The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1942, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING OCOMPANY Becond and Main mme-. Juneau, Alssl HELEN TROY MONSEN President | R. L. BERNARD Vlu-?nnm and Business nnucr Eatered in the Post Office In Junesu as Second Class Matter. UBSCRIPTION RATES: Délivered by carrler in Junenu and Doasias for $1.35 por menth. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, in advance, $12.00; six montbs, in advance, $6.00; one month. in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a f 1f they will promptly nogy the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 603; Business Office, 374, MEMBER OF Al PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not Wike crediied n ‘this pADer and also the local news Dublished berein. ALASKA CTRCULATION OUARANTEED 7o EE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Butlding, Seattle, Wash. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Next Friday, February 20, will be observed throughout the Christian world as World Day of Prayer. It will be observed in Juneau by appro- priate services, and it will be observed too, probably, by’ many Christians. both Filipino and American, | in the gallant forces of Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Batan Peninsula in the Philippines. For more than 25 years, World Day of Prayer has been commemorated on the first Friday in Lent As early as 1897, worshippers in the United States came together for a day of prayer. But a world- wide observance did not come about until 1927. In 1936, Christians of more than 50 countries kept the tcgether. And the idea has grown since. Today, the opportunities for Christian prayer limited in many countries, Open services in many nations now under the heel of Axis aggressors may be carried out only at great risk. In other services must be said to the tune of machine gun fire and exploding bombs. Many con- | gregaticns in war-torn countries are without churches as a result of indiscriminate bombing. But World Day cf Prayer will be observed, even if the prayers are silently thought by oppressed peoples. What can men pray for today? Both warring sides will be praying for victory, of course. God will not answer all prayers. That would be illogical, day are countries, | tions next December. But there is no reason to believe that God does nm. hear prayers said behind desks, or behind guns, mlhex | Profiteering thuadclph‘lu Record) Everybody is #gainst profiteering, except perhaps the profiteers. It would be premature, however, to accept the report of the House Naval Affairs Committee and Y| its disclosures of “huge profits” as evidence of serious or widespread profiteering under cover of the war emergency For one thing, of the contracts examined by the committee all—or nearly all—antedate America’s entry into the war. The committee itself recognizes that “no gigantic prograin of expansion can be prose- cuted at such high speed without mistakes.” It adds | that its report is only “partial” { Where unconscionable profits are being made, | every possible step should be taken to correct the situation. | But it would be dangerous indeed if, at this | eritical hour, the nation were to forget that produc- ‘uon is far more important than profits—especially | when those profits can be quickly taxed back into the U. S. Treasury. { If, for example, we can get more planes and get !mem sooner by paying $1,000 more per plane—let’s pay the difference by all means. Time is one of the most precious factors in war. If we can buy it—heaven save us from hagglers. A war which cost us 100 billions to win would be a bargain compared to a war which cost us only five billions to lose. Return of the Basket (Cincinnati Enquirer) In every country in the world except America when you go to the grocery you carry a basket. So once it was here. Madame Trollope says that in 1835 it was a familiar sight in Cincinnati to see the lead- ing men of the city coming from the old Pearl | Street Market with a loaded basket in one hand and a ham in the other. If you bought in a grocery the flour and the sugar came out of barrels and the coffee from a large sack. No cartons then. And none of the packaged goods which now fill the shelves of the food stores. And no paper bags. Each customer provided his own containers, a basket or a pail. If the grocer wrapped anything it was in an old newspaper. Now we are told there may be a paper shortage. So the basket may return. Why not? Our grand- fathers and our grandmothers did not object to carrying their purchases that way. Are we better than they were? The stores are going to ask customers to carry their packages, and when they do there will be a | seal on them saying, “To help win the war, I carry : this package.” | grand piano. It take a real patriot to buy a baby And waitll you see the husbands acting as dray horses for their wives' Christmas shopping expedi- They'll be looking with envious eyes at the soldiers with packs weighing only 60 and Ged’s logic is terrifying even to the righteous | in the depth of justice. But every man and woman‘\ and child can make one prayer. He can pray to be | adequate. To be equal to the exhausting demands‘. upon his courage in the great encounters, To be | adequate in his patience for the daily drain of small‘ annoyances. To be equal to the emergencies Iuctng mind and body. Abrabam Lincoln was a man who believed m‘ prayer. He rarely met any great emergency in the | White House without a prayer. He explained it this way: “I have been driven to my knees many times | by the overwhelming conviction that I had nobody | else to go to. My own wisdom and that of all about‘ me seemed insufficient for that day.” | There is undoubtedly some praying going on in ‘ Washington these days, too. Some of the nrnyels' jre unspoken,. Some of them do not wait for the Boing-to-bed time for saying. They are sald in prier moments behind busy desks, perhaps. pounds. Prime Minister Eamon de Valera protests because the AEF. landed in Northern Ireland. Faith, and it’s ‘Jjust like an Irishman. The Irish have been coining over here for a hundred years and nothing’s been said. Fifty thousand cases of Scotch destined for the United States t down in the sinking of a freighter in the A!hn%"rgcently‘ Who said, poor fish? If you dg the properot half the B! ence Vi between ¢ P to put up a fense in Massachusetts, r next door can be made to bear . And the town official, called the as the job of adjusting difficulties wheén they come to an impasse. Comniénted Bolton Hall, an octogenarian New York attorney: “The law is a game played by us lawyers under comiplicatéd rules made by ourselves for' our own benefit—at the expense of our clients.” SIS S — . Washingfon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) testimony which will be present,ed,‘ Frederick V. Williams, a Pacific| coast newspaper man, not only was | the correspcndent of the Japanesq Times and Mail of Tokyo, but also was making pro-Jap speeches be- fore many organizations. As correspondent of the Jap papers, Williams was registered with the State Department and apparently felt this was sufficient. What the G-men did not over- lock was that the Transocean and| Auhagen cases had taught them that the favorite Axis device was to give thelr propaganda agents nominal employment as newspaper men to cover up their real opera- tions. Investigation of Willlams' activi- ties led to evidence involving Da- vid W. Ryder and Townsend, wno with Williams are about to stand trial as Jap agents. The indict- ments charge the three men with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act and “with willful failure to state material facts in registration statements.” MAURY MAVERICK’'S FLAG The flag that flew over the Cap- ftol when Congress declared war on all three Axis powers—Japan, Germany and Italy—is in the hands of Maury Maverick, former Con- gressman from Texas. Maverick, who now works for the OPM, exercised a Congress- man’s privilege of buying.a new flag to be flown over the Capitol. He took it to the Capitol late in the afternoon of December 8, and was allowed to make an (-x(-hangel 0f his new flag for the flag that | had been flying that day, which was the day after Pearl Harbor | and the day Congress declared war | on Japan, A few days later, when he heard the President was going to ask for a declaration of war against Ger- many and Italy, Maverick rushed | up to the Capitol with his already | historic flag, and had it raised on | the flag pole just before war was declared against Hitler and Mus- solini. Then he took it away again, and now keeps it as a cherished me- mento in his own home. PERSISTENT FANNY | Whatever else she may be| charged with, no one can say that Secretary Frances Perkins is not persistent. Excluded from an important role in: the war labor administration, the Secretary of Labor for months has made repeated undercover at-| tempts to elbow herself into the picture. Invariably she has been | rebuffed, but always she ‘has dog- gedly tried some new maneuver. Her latest 'was an ambitious scheme to grab off the war labor division that Sidney Hillman has ably directed since the days of the original National Defense Com- mission. | Miss Perkins popped her plan| shortly after Donald Nelson was| named War Production Chief. Nel-i son told the President and Hillman that any set-up of the labor divis- fon agreeable to them would be agreeable to him. Getting wind of this, Miss Perkins thought she saw a promising chance to stage a blitz snatch for power. 80 she quietly prepared an execu- | tive order to be signed by the Pres- ident placing under her control all activities for the supply and train- ing of labor. The effect of the or- der would have been to strip Hill- man’s division of its chief func- tions. Miss Perkins slipped her order to the Budget Bureau for transmittal to the President. But, meanwhilé, | Federal Security Administrator| Paul McNutt was tipped off what | Miss Perkins was up to. McNutt also is ambitious to play ' a bigger | Tole in the war organization. Un-! like Miss Perkins, the white-crest- | ed Indianan is on good terms with | Hillman, but MeNutt figured that if Hillman's division was going to be reshuffled, he, too, would put in a strong bid. So MecNutt cooked up an execu- tive order of his own, a little dif- ferént from Miss Perkins'. He pro- posed setting up a Labor Supply Board, operating under him. His formula, on the surface, was dif- ferent but the practical effect |would have been the same as the Perkins’ scheme. But like all of Misg Perkins' |other attempted grabs for power, this one also got nowhere. The President directed that both pro- posed executive orders be shelved, while he and Hillman decided what ! they wanted to do. SBOCIAL SECURITY MEDDLERS In the past two years repeated efforts have béen made on Capi- tol Hill to extend the scope and increase the payments of the So- cial Security Act, But every attempt has got nowhere because of the meéddiing and bureaucratic sniping i of ‘the moguls of the Social Secur- ity Board. Now. these moguls are up to their old. obstructive - tricks—this time regarding the plan to increase un- employment insurance benefits for workers who have been made idle by the all-out war production pro- gram. A The plan was drafted by Federal Security Administrator Paul Me- | Nutt and War Labor Chief Sidndy Hillman, and proposes—during 1942 only—to increase the period of un- employment benefits from 13 to 26 weeks and raise the weekly maxi- mum to $24. President Roosevalt warmly approved the program and recommended to Congress that $300,000,000 ‘be appropriated imme- diately. To speed action, the Social Se- curity Board was asked to prepare the necessary bill.' This, however, was @ sad’ mistake. Seeing what they thought was a swell chance to sneak throligh an extension of their bureaucratic powers, the SSB. slipped into the bill a provision placing under theit control all state unemployment in- HAPPY BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 18 G. H. Skinner Mrs. William Maier Violet Johnson Mrs. Carl Wilson Paul F. Schnee -Martin Munson Mrs. Belle Everson Harriet S. Thomas A. F. Frazier HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 This is not an important day in planetary direction. Mars is in an aspect promising our final victory. Labor comes under a sway presag- ing ‘cooperation in all plans to win the war. HEART AND. HOME: Work for | women is an outstanding interest under this configuration which seems to presage the establishment | of organizations which are t,oprovm of great value in aiding war pro- gress. Food preparation so that the | {highest nourishment values are| assured will be studied with care and the seers prophesy that when victory is won Amierican cooking will have become a fine art that! no wise women will ignore. Thrift which astrologers long have stressed | |will assume new importance as wpring begins and war limitations make necessary conservation of clothing and household supplies. Many old-fashioned handicrafts will be revived because amateur products are needed. 1 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: National emergencies affecting our varied | economic interests will cause ten-| sion in certain lines of business huL‘ Yankee ingenuity will supply xuh»w stitutes where raw materials arc | acking in manufacturing. Warning | is given that criticism or impa-| tience regarding war conditions will | supply comfort to our enemies. ! There is a sign read as indicating | fifth-column work aimeéd at the | fomentation of discontent under jovernment restrictions. NATIONAL ISSUES: Diirerencesw of opinion concerning the extcnh »f wartime limitations will develop | as spring advances and the Ameri- can happy-go-lucky spirit asserts‘ itself. Astrologers warn that care- | lesspess may bring ‘disastef !when\ it is least expected. It will’ He re- membered that for two years the seers have emphasized the elemenv of surprise in international rela- tions. There are aspects for com: ing months which should encour- | age prolonged caution. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Prognostications of the coming of the second World War have .been made for several years but they| have been generally ignored. The seers now repeat their early fore- casts of victory for the United States and the Allies. But tHey srophesy that the wideflung con- flict will continue through this year and probably until late in 1943, Again surprise is to be con- spicuous for the end will come sud- | denly and unexpectedly. Post-war negotiaticns and adjustments will occupy several years, they an- nounce. Persons whose birthdate it 'is | have the augury of a year of bene- | fits ‘that balance inconveniences, profits that overcome losses, | Children born on this day prob- | ably will be studious and serious. Many may have distinct mvenuve! talents. Success belongs to them. (Copyright, 1942) | { surdnce systems. This was donej without consulting either the White | House or McNutt and Hiliman. If the.BSB had any idea they could get away with this scheme, they soon learned differently. Quickly discovered, it has stirred up &' terrific furor among state of- ficials, who'are bombarding Con- ress with irate protests. : As & ‘result; the original MéNutt- Hillman uhiemployment relief’ pro- posal has ' been 'completely side- tracked. Weeks have gone by and it is still hanging fire in committee while the 8SB moguls and state of- ficials battle furiously over the for- mer’s attempt to grab off more power. Meanwhile, thousands walk the streets trying to exist on meager jobless benefits further reduced by the steadily increasing cost of liv- ng. / (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) DEDICATION OF SITKA CHURCH IS POSTPONED The trip, which it had been an- nounced the Rev. G. Herbert Hill- srman would make to Sitka to as- sist in the dedication of the Lu- theran Church there, has been postponed following the receipt of 1 telegram stating that the final steps in finishing the interior' of, the church had been delayed. Tentatively, the dedication of the, 'Sitka church has now been set" for the week of March 1 to March 6. 126 degrees. 20 YEARS AGD 7% cupire ) e FEBRUARY 18, 1922 A. B. Cole, Chief United States Deputy Marshal, took up his duties at the Marshal’s office after being confined to his home for a week with an attack of the grippe.. Cole had formerly bsen City Clerk. Former Gov Thomas Riggs, Jr., stated that. he would not be candi- date for Delegate to Comgress from Alaska, even though he deeply appreciated the honor of being urged to do so by scores of Alaskans. Mrs. Dave Housel, who had undergone a major operation at St. Ann's Hospital, was reported to be improving rapidly. Delegates were chosen to represent the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 6, at the grand convention to be held in Ketchikan March 29. They were H. R. Shepard, Tom Knudson, the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff and William Ireland The Rev. A. J. Rocatti, who had recently undergone a serious opera- tion at Providence Hospital in Seattle, was improving satisfactorily ac- cording to a letter veceived by Bishop J. R. Crimont. The Rev. Rocatti had been in a very serious condition for several days following the operation. An American Legion Monte Carlo was to be put on within the next |month by the Alford John Bradford Post No. 4. Detailed plans had not been completed but the affair was to closely resemble previous entertain- | ments of “Days of '98.” John Reck had attained his life’'s ambition the previous day when he climbed into the charmed 200 class by rolling 201 on the Elks' Club |bowling alleys. The banker was busy receiving congratulations and promised to do it again just to show it was no accident. The boys' and girls’ basketball teams of Juneau and Douglas High Schools were to meet in the evening for the third and last match of the series for the junior championship of Gastineau Channel. The Douglas boys had captured the first two games while each girls' team had won cne game. Lineup of the Juneau boys' team was Barragar, Ellengen, Britt, White and Case. Substitutes were Holmquist and Janiksela. The Juneau girls’ team lineup was Della Lindstrom, Florence Koskey, Iloe Slade, Ruth Krugness, Lillian Oja, Frances Messerschmidt, Eva Tripp, Tecla Jorgensen and Lillian Perelle. On the Douglas boys’ team were Wiitanen, Manning, Nelson, Manley and Valeson while Douglas girls were Kathleen McCormick, Selma Aalto, Marie Williamson, Nora Mattson, Thelma Wiitanen, Nelma Niemela, Myrna Bland, Mary Vesoja and Sadie Palmbolm. v —_— Temperatures in the Juneau area were: Maximum, 29 and minimum, Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corbox WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Where shall we go to this evening?” Omit TO. Say, “Where shall we go this evening?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Melody. Pronounce the O as in O EY, not as U in UP. . OFTEN MISSPELLED: Clumsy, thouxh prmounced klum-zi. SYNONYMS: Capital (adjective), chief, principal, leading, controlling, prominent, WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us { increase our vocabulary by masteting one word each day. Today's wad: PHILATELY; the collection and study of postage stamps. (Pronounce Jfl -lat-e-1i, both I's as in IT, A as in AT, accent second syllable). { MODERN ETIQUETTE * gopirra Lee Q. What is a letter of introduction? A. It is a letter written by one person to a second person to intro- duce a third person, and lays certain obligations upon the three persons involved, either in a social or a business way. Q. Who of the guests should make the first move to leave after a dinner party? A. The woman guest of honor who is seatéd at the right of the | host. Q, ‘What would be a good closing to a business letter when one wishes to be as inforial as possible? A. “Sincerely yours.” LOOK and LEARN ¥ How are the right and left banks of a river determined? What is the oldest civilization still existing? Who succeeded Mases as leader of the Children of Israel? Who wrote, “The Wreck of the Hespérus”? What is the average per capita consumption of butter in the United States annually? ANSWERS: 1. The right bank:is the one to your right as you look down the stream in the direction the current is flowing. 2. Chinese. 3. Joshua. 1 4. Henry Wndsworth Larufelluw 5. 17 to 18 pounds. . C. GORDON RAPUZZI, HERN HERE | GOES TO WESTWARD S Deputy| H. C. Dunlop, traveling man, left Marshal at my' dnd Perry M. | today for the Westward to call on Hern, Jr., Chief of Police at the trade. He will go to the inter- Way, rrived ‘from’ the’ south for_before returnifig to Juneau. 'The former contihued to his - quarters while the lattef nlmllned 3 here for a brief stay. Both off] ATRMATL alr mm recently , took. | prisgnets tl.lp.!he 0 States. ? sale at J. e ‘The Alaska Pederal Savings and Loan Association of Juneau has again declared an annual dividend of four per cent for its depositors. MMMchTmmwwhhilorMmo 4 posoans Coftmin st | Moarp Aty Alaska Federal Savings ahd Loan Association of Juneau Skag- v today. head- nwm Seatile B Buctord & Go. Mv o W\J{[[Jh | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1942 [Directory s ' — Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 409 “Chirop G raclic’ Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin Sta. PHONE 136 Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Toma H. W. L. ALBRECHT Physical Therapeutics Heat and Light Treatments Massage and Corrective Exercises Phone 773 Valentine Bldg. —— JAMES C. COOPER | DR.H.JANCE | OSTEOPATH Oonsultation and examination 10 to 13; 1 to §; by appoinment. Hotel -Anmex | 8t. Phone 177 Archie B. Betis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Andits Tages Rm. 8, Valentine Bidg. Phone §76 FOR BEAUTY'S SAKE SIGRID’S MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second 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. LS 2 PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 16—24 HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” “The Stere for Men” SABIN°S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Bezvice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP Watch and Jeweiry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN | 8. FRANKLIN STREET L — e — [ BCA Victor Radios | and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 | INSURANCE | Shaflua:—Agency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Markes 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors Peppermint Candy, Fudge Rlpp!o, COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY OF ALASEKA Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 or 747—JUNEAU SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improv- and Modernize Your'Home Under Title L 'F. CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$150,000 L] COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS L ] SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAD There is no substitute for —ALASKA newspaper adveflixingl