The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1942, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evenins extept Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Al HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered in the Post Office in Ju SUBSCRIPTION RATES! Delivered by carrier I Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, 312.00; six montbs, in advance, $6.00. one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the di livery of their papers. Telephones: New: President ffice, 802; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The ASsociated Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republicatign of all news dispatches credited to it or mot other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | berein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAT, REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 | American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. WHY TANKERS ARE SUNK Enemy submarine operations off our coast have been mostly directed against tankers than vessels n[i military importance, The majority of disasters been tankers, though some coastal shipping has suffered, especi- | on the east coast | Tankers are usually large, while many freighter: are small. Most submarine attacks are made at | dusk or dawn and a submarine commander judges | his victim more by size than silhouette. He is out | for the big ones; he may let the small ones go. A U-boat commander’s estimate is rarely aided | visibility. In the daytime, when he must| work submerged because of the menace of | by must observe = his vlclim‘ the prisms of have al- ally | by clear usually detectior through periscope. Tankers now are about 50 or 60 percent or even more of cur coastal traffic, therefore fall victims to the subs. Tanker losses so far are estimated to be an even dozen. Four tankers were recently week, a considerable but not a planes, he narrow spray-blurred al | under torpedoed in one prohibitive toll. In 1916 the U-53 sank five ships in one day off Nantucket Light Vessel. In 1918, the U-151 laid mines across the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. The U-boat operations off our coast 24 years ago resulted in the sinking of 91 ships by six submarines in months. Other ships were damaged. The total shipping sunk was 197,761 gross tons and 435 lives were lost The objective then was much the same as the objective now, diversion and harassment. Militarily, the principal objective is probably an attempt to force establishment by the United States of a convoy system for ceastal shipping or to pen shipping in perts for protracted periods, thus slowing up im- portant the already grave shortage of merchant shipping. Psychologically, the enemy hopes to create con- cern and a demand for protection from the seaboard cities that would force a diversion of military and naval forces—better used elsewhere—to goastal de- fense. The Germans also undoubtedly hope by the use of minefields laid in pedoes or gunfire, to sink important cargo ships, transports or other vessels. They have struck now to six assist Japan in her - | marines operating off our coasts. There probably {In | | the face of repeated heavy assaults by the reinforced | water-borne transportation and intensifying | hipping lanes, or by tor- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA |assault against the Malay barrier and to take ad- |vantage of cur preoccupation in the Pacific. The | Germans probably figure that our east coast de- fenses—ships and planes—have been weakened to recoup our losses in the Pacific, but their successes so far have not justified such an assumption, There certainly aré not many German sub- T I FEBRUARY 9. 7 Mrs. R.L. Berfiard - . E. Krause " George Whyte Ray Thomasen Mrs. Harry G. Watson A. R. Hared Jeanne Jorgenson Mrs. Mabel Bertholl Erwin Gubser Sophie Harris Nick Kupoff ———————— HOROSCOPE “The stars incline -+ . but do not compel” |have never been many more than 20 to 30 in the| |whole Atlantic at any one time since the war| |started. To maintain this number continuously at sea at least triple that number are in' commission. addition, the Germans have sent some sub- marines into the Mediterranean in recent months. Allowing for increased and heavy submnrlnei losses since last September—losses that probably are greater than Germany’'s capacity to replace them —it seems probable that the Reich today has no more than 100 to 160 submarines and perhaps only half of these have the cruising range for operations |off our coast. The submarines that are off the coast probably | have ample fuel capacity to cruise in these waters for weeks. In the World War the U-151 left Kiel jon April 18 1918, and reached American waters about May 14. On June 13, after three weeks and| two days in American waters, she started home and docked at Kiel after having been at sea for 94 days, a cruise of almost 11,000 miles. Modern submarines are capable of even protracted cruises. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Good aspeets conflict with many | aaverse planetary influences day. Mars is in a place that is stimulating to conflict, especially |where principles are involved. | HEART AND HOME: American | women may learn much at this |time from European refugees, |many of whom are compelled to (Cincinnati Enquirer) | pursue humble wage-earning tasks. That the Philippine-American forces of Gen-|Kinddiness and understanding will | eral Douglas MacArthur are still making things Hot|pe encouraged by association with for the Japanese invaders of the Philippines is|war victims. Our habit of generous graphically evident in the latest news from the Far |living which too ' often promotes Pacific fighting fronts. | wastefulness, will be favorably af- One item in a recent official Washington com- fected at this time. Long recom- munique told of a successful action by a guerilla | mended by astrologers, food values band of General MacArthur’s troops against a Japa-!win be studied as thrift becomes nese air base in Northern Luzon; another item of |pecessary in families who look to- the communique told of a successful counterattack ward future needs. Everything that by the Philippine-American forces on the Batan|can be converted to good use now Peninsula which nullified recent Japanese gains on . ghould he carefully saved that front. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Althoush Taken together, the items show that the Ameri-!tocks may fluctuate, trading-will can and Philippine defenders of Luzon still are able!pe exceedingly active on certain to make much trouble for the Japanese, and that the ! g aith in the victory of the conquest of the Philippines was by no means fully’|ypited States over Japan will be accomplished with the captur> of Manila. expressed in the stability of many If certain groups of General MacArthur’s armv | american securities. As production lare operating in guerilla fashion, whether by previ- \of war supplies fs amaxingly speed jous plan or a g pinched off from eq, armies of government employees { the main forces by Japanese landings, it can spell 'wil continue to spend their earn- trouble for the Nipponese in much the same fashion |jngc freely. Warning is given that as the Serb guerillas in Yugoslavia have spelled it | horse-racing and games of chance to the Nazis. The rugged, wild terrain of North|pay attract many dollars. Luzon is a factor in favor of guerilla warriors. As| NATIONAL ISSUES: Whole- long as they can live off the country, which might |hearted support of the Presiden® be for quite some time, they would confront the | ya, policies will prove the loy- Japanese with the choice of enduring sudden, stab- s1iv of citizens of the United Statss bing raids like the one just reported, or of ‘19‘“"‘“"1‘includmg former isolationists wno a large number of troops and equipment from other | gy contribute important aid m missions and un‘derv,.aking a slow, methodical €am- | wachington. Unity of thought and paign of extermination against the guerillists. laction will distinguish members of What is happening on the Batan Peninsula, m‘lrgisluuve bodies. Statesmen counseled by the seers to be care | Japanese forces, is continued evidence of the Yesi-|ru1 or their health, for there are lency of General MacArthur's defens: Perhaps it 'signs read as presaging much ill- |is too much yet to hope that this toehold can be ness among national leaders who | maintained indefinitely. But it is not too early to . e i1l suffer from | | say that the gallant defenders will make the Nip?xm- ‘;\111 \crwc‘rk And ik pgrer vlmm‘ . 3 |heavy anxieties due to national | ese warlords pay an exorbitant price for their victory | y ¥ A il responsibilities. | | when or if they achieve it. | INTERNATIONAL APFAIRS: | Astrologers remind the public that You know, there’s no telling what horrors this|they have long emphasized the ele-| | war may involve before it's over. According to some Ments of surprise and treachery in | members of the National Association of Retail Clo- | the diplomacy of governments now | thiers and Furnishers, it may even be necessary later (OUr open foes. The evil influences | |on to push the sale of knickers for men. that actuate deeds of degels and trickery are still active. The stars, presage betrayals of many sort land barbaric methods of warfare| as Japan and Germany become | | desperate. While Hitler’s lucky stars {cease to guide there will be ter- | | | | more Not (Ym:quered Yet the result of bein; Another wife has divorced Tommy Manville. With paper getting as scarce as it is, they ought to | start rationing the marriage licenses and divorce decrees they allow that guy, the rest, demands that all Axis ties immedial most famous pers Then, at the la conference, after al minflon Go-Roun until Padillo, with his nations cut their rible events which must be met by |him mad it won't matter. What|the Allies. | you want to watch is not to ch{ Persons whose birthdate it is| tely, became the Walter Reuther mad. If you make|have the augury of a year of var- onage in Rio. him mad, then we will be in hotiied fortunes and novel experiences.| st session of the | water and you'll be in trouble wita|Gain is indicated in many ways. | 1l the set speecn- | me.” Children born on this day prob-| 20 YEARS AGO 3% mwmers THE EMPIRE e ) i 5. Y FEBRUARY 9, 1922 Construetion work on 14 eapital’ ships had been suspended by order of the Secretary of the Navy Denby ‘under the direction of President Harding, in atcordance with the Disarmament Conference. Dr. George O'Hanlon, Superintendent of Bellevue and Allied Hos- pitals in New York City, stated that there were more patients in the alcoholic wards under Prohibition than ‘ever beforé. In the preceding nine days at least 125 cases of alcoholic poisoning were taken care of in the eity. Mrs. W. W. Casey, Sr., was to entertain with bridge parties on two successive evenings at her home in the Casey-Shattuck Additfon. Mrs. Dave Housel underwent a major operation at St. Ann’s Hospital and was progressing well according to her physician. An extensive campaign to attract large number of tourists to Alaska was launched at a meeting of the newly-fcrmed Juncau Commercial Asso- ciation. To cooperate with the central committee for the coming Inter- School Meet to be held in Juneau a committee composed of M. B, Sum- mers, W. S. Pullen and J. E. Pegues was appointed. X "On account of weather conditions, the regular meeting of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church was postponed. Three men had been added to the Juneau Fire Department during the prevailing' wind storms and were to patrol the town each night to watch for any sign of fire, it was announced by J. L. Gray, Fire Chief, W. S. Pullen, Manager of the Alaska ElectricgLight and Power Com- pany, was confined to his home with a severe cold. Eight days mail was due in Juneau on the Spokane which had sailed from Seattle in the morning. Weather forecast for the Juneau district was fair and continued cold with northeasterly winds. The temperature hovered around 5 degrees. Wallace Reid was appearing at the Liberty Theatre in Douglas in “Double Speed” while at the Juneau Coliseum was Charles Ray in “An Old Fashioned Boy" and another episode of “The Whirlwind.” Spickett’s Palace Theatre “ad” carried a notice which said, “If the wind continues as a gale, as it did last night, there will be no show tonight.” Ice creepers to mock the glare ice on streets and walks and defy the angry guests of the Taku wind were advertised by the C. W. Young Company. The Empire carried three separate stories concerning the prevailing storm. Wind blowing at the rate of from 35 to 40 miles an hour swept the Channel district causing more damage than any storm sinte 1916. Sign boards, pieces of glass, wood and tar paper from roofs were carried through the air and were scattered all over the town. Among the most serious damage were two large plate glass' windows of the Valentine Building which were blown in; the Zynda sign,"50 feet long and 12 feet high, which was blown down, striking the building as it fell, knocking out two windows from the fifth floor and three on the fourth; and many other windows and signs, too numerous to list. PO Daily Lessons in English % ... corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I cannot tell you at the present time.” AT PRESENT and NOW are preferable. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Episode; pronounce the O as in NO. Episodic: pronounce the O as in OF. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Assailant; three A’s, two S’s. SYNONYMS: Smooth, even, plain, level, glossy, polished, sleek. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase your vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: OSTENTATION; unnecessary show. “It was a coarse and glittering ostentation.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * zopirra LEE Q. When is the double card for man and wife in good use? A. Tt is sent with wedding presents, with flowers to a funeral, with gifts to high school or college graduates, or with any other gift that comes from both. It is of course, used also for formal visits. Q. What is the proper way to eat fruit at the table? (Continued from Page One) relations with the Axis, “has all| the earmarks of a dig at the Ar- gentine Foreign Minister.” Replied Welles: “Yes, it certain-| ly was, Mr. Foreign Minister.” | | ARGENTINA VE. BRAZIL Thus, vividly, was illustrated the | most important thing that devel- | oped behind the scenes at Rio de | Janeiro—the determination of the | United States to help those who| help her. | ! And because Brazil battled every minute for American policy at Rio, another important result of the conference was that in the cen- tury-old see-saw between Brazil and Argentina, Brazil definitely took the lead in Pan-American politics. On the surface, Argentina, once the recognized leader of Latin-| America, forced the Rio confer-| ence to “recommend” instead of “decreeing” a break in Axis re- lations. But behind the scenes, Ar- gentina suffered a defeat from which it will not soon recover. VIVA MEXICO! Cleverest strategy to shove Ar- gentina into the background was evolved by Brazil's Aranha when he actually made Foreign Minister Padilla of Mexico the hero of the conference. Aranha knew the traditional ri- valry between Mexico and Argen- tina for the Spanish - speaking leadership of the Western Hemis- rhere. Located at opposite ends of the continent, both consider thein- selves dominant among Spanish- Americans. So Aranha, Foreign Minister of a non-Spanish, Portuguese-speak- ing country, planted a claque in the galleries which, on the first day, cheered Mexico’s Padilla to| tiie skies, Braziliun newspapers did We can handle him. If you m:«kv: es were concluded, suddenly the galleries shouted: “We want Mex- ico!” And they kept it up until Foreign Minister Padilla went to the rostrum. There, he delivered the most eloquent speech of the entire conference, pointing his ean delegates It was beautiful oratory—prob. ably prepared well in advance- and Mexico was cheered to the echo. The entire conference rose and applauded. But Argentine Foreign Minister Ruiz Ginazu slumped in his seat, his hands clenched, not clapping. Among .the Spanish - speaking countries, Mexico had. stolen the show from Argentina, And in hem- isphere politics, Portuguese-speak- ing Brazil had taken a long lead over its traditional rival, DON'T PEEVE REUTHER WASHINGTON—Ernest Kanzler, brother-in-law of Edsel Ford and chief of the automotive division of i the War Production Boad, has ob- tained some interesting. lowdown on who's who in the war produc- tion setup. Kanzler's job is to speed up the conversion of the auto industry to full war production. Conferring with War Production Chief Don- ald Nelson, Kanzler complaihed of “meddling” by Ferdinand Eber- stadt, civilian chairman of the Army-Navy Munitions Board. The Army - Navy Munitions Board, composed of military brass- hats, was a key agency in the old defense organization. Jealous of their bureaucratic prercgatives, the brasshats now are endeavoring to continue as hig shots. Thus Eber- stadt and Kanzler have crossed swords several times, This was Nelson's significant ad- vice to Kanzler— “Don’t worry about Eberstadt. | NOTE: Two-fisted young vice- J‘presidem of the United Autq Work- | ers, Reuther is highly regarded as ja crack industrial expert by Nel- |son and Undersecretary of War | Robert + Patterson. After former |OPM Director General Knudsen |finger at the Argentine and Chil- | had repeatedly disregarded propo- and calling upon |sals by Reuther for increasing war | | them to break with the Axis. i | production in .the auto industry, | Patterson went over Knudsen's ‘head and appointed Reuther as his personal representative to make a. survey of several auto plants preparatory to conyerting them to |armament production. KANZLER TAKES HINT Kanzler lost no time in taking his boss’ hint. A few hours Ilater he started action on one of Reu- ther’s . chief proposals. Kanzler sent telegrams to all | auto, truck and parts manufactur- | ers ORDERING them to submit by | February 5 a list of machine tools in their possession, plus informa- tion on what thesg tools are being |used for and the amount of war | goods. the plants are now making. Reuther long urged the compila- tion of such data as a preliminary step for pooling the machine tools of the auto industry for greater war output. He was vigorously op- Pposed by -C. E. Wilson, head of General Motors, who fought tonl pooling with the backing of Knud- sen. Kanzler's move is the first at- tempt Lo ascertain exactly the tool resources of the auto-makers. (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) e ATTENTION EASTERN A STAR Regular business meeting and balloting, Tuesday evening, Feb. 10, at 8 o'clock. ALICE BROWN, Secretary. . LEONA TALMAGE, Worthy Matron. adv. BUY DEFENSE AMPS ably will be talented, but difficult! to direct. They may be stubhorni‘ and self-willed, but lucky. ' (Copyright, 1942) — e, D.H.S. HUSKIES LEAVE EARLY ON TRIP| Very shortly after 6 a. m. yester- {day, Douglas high school first string| hoopsters . sailed as scheduled on| ithe Sea Parrot on their barnstorm- ing trip to Wrangell and Petersburg where they Lope to get games, Elim- inated on the Channel as runner-up for Champion of the S. E. Alaska the teams they expect to play were eliminated by Ketchikan and :the trip should decide another inter- esting phase of the championship. Among the barnstormers are Mark Jensen, coach; Rudy Pusich manager; Team—Frank and Harry Cashen, Glenward Kirkham, Frank Krsul, Elmer Savikko, James Devon, Kenneth Shudshift and Bill Dore. ———————— 2 PIKES BUY HOUSE ! W. J. Pike has purchased the {Frank Biddlecome. cottage and withy his family will transfer residence there from the; Baroumes apart- ments where they have . resided since coming to Douglas last sum-~ mer, Formerly the property of Hans |Loken. who bought it from Olaf Swanson the, residence was sold by |Loken to Fred Endres, the latter Iselling to Earl Osborne who trams- [ferred to , Biddlecome. The last! mentioned with his family is plans ning to leave for the south at an jearly date. | ing of this week at the home, A. Hold the fruit in your hand is jyicy Q. and display it to the other guests? A. Yes: | & LOOK and LEA izes the American Indians? 3. 4. 5. What is the name applied to ANSWERS: “Hiawatha,” by Longfellow. Lake Superior. Ruminant. first, second and third grades, Douglas Public School, after about | iten years in the pesition, accord to announcement by the Douglas School Board. Miss Kathleen Carl- son has been elected her successor. Accompanied by her mother, Miss Fraser plans to leave soon for a visit and long rest south. ———————— COUNCIL SESSION Regular meeting of . Douglas Qity Ceuncil, first for the present month, is, scheduled to be held this even- ing at the:usual hour. GLUB , TO, MEET . ., , hostess and - Mrs. Edward Bach assiting, the Douglas. Island Wo- men’s, Club membars will hold their monthly meeting Wednesday even- of the former.. & MRS., LINDSTROM HONORED t % 3 > § {MISS_ CARLSON. SUCCEEDS | MISS FRASER IN PRIMARY, Miss ' Elizabeth Fraser has tend- ered her resignation as teacher of A party event of interest oc- curred on Thursday night of last week when Mrs. Howard Hayes en- tertained. with, a shower given: at her home on Glacier Highway com- | 1 fruit, such as a peach, you may hold it on the fork. Is it all right for a guest who wins a bridge prize, to open it e ] 2. Which is the most noted poent in American literature that ideal- What is the largest body of fresh water in the world? For what are the Gideons best known? ‘Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. «With ( Mys. Norman Rustad ..as| g, and peel it with the knife, or if it RN % C. GORDON an animal that chews its cud? MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Sgcond and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. R. W COWLING, Wor~ shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV ERS, Secretary. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blengren PHONE 50 Juneau’s Own Store _Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 409 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. “Chiropractic” Physlo 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. Geyer DENTIST B B ONE 16y, Slo8- Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. “The Stere for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. I ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and | Opthalmology Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground Yowll Find Feod Finer ond Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP ooy 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 e INSURANCE Shattuck Agency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Markes 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices swee WHITE rowee TRUCKS and BUSSES The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 126 Jones-Stevens Sh READY-TO-WEAR %eward Btreet Near Thrd H. W. L. ALBRECHT Physical Therapeutics Heat and Light Treatments Massage and Corrective Exercises Phone 773 Valentine Bldg. JAMES C. COCPER C.P. A Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING — L. C. Smith and Corons TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worz by Satisiied Customers” 1 DB, H. YANCE | Consultation and examination free. 10 t0.12; 1 to §; 1 to'8,00 by appoinment, %flofid‘m The placing of Bibles in hotel rooms. plimentary to Mrs. Carl Lindstrom. A series of games afforded past- time during the early part of the evening with first prize going to Miss_Jenny Johnson and consola- tion to Mrs. Elroy Fleek.-A num- ber of attractive gifts - were pre- sented to the guest of henor. Those present included Miss Johnson, Mrs. George Fleek, Mrs. Dale Fleek, Mrs. Elroy Fleek, Mrs Tauno Niemi, Mrs, .Caesar Seben- ico; Mrs. E..C., McCormigks;. Misses Margaret Pearce apd Mary, Meek. A P R . ge- No. 147.F. & A. M. 7:30. Labor Juneau Monday eyening, 1 ¥ J. W. LEIVERS, Secretdry. — e - NOTICE AIRMAIL E PES, showing| air routé from ww Nome, on adv." | | | | ATTENTION MASONs | qqéq miiication of M. iny PHONES 587 or 747—JUNEAU SECURE YUUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Maderiiize Your Home Under Title L F. H. A, CAPITAL—$30,000. SURPLUS—$150,000 L] COMM .ER'CIAI_;A AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS L] SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES N First National B; JUNEAU—ALASKA sale at J..B. Burford & Co. adv. BUY DI y nzo‘sflfimfle‘lor newspaper advertising! e v, 2 BN PSR