The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 12, 1942, Page 4

Daily Alaska Publ HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered 1n the Post Offfce fa Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dellvered by earrlés in Juness and Douelas for $1.35 ver month. | By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: ix months, in advance, $6.00; | One vear, in advance, $12, nth, in advance, §1.25. wise credited In this psper and slso the herein. ed every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junesu, Alasks. bscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- |executive interpretation, holding that the computation overtime was a violation of the law, and many employers who, relying on the first interpretation, and upon the insistence of their had computed paid overtime daily, were penalized and required to pay huge sums - additional overtime, which really amounted to double |overtime. Another instance ‘"rxccuLiv(‘" contained in the law. The law exempts {from its provisions those who are employed “in an capacity. The Administrator issued an interpretative bulletin defining “exécutive.” This (time and issued a new of daily Empire employees and Prestdent in Vice-Prestdent and Business Manager | Second Class Matter. but in the last mail we received Irmm the Administrator a new and very different |interpretation of the term ‘“executive.” If the pres- Obher- local mews published ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. lent interpretation is correct, the former interpreta- ‘llm\ was wrong, and if the former' interpretation NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. |was wrong, all those who have relied upon ‘it have lbven violating the - law. In Alaska, where high wages are generally paid— unrl especially in the mining industry—there prob- |ably have been mo actual violations of the spirit of | the law, but the Administrator -and his assistants are |seeking to subject {and many others, to huge penalties simply because |they have not kept their books and time records in accordance with these changing and fluctuating | interpretations of the Wage-Hour Administrator. . A good example of the harm which is being done in the administration of this law is found in la news item which appeared in the newspapers the second week in January, wherein the Wage-Hour | cfficials in Seattle were exulting over the fact that Today, with the whole world the slavery of Hitlerism Abraham Lincoin to consider Emancipator is indicated a pause o A kindness, goodness, faith that right makes|minimum, but of failure to keep their time books might and faith in the ultimate justice of the people!ang records according to certain formulas pre- | led him through perilous years—years that threat-| . ipeq by the Wage-Hour Administrator. ened the very existence of our union The tragedy of this so-called vietory of the Today it is taking more than right to make|wage-Hour officials lies in the fact that the country | might. It requires every ounce of labor, brain, |5 gesperately short of tin and the Bureau of Mines competent planning, production to put into thel.ng an other agencies of the government concerned hands of the armies and navies of the United |yith National Defense and with the prosecution of Nations the equipment to back up their “right”(ou life and death struggle with Germany and| with a “might” sufficient to defeat the lonu-plzmned‘anun_ have been holding out every inducement to! ‘might” of Hitler and the Axis. those who would prospect for tin. Here is a little “Let us have faith that right makes might; anrli“m'mm, in Alaska whcse resources were very limit- in that faith, let us to the end, dare to do our duty | as we understand it,” Lincoln said 1860, and continued in his patient That same feeling of faith that ultimat will conquer injustice is direeting our battle for freedom fcree that another WAG h H()l l( LAW, HARDSHIP We print elsewhere in The Empire tod: luticn January passed 19. by the OTHER BATTLE AGAINST SLAVERY the [z energies Alaska Miners Association on This Resolution is timely, they had penalized the American Tin Fields, Inc., to the extent of $4,056.83 in back wages, not because 3 they had not paid high enough wages, with time in battle against {anq o half for overtime, but because they had not n the birthday of gept sheir records according to the decrees and aith of the Great orders of the Wage-Hour officials ter was not one of failure to pay more than the ed and who engaged in searching for tin; one de: partment of the government is seeking to do every- thing humanly possible to encourage prospecting for tin, yet here is another department, the Wage-Hour Divisicn, which comes along and penalizes the little tin compapy for not keeping its books according to! standard, and takes away from it over $4,000—prob- ably all the money it had on hand—which should | have been used in prospecting for the valuable and |dhperatch needed tin. It deces not seem to make | sense; and while we are bending every effort to de- fend our country against Germany and Japan, would seem that the industries of the country whose | in New York in faith to the end right and justice is the propelling today to end y a Reso- for we think the Fair Labor Standards Act, otherwise known s | ayery effort is meeded in preparing the country for the Wage and Hour Law, was never designed 1| what is in store for it should not have to fight the place industry and business in the straight-jacket sovernment itself for its very existence. The war which has been prepared for them by Wage-Hour -an nevey be won if we have to fight on these two | officials. There is probably no law ever enacted by | ronts at the same time. Congress or any legislature before, which has re- sulted in so much hardship, ineguities and injustice The law itself after its enactment, as is not expand and its officials and make interpretations so that now and it is impossible for t ness man or mine operator to know where he stands Numerous interpretative | bulletins have been issued, although the law contamsi these arbitrary rulings and | from one week to another no provision for confusion, uncertainties, the Wage-Hour complicated, the branch of the Department of Labor charged with its administration began to employees regulations and changes, ‘When the Tokyo radio broadcasts wild claims of sinking U. S. Naval vessels, we ought to keep in mind British experience. The British Broadcasting shown that according to Axis claims Navy now consists of: Minus 29 capital ships, Minus 13 aircraft carriers, Minus 96 cruisers, Minus 33 submarines, Two destroyers. But the war is young. Maybe Japan will catch up with her senior Axis partners—on lies. Law. but shortly Corporation the British began to he ordinary busi- inter- pretations, and these have been changed from time | | to, time | After the war, according to a report, you will As an illustration, the Administrator in 1939 be able to have any color light you fancy in any ruled that overtime could be computed daily. Th'“‘rcum of your house merely by pressing a switch. was an advantage to employees, and upon the insis- tence of employees in numerous instances, the daily In November 1940 the th\nfi,(‘d his mind about daily over-'his nose is red. overtime was put into effect. Mmmu ator Wdiinm Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) | Rio. But the Argentine Govern-| ment required his broadcasts to bc‘ taken down in disc and censored be- fore they could be re-broadcast. And when one of the Merry-Go- | Rounders broadcast word that| Congressman Taborda, head of the| Argentine “Dies Committee,” had | come to Rio to try to tell the truth to the Argentine public; and how most of the Argentine delega- ticn avored breaking with the Axis, the Argentine Government put up barriers against further shortwave broadcasts. On the whole, the Argentine cen- sorship was successful. It is doubt- ful that the maority of the Argen- tine people got wind of the critical 2nd isolationist position in which their government was placed at Rio. In time, of course, this news will leak through, but it did not leak through soon enough to take| effect. MORAL TO USA. The moral of this difficult cen- <orship situation was not missed | by various Pan-American delegates | —namely, if you are fighting a war to defeat Hitlerism, you lose the | democratic principles for which you | are fighting if you throttle the | ! ment should ever | ang Great news for the man who comes in late from a stag party. He can merely turn on the pink light as he enters and his wife will never suspect that board last month tried to bar un-‘mbrlcauon: favorable comment on Hull's ap- “Welles was not feeling well,” he peasement policy with the Vichy said. “I gave him permission to government in France. smoke.” . When and if the State Depart- (852N get its way on MERRY-GO-ROUND this, the American public would| WASHINGTON—During a secret be in the same position as the|House Naval committee interroga- people of Argentihe, ‘and “one of tjon of Admiral Harold Stark, Com- the reasons for beating Hitler would 'mittee Chairman Carl Vinson . re- have vanished. vealed that an effort had been e made to get congressional repre- MAN-OF-ALL-WORK WELLES |sentation , on the Pearl "Harbor Undersecretary of State Welles Board of Inquiry, but the President made a great hit in Rio. From|vetoed the proposal. . . . The Flint {he welcoming ovation which broke (Mich.) News Advertiser has through police lines as he sbepped launched a nationwide campaign to off his airplanie, to the eénd of the| organize The Blue Star Mothers— conference, Welles was a popular| mothers who have sons in the hero. | armed forces. . As a means of The Brazilians, who have a gor- | meeting the scrap shortage, Ray- geous sense of humor even gave! mond Ackerman of Salt Lake City, him a nickname. It was “Senhor | Ufab. has suggested to the War Manoel,” which is like calling evexy{P“’d“C"‘O" Board that auto and Pullmen porter “George,” and is| truck owners be asked to contribute a name given to the average man- | 'D€ front and rear bumpers of of-all-work around the homes of | (D€Ir cars. .. . Friends of “Denny” Rio. |Lewis are saying that if the AFL- No one ever told the tall and /€10 peace scheme of his brother, dignified Welles what they were YOhD L., had gone through, “Denny” calling him, but carnival songs WOUld have been made an Assist- | were even written about him, and 20U Secretary of Labor under Mis those who saw him working night Frances Perkins, day for Pan-American defense | . (COPYTight, 1942, by United Fea- agi be was definitely the “Man- ture Syndicate, Inc.) oel”y or man-of-all-work for the | ARUTBTE St ) Western Hemisphere. auch a5 whey ke wetes, vow- WILDLIFE MEN is the definition of the term| interpretation has been generally accepted through-‘ mESS exclusively entitled to the use for |out the country, republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not practically all mining o[.)m‘nlorsI it | has | { press. The incident illustrates the highly Fortunately and wisely, President religious character of this, the Roosevelt has been broad-minded gayest and most carefree city in when it comes to press criticism, the Western Hemisphere. Welles and today censorship in the U.S.A.|was sitting with the Papal Nuncio has not throttled criticism. and the Argentine Foreign Min- Paradoxically, the only attempt ister at the Brazilian Academy of to stifle U. S. press criticism came Letters. And while waiting his irom the State Department which turn to speak, he smoked a cigar- was trying to encourage Argentine ette. Brazilians whispered criti- press criticism at Rio de Janeiro, cally; until Brazil's Oswaldo Ar- This was when the i censorship | anha came to the reseue with this | ever, there was one thing about ON BUSINESS him which Brazilians could not understand, namely that he smoked Douglas Swanson, Wildlife Agent, and Joe Lynch, Deputy Wildlife la cigarette while attending the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Agent, both from Ketchikan, arrived here last night on official business with the Alaska Game Commission. Both are on post season trapping patrol threughout the Keuhikan and Juneau districts, PialBy < 7 S BUY DEFENSE BONDS FEBRUARY 12 | Cash Cole Mrs. Ken M. Nelson Mrs. ‘Harold Aase Ross Peterson C. E. Bower Mary Bavard Etta Schwam John T. Foster Alf Lund . | F. 'T. Erickson —e———— HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” L = e | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ont day in -planetary direction it presages unusual events for the as- pects seem to promise amazing good luck in changes that mean progress toward national fulfill- ment of democratic ideals. HEART AND HOME: Opportun- ities for women of education are indicated. This is a date fortunate for stars encourage recreations this| levening, but there will be little ro- |irance because young men will be | preoccupied by war exactions even |when they enjoy homecomings. again’ are prophesied as separ {tions will be more and more general | where young married folk are con-| cerned. Many hasty marriages are indicated. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Govern- | ment restrictions affecting the bus ness world will prove fortunate for | |many manufacturers of products |for civil use. As spring approaches | | benefits will acerue from govern- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPH!E——JUNEAU ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY | | | | The whole mat- | Severe trials for many young wives | | I !ment policies affecting prices and raw materials. Through the i efficient co-operation of men and |women in every line of trade and manufacture the whole nation will | enefit. New Inventions are to pro- vide employment for many hands. | Through salvaging of waste many thousands of dollars will be saved and there will be less inconvenience Lecause of shortages of kinds than has been endured Europe. Yankee ingenuity | render great aid to the nation in will various | | NATIONAL ISSUES: Fame for | American = diplomats will be ac- corded as the nation realizes how lably it has been represented in ,forei;;n lands. The neced of career ymen will be recognized for post- | war negotiations and brilliant | yeung men will be carefully trained {in the universities. The need of linguistic proficiency will be phasized when governments again function on a peace basis. The |seers declare that among the re- ]v\mdx that will accompany victory for the United States will be quali- |fied , statesmen in placg. of politi- cians. INTERNATIONAL Evil aspects of Neptune are behevcd | misrepresentation will mark our fces in all their dealings. Lack of tard final peace conferences. The| stamp of treachery is to be of grave | significance as Japan seeks avold the results of the surprise the Japanese poverty, but later the attain a new success, the seers | - | prophecy. Persons whose birthdate it is havc the augury of a year of ups and downs. Unexpected changes will Iperplex them, but they will be fairly lucky at the end of the year. Children born on this day prob- ably will be studious and succes ful, uaxw scientists belong to this \'Cowtism 1942) IS ON SALE Published in a smart, news-maga- zine format, the Februar¥ editfon placed on sale at all newsstands and is in the mail to the growing list of subscribers. Typical of the Territorial theme | stressed by the magazine, which is ‘edited by Mrs. Calvin Pool, is the attractive cover photograph taken by Lu Liston. Miss Yvonne Seybold, clad in a white fur parka, posed with a sled dog for the picture. The news content of the maga- zine, stressing current news of Al- aska and the war situation, sparkles with incidents and - illustrations of hew the Territory is doing its part in the conflict. A large section of the magazine is devoted to news of Alaskan women and their doings. —————— DANCING STUDIO —e——— VALENTINE SILVER TEA At Trinity Guild Hall, Sat., Feb. 13, 2 to 6 pm, Public invited. ady. faith in Axis diplomacy is to re- | of The Alaska Woman has been | Of Dorothy Stearns Roff has | moved to 411 7th St. East. Phone Red 575. adv. em- | to encourage foreign government | all her primping upon her a publicity agencies to misrepresent | hour. {the results of battles. The habit of! presence of her employer or customers. to| The Embpire is to be destroyed and reduced to extreme. people will | | the Cold Bay oil district, left on the Vietoria fc Although this is not an impol'L" from THE EMPIRE S e 20 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 12, 1922 Vice-President Calvin Coolidge and General John J. Pershing, Chief of Staff, in béhalf of the American nation, honored the memory of Abraham Lincoln in speeches in Washington, D. C., and placed wreaths on the martyred President’s tomb. That four declarations of candidacy for nominations in the Re- publican primaries for the House of iiepresentatives were to be filed in a few days was reported but unconfirmed by J. C. McBride, National Committeman. The candidates said to be going to file were H. R. Shepard, of Juneau, E. M. Polley, formerly of Juneau, W. D. Grant, of Wrangell, and Joseph Ullmer, of Ketchikan, The A. B. Hall, transformed by weird and beautiful lighting effects, Ed Drake’s Orchestra giving a free sway to jazz and pep and a general spirit of revelry, were attribuied by guesis wno attended for the unques- tioned supremacy of the 16th Annual ball of the Juneau Pire Department, as the crowning affair of the season. civil engineer and clai:n owner in the cast field of the south. T. E. Grammer, Completicn of the railroad to the Tanana River and its connection there with the Fairbanks division was to make possible freight shipments to Fairbanks at greatly reduced rates and had already had a great effect on the price of living in the Interior city, according to H. Claude Kelly, former Clerk of the U. S. Coun at Ketchikan, who had moved to the Interior. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Guyot, who had been visiting in the South for the writers and secretaries, The paqt several weeks, returned to Juneau on the Spokane, Al Shyman, P. O. Martin, Juneau on the Spokane. Oak Olson and G. V. Shull ved in A. A. Kiefer, Manager of the Gastineau Cafe, who had been outside ton a visit, was returning to Juneau aboard the Northwestern. Twenty-five young people held a dancing party the previous Friday evening at the Rosselle studio. Dances were interspersed with lively games and a supper was served. Dr. A. W. Stewart, who had been in Skagway for several weeks on professional business, returned to Juneau on the Estebeth. Weather forecast for the Juneau area was fair and somewhat colder with moderate southeasterly winds. Maximum temperature was 19 above most and minimum was 18 Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon S o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am sort of anxious abbut Say, “I am SOMEWHAT (or RATHER) anxious.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Diversion, Pronounce di-ver-shun, as in IT, not as in DIE, and observe the SH, not pronounced as ZH. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Choir (an organized company of singers). Quire (a collection of 24, sometimes 25, sheets of paper of the same size and quality) SYNONYM: Sturdy. WORD STUDY: “Us increase your vocabulary b t.” I trong, stout, stiff, firm, robust, hard; a word three times and it is yours.” Let us mastering one word each day. Today’s word: SARDONIC; forced; unnatural; insincere; said of laughter, facial ex- pression, etc. “The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruf- fian."—Burke. MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprrra rEE D e e e e ] Q Is it proper for the business woman to fuss with her powder AF’FAIRS pufr lip stick, and finger nails frequently during the day? A. No; this is a sheer waste cf time on her part. She should do ival and during her rest period or lunch She should certainly never apply make-up in the office in the Q. What is the correct way to place silverware on the table? A. 1In the order in which each piece is to be used. Q. 1s it all right for a giii who is engaged to give her fiance a | watch or ring for his birthday? A. Yes. LOOK and lEARNKy C. GORDON e e e 1. Which language has the widest distribution? 2. What is the weight of the human heart? 3. What literary composition is considered the greatest English epic? 2 4. What fruit was originally called “love apple”? 5. In what direction does the earth rotate on its axis, from west to east or east to west? ANSWERS: English. From eight to twelve ounces, “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton. Tomato. West to east. Dgath House Next Stop 1 2 3. 4 5. Louis ke) Buchalter, one time kingpin of New York rackets (wehrh(z:elpwht hat), and fi)lmnuel Wclu (noxt to Lepke, pulling hat | down) are shown leaving Brooklyn court. Théy were sentenced to ! death for the slaying of Joseph Rosen. Louis Capone, a henchman, alse received the death sentence, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1942 Professional irectory Pt i MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 [ Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS beginning at 7:30 p. m. Blrmgren Building R. W COWLING, Wor~ PHONE 50 shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secrezz. Juneau’s Own Store Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Bhone 9 ““The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacista BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Dr. John H. 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