The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Emplre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks, HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - - President) - - Vice-President and Business Manser i) )5 in Kansas were said to have tethered a cow! Entered in the Post Offide in Juneau cond Class Matter. | a chir o SUBSCRIPTION RA by a stream. A stranger approaching was asked Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for §1.25 per month. | what the animal was. If he pronounced cow | P A o v e | Yankee-fashion, he was shot. X 3 ; six montbs, in advance, $6.00; ni advance, OMRO m‘m lat & tavit-1t they will' prompily not And there is, of course, the classical exa;:lea;;f L Lo > So when the challenged soldier starts to say somemu\x like “rorra—" there is one more dead A neat trick, but not new In our own Civil War days, Southern svmpa-‘ ce of any faifure or frregularity in the u | shibboleth, as told in the Book of Judges T.l.,;:':,‘: News Ottice, 803; Business Office, 374, eadites used the word to distinguish fugitive Ephrai- 5 mites at the Jordan fords. The Ephraimites could MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is omwvm“’mu:“lcuu‘ncm h not pronounce the “sh” in shibboleth, the word for es cr loe credited In this paper and also ihe local mews published | SLTEAM Or ear of corn. rein. { History is mn need of an original script. CTRCULATION GUARANTEED. AN THAT OF ANY OTHER m&wn NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVH — Alasks Newspapers, 1011 American Buflding, Seattle, Wash. Sugar Rationing (Philadelphia ‘Record) handling the sugar situation, have violated a fundamental Washington rule of In officials | rationing: | Never announce rationing in advance, { When it is necessary to ration—then | Den't talk about it. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard’s announcement of a sugar shortage, followed by Price Administrator | Leon Henderson’s talk of “rationing within a few weeks,” had the obvious effect—a rush of buying. There are threats of taking sugar away from hoard- but that isn't the point. Rationing of some commodities is inevitable in wartime. It appears inevitable in sugar, so let’s | have it. 4 Obviously, the sale of sugar couldn’t be suddenly halted, as was the sale of tires, while machinery was |set up. There would have been too much hardship ration. ers, | TAMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES There appears to be some official reluctance to refer to any American force abroad as an “AEF.” fon familles with small children. But officials should If this merely refers to the fact that the 1918|have kept quiet while they made plans. AEF was a huge army, while our present forces! Rationing announced for tomorrow—is an invi- abroad are small detachments, then the caution |tation to hoard today. against the term, ¢AEF” is reasonable. : ~ g gt S But there are signs that the reason is deeper— | and stranger. Some Washington correspondents be-l lieve that the official attitude is caused by fear that | (Bremerton News Searchlight) there is lingering resistance on the part of thel Nothing like applied publicity to boost the fight- public to the sending of any troops abroad in this|ing spirit. Throughout the Army, and now reaching Something to Shoot at a o {the Marines, the range targets are being embellished This is a strange attitude for any official to|with pictures of the grinning, spectacled Jap, and take. Such a fear in Washington is a wmplele’undemcath appears the legend: “Excuse, please!” mistake. Since Pearl Harbor, the only lsulmionisls{on some enterprising target ranges appear the have been either fifth columnists or idiots. And verse: they - have been very few. Those of you who aim and squeeze Washington doesn't have to “sell” this war m' Wil get yourself a Japanese! gtk Americans, The Japs already have done that, The, &nd 0”‘01';‘;5 xeplolt g th?~ng rl]n::)rx:n:er‘lh“n“ gt public understands quite as well as the highest of- b L, Shiare 1 SR TR any B . G g y oY blazoned with the words: ficials that we cannot beat the Axis by staying| Let's make the pest littler and littler home. The public knows that we cannot avenge THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— nounrv “lollapalooza.” The Japs can't pronounce’ | Jap. { 20 YEARS AGO 73 FEBRUARY 17, 1922 The Noxlhv\esl Mmlng Congress passed a resolation advocating one Bureau and one Cabinet officer to govern Alaska instead of 38 bureaus and seven cabinet officials, when it met in Spokane, Washington. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 17 Oscar Harri Mary Jukich Arthur Vienola Bill Jorgenson Howard R. York F. D. Flaherty Mike O'Connell T. F. Heartherstone Mrs. F. R. Rogers HE EMPIRE Eighty steamers were reported to be frozen in heavy ice floes in the stretch of water between Sweden and Denmark. They were sdid to include nine American steamers laden with food for Russian famine sufferers, i Attractive four-page souvenir programs, in colors, for the big Shrine vaudeville and movie picture show at the Palace Theatre, to be given under the auspices of the Southeast Alaska Shrine Club, were to be sent to the Nobles in advance and distributed to the public at the show. A cinder in the eye of Thomas Riggs, Jr.,, was said to have kept the Riggs family from attending the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D. C., the night of the tragic disaster several weeks carlier, in a letter | received in Juneau from Mrs. Riggs. The family had intended going to |the theatre that evening but because Tommy's cye felt so badly they stayed home with him. HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Conflicting . planetary aspects are | active today which should be for- tunate in the business world. Scan- dals connected with wartime profi- teering will be uncovered. Fortunes in agents’ commissions will be re- sented by the government. HEART AND HOME: This is a lucky day for women, stimulating to their ambitions and sustaining | George Jorgenson, proprietor of the Jorgencen Tailor Shop, had Iboughr, up all the cigars in town and was meeting his friends at his shop to celebrate the birth of a seven-pound son at an early morning hour. Mrs, Jorgenson and her son were reported to be doing well. The Big J Club vaudeville show to be given on February 22 was practically ready with practices being held every evening. It was expected to be held at the Coliseum Theatre. Part’ of the program was to be a play, “Music Hath Charms,” written by Jacob Britt and James Barragar. to their energies. Efficient service | FREIREY in shops and factories as well as Irene Nelson had been absent from school for nearly a week with a in hospitals and homes will mark |severe cold. Other absentees from the Junior High School were, Natalia today. Girls may expect romance. Kashevaroff, Mamie George, Edward Garnick and Dorothy Lange. Among ,n is an auspieious wedding date. |those in grade school who had been absent owing to illness during the |Heroines will gain recognition | week were, Roy Jackson, Duncan Robertson, Paul Engberg, Mathilda after performing deeds of couraze |George, William Selfridge, Robert Henning, Paul Hansen, Lucille Brown, Elliott Robertson and Elisabeth Kaser, {in distant islands. American wo- imen will begin to prove their abil-| lity to render highest service to the nation; they will demonstrate | what broad education means in its value to the public. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: High ten- sion in governments, reflected n nature, will slow up certain lines of trade. Weather conditions will be unfavorablé in many parts of | There had been allocated to Alaska two units of the 96th Division, Organized Reserves by the War Department, according to advices re- ceievd by the Governor's office. It was said to be necessary to form a board made up of one regular officer and from two to four reserve officers. In conformity with instructions Acting Governor Karl Theile furnished the following list ol reserve officers in Alaska from which the board members were to be chosen: Major George Beaumont, Capt. Hobert Powell, Captain John LeVelle McAllen, First Lieut. Miles F. McDon- {the United States. Tlness und:n_eu‘ First Lieut. F'x:ank A, Me,lcn?f. Captain John P. V}Ialker. Senor.nd deaths among men and women in | Lieut. Allen Wainwright, Second Lieut. William Henry Winston, Captain {high places are forecast, The aver- |George A. Parks, Major Harry C. DeVighne. age citizen will feel the burden of | {increased taxes and restrictive war- |time laws. Initiative will be pre- vented among merchants who find their trade modified and limited. True to the predictions of M. B. Summers, Meteorologist with the U | S. Weather Bureau, the Taku wind died out at 10:30 o'clock the previous night with the last gusts stronger than any. As a grand wind-up the | wind. tore down the sign of the Territory Hatchery on the A. B. Hall And aim your best at Der Fuehrer, Hitler! Pearl Harbor merely by coast defense. | That isn’t all, either, for nickel target machines in ‘The arrival of a vanguard American Expedi- i taverns of Bremerton are boosting the war spirit tionary Force in North Ireland showed that United ith effigies of the Jap and Hitler, and some smart States fighting forces are moving into position to marksmanship is resultant. confront the Axis enemies on all fronts. The Presi- _— dent has confirmed that other units of the nrm_v‘ ind marines are taking battle stations elsewhere, Naturally, units dispatched to the British Isles would |° complete the journey much quicker than those sent to the more distant war stations. The public would like to see six or eight or ten American forces abroad. It would like to see them of a size comparable to the old AEF. And it would | like to see them do just what the AEF did—win a A survey of United States jury awards in recent years shows that in various damage suits as much as $40,239 has been awarded for the loss of an eye | and as little as $1500 for the loss of the same | organ, We like the system of a Spokane jury which, | to decide a gambling case, took a slot machine and a quantity of nickels into the jury room and played victor, fore! fields. S m,us—__ | the thing. When the nickels were exhausted, they 3 came out with a verdict of guilty. HISTORY REPEATS S BN fant 3 3 3 i | Ruling favorably on a citizen’s right to wear Very clever, these Japs—but not quite clever | 4 o\ "vonkers, N. Y. the Court of Appeals ob- cnough for the men now fighting under Gen. DOug- | gorveq: “The Constitution still leaves some oppor- las MacArthur. tunity for people to be foolish, if they desire.” According to dispatches from the Batan front, | American soldiers have devised a neat trick to spot | Japanese trying to sneak past American sentries by posing as Filipinos 4 The sentries ask the 'mmmchmg soldier to pro- lhe other hand if we w\n, xou can | MERRY-GO-ROUND make a fair peace wlth anan o | In pre-war days, ex-Governor Wiedemann's diplomn,cy had a | Phil LaFollette was one of the most definite effect upon some Chinese. vigorous America First foes of They were anxious for pence with | Roosevelt’s defense and foreign pol- Japan. Also it save Chiang Kai- \icles LaFollette ranged the coun- shek a définite weapoh w hold over | try making speeches attacking the Br‘t\sh mu American hegas | President on the ground that he That was the inside reason he-jw“ ngelving. the cauntiy I war. Dr. Soong suggested, the United ;hlnd the half billion dollnr 1mm‘smce Pearl Harbor, LaFollette has States might use Chinese troops. fsuddenly rushed through Congress: | been making speeches assailing the And he guaranteed that his COUN- | 4160 the reason for Britain's sud- ,Plesldent for not running Lh’e war trymen were itching to fight. All| qen loan. THat alsé 1s behind the | | properly . Robert H. O’'Brien, they needed was a little help m Generalissimo's present. trip to |latest young career man made & A dozen of the 48 States require the reading of a passage from the Bible every day in the public sehools, while 11 other States specifically prohibit | the readmg of any Scrlptures in the public schools. Vlashqulon w JContinued from Page One) getting artillery, machine guns,|thqia Finally, and even ore im- | member of the Securities and Ex- airplanes and tanks. | portant, He also demanded 100 U. change Commission, once was a - (copper miner in Montana. He Soong pointed out that China|s. commercial planes to ‘fly war had an army of veterans seasoned |goods across Indid to Chiha. by five years of fighting. By arm-| apg e js going to get them. U. ing them, he said, the United|g 4irlines are already preparing | States could get started in the o planes. The new Burma Road Far East without waiting to trilll, wii he through the air. lworked his way through the Uni- | versity of Chicago Law walting on_tables and doing odd jobs. . . . Women's hose are disap- pearing from the sales counters. « . . The Treasury Department has its own men. Also the Um(ed‘ . er States could save the long haul | ordered customs om«?ml.s to wear of troops half way round the HOODOOED NORMANDIE black silk neckties with their new There is not much consalation to | uniforms, be had in connection with the vir-| (COPyright, 1942, by United Fea- tual Sinking of the ste(mqmp Nor-‘ ture Syndicate, Inc.) mandie—ekcept for'one thing. | | of expense 1o buttd the siant veset| BROTHER OF JUNEAU MAN ESCAPES ALIVE world to the East Indies. However, when U. S. military ri)en sat down and began to fig- ure thnl. a soldier in the field (at leAsL an Amerigan soldier) needs 100 pounds of supplies and ammu- nition daily, they didn't see How ey could supply a very big Chin- e'se army. S0 they gave the Chi- so that she could be converted to an airplane carrier in wartime. To this end, special funnels were ar- School | Economic security will be desired as ;buuding, broke one of the windows of the U. S. Marshal’s office and {it appears unattainable. | smashed several smaller windows around the town. The day, following NATIONAL ISSUES: There is 2 the storm, was like a spring day but wise persons were careful to keep |sign read as promiising to the mass- ' windows braced and keep a lookout for “smoke” on the mountain tops. |es and their ultimate destiny. As! [ | the wealth of the people is required | Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon |to sustain the war social lines will | \dxsxnppc.u and a finapcial level in- jcluding a majority of the people will pe attained by the end of the| Xffl’;:lt X‘: :Z'q“‘_d;n:‘nex“xghm‘:i1 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The weather was real |1943. The wise will accept cheer- {cold.” Say, “The weather was VERY cold.” |fully all necessary sacrifices which | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Perhaps. Pronounce per-haps, not assure victory in which the nation | becomes the leader of all the OFTEN MISSPELLED: Artillery; two L's. world, SYNONYMS: Hideous, frightful, horrid, grim, ghastly, dreadful, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: terrible. {The chart for Tokyo is of eyil| WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us tomen. Terrible suffering of the increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: population is indicated. Mars, Sa- ' INSIPID; wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting. “It turn and Uranus warn of violent was an insipid composition.” storms, earthquakes and fires. Plu- MODERN ETIQUETTE * ropgrra rEE to is in a place strongly adverse to war strategies. There is a sign: presaging a crisis affecting the civilians who will be unsettled and | apprehensive despite the boastings | 2% vlclo_ry i Grem:v numbers- orA 5 '| Q. Should the napkin be used before drinking water? Jesadishites will be Sl i S0 A. Yes. use the napkin to wipe the mouth before and after drink- ing, in-order to avoid having a smeared glass. have the augury of a year of com- ! Q. Is it all right for a woman to make a social call on a man?A parative happiness for war will| A. No; a woman should call on a man only in matters of business. touch them lightly. An unexpected“ Q. Does it show good manners to use a man’s name often when event will cause deep anxiety. | talking with him, as “Yes, Mr. Smith,” or “No, Mr. Smith”? cessful in whatever vocation they choose. They should be intellectual and ambitious in a high degree. (Copyright, 1942) offensive by United States forces.| Persons whose birthdate it is Children born on this day prob-; -A.- Yes. ably will be lucky in love and suc-‘ Ltoox and LEARN % ¢ corbon ’ I 1 ey 1. What Is an equilateral triangle? . 2. Which is the largest city i Canada? Alm‘ '"(luDED i 3. What painter is famous for his paintings of red-hnh'td women? e el h |4 Wnat living creatiires have the greatest number of ribs? m BIG GRA“I Fok | 5. How many oranges does it take to make one gallon of juice? H ANSWERS: RHIEF DEFE"SE 1. A triangle, all of the sides of which nrc equal. . 2. Montreal. i 8. Titian (1477-1576). . { Ooples of a Congre;;lonal act | 1. Snakes, some having as many as 300 pairs. passéd’ Decémber 23, setting up b 5. About fifty-seven. | 1$15,000000 fund to be disbursed at | the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior for purchase, trans- portation and storage of emergency supplies in = Alaska, the Virgin Islands and, Puerto Rico have been received in Juneau. Under the act, the Secretary of the Interior has. full discretion as! to How the funds shall be expended The Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Juneau has agdin declared an annual dividend of four per cent for its T Ul:bDAY H:BRUARY I7 1942 Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Bullding PHONE 60 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 408 "Chiropractic” nese a discouraging ariswer. CHIANG THREATENS PEACE It was about this time that dip- lematic dynamite exploded in the Far East. In the first place, Sec- retary of the Navy Knox popped off with his statement about Hit- ler being our chief enemy—which made the Chinese think we were willing to appease Japan. Second, Captain Fritz Wiede- mann, ex-Nazi Consul in San Francisco and World War aide to Hitler, was in China trying to do some appeasing himself. According to diplomatic dispatches, what Wiedemann told the Chinese was something like this: “You have been fighting for years, and where are you? Furthermore, what are your great friends the British and Am- | ericans sending you? Nothing. And‘ if they win, they will be back de- manding extra-territorial rights. On | count on Germany to help you | ranged on the side of the deck to give space for runways; especl ally large elevators were installed at each end of the ship; and the top deck consisted of the Mggfést “sports” deck in the worlg. However, U. S. naval engineers decided that despite all the French | preparations, the Normandie's upper decks were not strong enough to hold a flock of planes. The French had sacrificed reinforcements be- low, for the purpose of beauty in the passenger salons. As a troop ship the Normandie FROM TORPEDOED SHIP | John Gilmore, brother of Peter Gilmore, .clerk in thd Territorial Atm?y General's office here, and | cousin of John J. Gilmore, employed {in the Clerk of the Court's office, | was engineer on an American ship | recently torpedoed off the coast of | California, his relatives here learned | today. Born and schooled in Ketchikan, the seagoing Gilmore now has re- turned t6 the sea again, despite his narrow escape. He narrowly missed disaster when a shell screamed near was considered useful, but not ;‘:Tt :32: :}‘:3 :’;‘:séozfign:u; Il‘:e: nearly so useful proportionately as | pedoed. The submarine rose to t);e a medium-sized vessel, such as the surface and fired seven shel t Manhattan. Reason: big ships draw‘ helplessavessel R s so much water that they could not | —— e — — efficiently carry troops to Dakar| 1, 1940 railroads |or West African ports. Small boats trucks in ration, more than would be necessary to take soldiers | the total number of locomotives |and cargo ashore. lin use. Also the Normanaie was too big‘ to get through the Suez Canal. BUY DEFENSE BONDS had. 72,000 “without regard to the provision of law x;egu\atlng the expenditure of government funds or the employ- {ment of persons in the government service." The powers granted the Secretary provide that the fund shall be avail- able throughout the duration of the national emergency. The funds are to provide for all expenses necessary to the civilan defense and rleief of the populations of the areas affected. This includes the lease or construction of ware- housing and storage facilities and the purchase, transportation and sale of food, drugs, hospital supplies fand other materials, supplies and equipment. H —————— . LOLA’S BEAUTY SHOP Will be closed until March 10, 1942. —adv. —— e The Daily Alaska Fmpire nas the largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. depositors. Start Your Account Tomorrow with $1 or More Accounis Government Insured Money Available at Up. fo $5/000.00 Any Time Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Juneau There is no substitiste’ for Newspaper Advertising TR g 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 Hours: § am. to 6§ pm. ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. 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