marines in Iceland last July, !Marme Corps officials have dis- tributed 40,000 copies. . . . Office of Civilian Defense is preparing a ser and so disturbed by the men- aces of the war that they will pray to him for relief from the domin- ation of their leaders. Diplomacy rather than conflict should be the solution of the Japanese problem ! in its relation to this country. | Persons - whose birthdate it have the augury of a year of fairly z00d fortune, but unusual condi- tions must be met in business. Children born on this day prob- ably will be original and keenly in- telligent, They will be impetuous and strong-willed. ' MONDAY, JANUARY 5 Benefic aspects are strong today which marks the heginning of the year's business. dctivities, There should be a stimulation of enter- under this configuration. 4 ART AND HOME: This ould be a fortunate sway for young folk who return to coliege. A _sense of coming world events of stipreme importance will cause se- Hous pursuit of all lines of study. The seers emphasize their pro- shecy that the classes of today are preparing for expefience in a new world in which social and finan- cial conditions, customs and as-| alrations are modified, if not greatly changed. Marriages will be wandbook: on “What You Can Po dor Clvilian Defense”. Author of he handbook is Eleanor Pierson, vife of Export-Import President Warren Lee Pierson. ' Puetto Ricans wryly recall that 7. 8. Nivy's radio towers at Cayey, 35 toiles from San Jupn, were dis- nantled thtee wears ago and sold is scrap iron to the Japanese. . . . \ustrglia’s able Minister Richard 3. Casey drives about Washington n a British car with a trans- sarent top. and right-hand drive, ew York lawyers are now alling over themselves to comeé to Washingten for the war. . . . Ap- sarently not having enough to do yith the war, representatives of the ure Food and Drug Administration 1w ask drug firms the question: ‘How much business did you do last ‘ear?” (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Byndicate, Tnc.) is| enterprise in which men of small spite government efforts to aid. Demand for production and dis- | tribution on a gigantic scale will expand manufacturing . plants. | Washington necessarily will dictate pitalists as well as merchants and manufacturers. Through seven or eight years of commercial dis- |location due to war, lessons of great |value will be learned by bussiness | men. jto caj NATIONAL ISSUES: The cost of | hospitalization will rise in coming {months when there may be much illness aong civilians. Demand for ‘gxtq'ilsim ,of medical and surgical carg at moderate cost will be wide- spread A shortage of nurses and physicians in view of their em- ployment. by naval and military forces, will be serious. Young, girls with proper. gualifications are urged by the seers to train for much- needed service. Preyentive meas- ures will be instituted in American cities where public health organi- zations will be overworked. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS; Efforts to discredit President Roo- sevelt will bé made by Hitler through this first quarter of the year when there should be extra- ordinary watchfulness to prevent sples from penetrating varioug de- partments in Washington. Agam the seers emphasize the fact that | they have warned often of secret enemies in the employment of the federal government. Subversive agents are believed to be numer- ous in departments where they ap- parently can do less harm thap could be achieyed if they had, be- come connected with war or Navy office work, but the stars warn that they are numerous everywhere. Persons whose birthdate it Is have the augury of a year of var- ied experiences. Changes and tra- vel are indicated for men. Women will find serious interests. Children born on this day prob- ably will be independent and strong-willed, They may develop originality and ingenuity in -their chosen vocations. ¢ (Copyright, 1942) capital engage will be impeded de—‘ Center. Miss Broderson’s Home Nursing Class will meet in the Health Center at 7:30 o'clock Fri- day, January 9. E— e Within a little more than a year the U. S. will have the larg- est and most modern tank-ship fleet in the world. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION No. 4802-A IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR { THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, | FIRST JUDICIAL DIVISION, AT JUNEAU. ALICE STOLPE ANDERSON, Plaintiff, vs. . RALPH BARTON ANDERSON, Defendant. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: To the above-named” defendant, GREETING: You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Pirst Division, at Juneau, within thirty days after the last publication of this sum- mons, namely, within thirty days after the 23rd day of January, 1842, in case this summons is pub- |lished, or within forty days after the date of its service upon you, in case this summons is served upon you personally, and answer the complaint of the above-named plaintiff on file in the said court in the above-entitled action. The said plaintiff in said action demands a. decree of divorce. And in the event you fail so to appear and answer, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and, will apply to the court for the relief demanded in her complaint, and as herein- above stated. . WITNESS, the HON, GEORGE F.. ALEXANDER, court and the official Seal of said Court hereunto affixed, on this 24th day of Decermber, 1941. ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, 2 Clerk, By J. W. LEIVERS, Deputy Clerk. Prederick Paul, Attorney for Plaintiff. Publication dates, Dec. Jan. 3-10-23, 1942. 27, 1941, adv, 3 Judge of said i | Freeburger o) PHONE 658 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 409 LY = /) Chiropractic Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Worshipful Master; LEIVERS, Becond and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. VERGNE L. HOKE, JAMES W. Secretary. Juneau’s Own Store “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. T —y HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. 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