The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1942, Page 4

et SR i PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire i Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING OOMPANY Second and Maln Streets. Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN =~ -~ - = = _ Presldent war finds it doir R.L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Nianager hna Entered 1o znfr;._;'onnu JE Janeas as Second Class MAter. |of parachutes in Delivered by ml:‘." in Junesu and l;. Il.l' for § By mall, postage paid, at the lollowing One year, In advance, $12.00; six montbs, in advance, $6.00: il’mnklm had the one month, in advance, $1.25. & Bubscribers will confer favor if they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- could Hvery of their papers. i ¢ ¥ Telephones: News Office, 603; Business Office, 34, |'md where is the his country with fiction when Fel month. |long before even not MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to the use republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. " ALASEA CIR THAN could be brought see, this war has good as new. Bu 'LATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER AT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 | fitier and the Japs American Butlding, Seattle, Wash. ‘whi::h we hope yi Some idea of Islands, now in t Arthur's b tered throughout A COMMENDABLE MOVE | races The Commerce at its last meeting Juneau Chamber of appointed a committee ments for securing the cooperation of Juneau resi- 'or Independent Filipino Church, 1,573,000; M0h8m~;[icwn[ in difficult tasks. The see dents in collecting scrap material—rubber, metal and | medans, 677,000 (mostly among the Moros); Protes-|who stress the fact that each sol: anything else—which will help the United States in | tants, 392,000; Buddhists, 47,000; Shintoist (all Japn-!dicr must have back of him four- |interesting sketches were scheduled We sincerely hope that the | nese), 13,000 paggn, 528,000, and about 77,000 diffi-|teen om fifteen workers, _emp!msm e We don't think |cult to describe, including the head-hunters. Therc |the need of great haste in meeting | its great effort committee’s job won't be too hard war it will be (are more than 4, Rubber, waste paper and scrap metals are tho;spmking people, a materials needed rubber are needed for every medium tank produced.|in a day's journey, The early many a bloody battle, and one reads about it in later practical idea about camouflage. War, ships and everything bore disguises, and today's AN I Druids adopted camouflage in nnimore Cooper’s braves had the In the first World ng business again at the same old Then there’s the fallacy about the modernity battle strategy. They were used the first World War. idea in 1784 when he wrote: “Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, cost more than five ships of the line; prince who can atford so to cover troops for its defense as the 10,000 for imen descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force So, you | together to repel them?” some old ideas being served up as it amorig our new things we have And also our Defense Bonds ou are buying. REDIBLE LAND the magnitude of the Philippine | he spotlight of interest with Mac- ve defense, may be realized by the fact that the archipelago has more than 70 dialects scat- the major provinces. The princi- | pal divisicns include these apportionments: Chinese, | 11,722; Japanese, 27450 (not including the -army |horde now in invasion); Tloko, 2,262,000; Basaye- Cebuans, 3,620,444, Biscaya-Panay, 1951,000; Bim]v'urfllicn which brings them intui- | 1,287,005, Basaya-Samar, Leyte, 980,000; Pampangnn,'uon_ 639,000; Pangasinan, 580,000; Bisaya, are divided between: " g 15,760,000; vellow, 141,000; negritos (or little Negroes) |ably will be inspired by new r0-ipuift and James Barragar from the story “Music Hath Charms” by Roy 29,000; mixed, 50,000. than 16,000,000. The reiigious iaiths, with Catholics " | government 6 R, 4 to make arrange-[in the majority, are: Catholics, 12,608,000; Aglipaynnjg‘any women who will prove ef- }Knshevnro[r and James McNaughton; Miss Kashevaroff was to appear The brown, 400,000. white, 20,000; The total population is more 000,000 Tagalogs, 4,219,000 English- nd 415,000 Spanish. It is a revela- At least 500 pounds of scrap |tion of the palyglat, ahd one hears differ:nt ‘““]""t‘immk the springtime when the pat- An incredible land is that dis- A battleship may contain as much as 9,000 tons of | tant outpost of Uncle Sam, scrap metal. As much as 10,000 tons of waste paper | will be needed this y tainers, alone. Three miles of copper wire go into every big bomber built. | ( Facts like these make it clear why we Ameri-| ‘Treachery cans must begin to save materials as we never have before. Salvage operations are going to play an im- portant part in winning this war. Our war indus- tries are expanding at such a terrific rate that they are going to need vast quantities of scrap to keep them going full blast, making weapons. | whose betrayal of | hateful symbol in | borate” with Gern seeing that these industries are kept going at top| speed that we can contribute. If you've been saving things they might come in handy, they might ceme in handy right now—for Uncle Sam. you haven't been saving, now’s the time to start. | leiter, The Juneau Chamber of Commerce is to be | falter in his treas commended in taking the lead in organizing a sal- vage drive. Plans are being worked out now by the committee and collection points will be announced Just in casc much a prisoner a later. | IT'S OLD STUFF | quered country is in Norway. Press reports are telling about the usage of cam- ouflage, as “a modern miracle of warfare,” but that | is where they are wrong. There is nothing modern about it. Shakespeare spoke of it in several places. | The legend of Glamis Castle referred to it when | Macbeth’s enemies mounted boughs of Birnnam wood tionable to the fu: ar to make ammunition con- Premier Quisling received its | war recently when Hitler elevated Major Vidkun | | Quisling to be Norway’s Chief of State | the impossible task of persuading " Quisling will have his likeness It's up to Juneau residents to do their part in|of Norwegian stamps. But his features are already | The great war machine fighting for New York Times) highest reward cf the This man, made his name a will now attempt Norway to “colla- his own people every free land, many. on a special issue fixed in the mind of every Norse patriot. He walks the democracies . may be slow in| well” Say, “FAIRLY well.” Every one of us has some scrap of some sort |in danger of his life and lives only within a ring|gaining full efficiency and for that| of German bayonets. Within that ring he is as as any of his disarmed compatriots. And if | The sinister figure of Josef Terboven, Hitler's Gau- | remembered that within the Unit- stands at his elbow to see that he does not Even the Germans cannot be too sanguine of [And fiendisnly clever. their plot to impose Quisling on the rebellious Norse, (¥ien which causes the seers b ) The ceremonies by which he was made Premier | cOUnsel extreme alertness, for sab- itinerary of the lecturer covered several states.” were preceded by tén more executions. Every Ger- 0ta8e espionage and treachery will man move to crush Norway has brought only fiercer resistance from the population, and | this latest move will not be different. In no con-,; N RN T O AR EaIRs: m; MODERN ETIOUEHE " ROBERTA LEE the effect of the will to freedom stronger than Because its definition of evolution was objec- ndamentalists, Webster’s dictionary was once. barred from the entire State of Arkansas. |the stars presage temporary gains | employees in your immediate vicinity, who may be trying to concentrate | - . s s | The Japanazis seem to be favoring pur shores|affect naval on their helmets, and went into battle disguised as | with a good many undersea boats, but our Navy hasiplai'_s‘, Political and military up- | trees. Caesar used it, t0o, as did other oldsters of | a wonderful recipe for kippered submarine. Washinglon (near the start of the war. At one Unie in September, 1939, about one Me . month after the war started, the "' Ministry of Information (Censor- ship Office) seized all morning edi- | | tions of the London papers because they reported that British troops were then fighting slde by side with | the French. Radio France, the of- something may be wrong with the _ficifll French radio, had announced quality and fighting ability of the/it. But even o, it was censored U. S. Navy news in Gredt Britain. The tragedy is that almost every- So Lord Macmillan, Minister of one except the American people Information, a very charming and knows the truth about Pearl Har- nhoble lord who wore a cutaway coat bor. An American Ambassador who and striped trousers, received a pro- just flew back from southern Europe testing delegation of newspapermen. ' Teports that the Prench the Ital-|And to pacify them, he began the ians, even the Arabs know the de- confeténce by telling about the in- tailed extent of our 10sses teresting recipe of his cook for JAPS TOOK PICTURES ,meking a truffle dish. In Rio de Janeiro, durihg the| Finally, Trilbey Ewer, of the recent Pan-American Conference, | London Daily Herald, could stand the Japanese Embassy made it a|it no longer. point to inform every Latin-Ameri- | “Lord Macmillan” he said, shak- can government whdt the Pearl) ing his finger ‘at the noble lord, Harbor losses were. The Japan we aré not one ‘whit interested in ese had even taken pictures of the | YOUr truffles. I charge you, sir, ships beached or with masts stick- | With responsibility for the abysmal ing from the water. This certainly |boredom of the British people in was no military secret to our ene- | this war. I charge you with hid- mies. {ing the facts so that the British | Finally, about 20000 Americans people have not been spurred into are now returning to the United @ real war effort. States from Honolulu and most of | “You have already totalitarized us them have had occasion to drive €conomically and financially. You along the road past Pearl Harbor|Dave regulated our factories, our and view the losses first hand. They | f00d, our prices, our profits and are sure to tell their friends and | OUr wages. The only thing we haye relatives. ‘And no secret held by|léfl is our freedom to dehate, to 20000 people long remains a se- WO'Ship and to criticize. And as cret. fas as I am concerned, the only Last December this column wrote: thing that keeps you fellows’ honest “We feel that this wir carnot be|@nd prosecuting this'war efficient- won without knowing what we ¥ i a free and militant press” face. We believe the American Silice then the British Govern- people will respond all the greater ment has come around to giving the if _there is no punch-pulling or po- | British public the cold, unpleasant litieal covering of the grave defeat | 4€tS. And the British public has at Pear] Harbor.” learned to take it. | Go-Round (Continued from Page One) We still’ believe that to be the| The American public also can case. The American people aren't | take it. | yellow. They have faced disastrous MERRY-GO-ROUND In the War Department, they call | the suite of offices now occupied' crises in the and are equal to them again—if they don’t get complacent, if they know the facts and If they don't lose confidence. | ¥ L{E_::] Gen. William . Knud- The American public will forgive "0 ERe Cathedral” . . The mistakes if made honestly—but they | JUarters were originally designed | won't forgive being fooled. for the Secretary of War. BRITIEH HUSH-HUSH The hush-hush policy of Roosevelt Administration today is | ot unlike the situation in England and chauffeur at the entrance of the | the new War Department building (Copyright, 1942, by United SHRINE CLUB ANNUALDANCE 15 TOMORROW Tomoirow evening the Shrine Club will entertain with its annual Washington Birthday dance at the of the organization invited guests. and plece orchebtya will furnish music for the darce which will begin at 10 o'elock and continue until 1 Shrine Club, is dance chairma; for the season. SKATERS WARNED MENDENHALL, AUK LAKE |CE UNSAFE Watning that Auk and Menden- hall Lakes are not yet safe for skating was isstied today by the mithlty Division of the Forest vice. “The ice is still too thin around thé edges of both lakes,” the an- days. At present, however, skating wolild be hazardous.” and' an said. .- MR. AND MRS. MILT ODOM 'HERE FROM ANCHORAGE inent busitiess couple of Anchorage, vacation, Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Benjamin | Scottish Rite Temple for members | Music by Lillian Uggen's flve‘ ?fim}, hemg;qun:»o ;mdt?:lh?r;ielg1 ‘uxlll ARY 'o 1. Tms;_t:gu}wnh, Montdna, New Mexico, and Arizona. i intermission utider the direction of}: e B 2, Federdlist Party. Mrs. Kathérine Hooker. This will T i ;lntm be the second dance given by the{ * § Y g ity Vo ae Shrine Club this year and Lance % e a7 ek 5. The bridge spanning the Royal Gorge Canon, in Colorado; 1,053 Hendrickson, President of the! mys 4 & Conbor will be chair.| et high. . Will be closed until March 10, 1042. ; o A ; IF THROAT i nouncement sald, “nl\hough_cqn-"F ”mr tinued cold weather may - make conditions satisfactory within & few The lakes will be tested every day‘ : arnouncement made as | soort as skating is safe, the division ON WAY TO CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. Milt Odom, prom- | . .jarrived in Juneau this week by| | Knudsen keeps his personal ear |Plane from the Interior and will remain here for several days be- fore continuing south on their way to Palm Springs, California, for a from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO e ey FEBRUARY 20 ! Keith G. Wildes | John Hatris | “Skipper” MacKinnon Don Parson Lester O. Larson Mrs. T. Tomlinson Harry Frazier William Atwood Fannie Thompson HOROSCOPE “The stars incline i but do not compel” Rt o s e g e FEBRUARY 20, 1922, A. E. Ooghe, local attorney, returned on the Estebeth from Tenakee where he had bid in the Pavlof Harbor Packing Comipany properties, rep- resenting R. P. Oldham, attorney of Seattle. Sixteen thousand feet of pipe was being prepared at Thane for ship- ment on the Victoria to Cordova. The pipe was for the Kenhecott mine. The Alaskan Cafe, Mike Karry, manager, was to be open for business March 1, according to an announcement. The seventh annual observance of National Week of Song was under- way in Juneau. It was a campaign in the interest of commuhny singing 1and to awaken and develop a national and patriotic spirit by the singing of our patriotic songs. The public was assured a splendid evening of entertainment at the big Shrine vaudeville and moving picture show to be hcld on the 24th, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 |at the Palace Theatre. Rex Beach's famous story “Going Some,” a whole- Benefic aspects seem to dominaté | some comedy of the best type, was to be the feature picture. |today which is fortunate to all who | 283 i’ are executives. President Roosevell! Neayly eight and a half days mail was to arvive in Juneau aboard the land the heads of our armed forcesfco, e Queen are under good planetary influences | :::i t::v:es L:n:yflg: gfoi:‘éa::nm and‘ Clifford Wood, Veterans’ Contact Officer for Alaska for the United HEART AND HOME: Women ! states Veterans' Bureau, arrived in Jurieau from Sitka. |are well directed under this config- Eight acts of rollicking comedy, character songs, solos and dancing Errors of judgment may be | were to make up the program to be given at the Coliseum Theatre by |common today when the emotions|the Junedu High School “J” Club on the 22nd. The big feature of the |may rule the reason. Girls prob-|performance was to be the last act, a comedy sketch, dramatized by Jacob !mances but they are warned against | .y viug Cohen in the Saturday Evening Post. Other acts included | hasty marriage. Employment on | . B g 5 | contracts will absorb | ‘Madame Mondorenomundo, assisted by Mr. Jones,” a sketch by Legia in vocal solos and McNaughton was to put over a line of clever monologue. Lillian Perelle and Howard Case were to put on an act and several other There was to be a Washington’s Birthday dance at the A. B. Hall {war demands. {with Ed Drake’s Orchestra furnishing the music. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Many changes in trade snd commerce will | Weather in Juneau remained moderate with a maximum temperature of 35 and a minimum temperature of 30. |tern of war will be necessary in all |lines of manufacturing and mer-| 4 o | chandising. Inevitable diffculties are About twenty-five ladies surprised Mrs. D. H. Christoe at her home {forecast for men of small capital lin Douglas in the evening in honor of her birthday which occurred this who will meet serious obstacles that | month. Whist was played with prizes won by Mrs. Gustav Grundler, |menace average concerns. The Mrs. H. Museth, Mrs. James Christoe, Mrs. George L. Johnson and |spring should be fairly prosperous’ Augusta Wideman. Mrs. Christoe was presented with an Alaskan for many persons. Women Who |, s06t pin by her friends \repldce the men called to defend {the nation will earn good wages “nnd thus will safeguard their fam- | ilies. | 'NATIONAL ISSUES: Unity of |plati s well as purpose will arouse | |the utmost loyalty fo the Allies. e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The boy did his work pretty OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Eclat. Pronounce a-kla, first A as in 3!'(‘5\.‘0“ patience should be (‘.‘(N(‘l.‘ld'DAY. second A as in AH, accent last syllnb]e. and criticism avoided. Tt must be! GpTEN MISSPELLED: Plainness; observe the two N's. SYNONYMS: Enhance, augment, intensify, heighten. jed States are secret foes who are SRy = ¢t ot |disseminating propaganda, subtle | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us There is a|increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: to | ITINERARY (moun); a plan of a proposed journey; a route. “The be more widespread than ever be-| ore. ddition to Hitler, evil portents ov- |ershadow Ribbentrop, Mussolini and | |Goering. All are under planetary | p : |infldences which promise their| @ IS it proper for an office employee to hum or whistle while {eventual elimination, At this time | WOrking? ithey may indulge in dissension but | A. In most cases this is apt to prove rather annoying to the other |by the Axis. Terrific storms will | on some problém. It is more thoughtful not to indulge in any disturbing | and submarifie ex- noises. Q. What is thé chief requisite of a good letter? A. To have something interesting to say. One should never force himself to write when he has nothing of interest to communicate. Q. Does a woman ever wear a hat with full evening dress? A. No. (heavals will disturb Germany and |Italy. Nature will seem to mirror | human violence. Floods, earth-‘ |quakes and storms will add to the |suffering in Europe. | | Persons whose birthdate it is| (have the augury of a year of sud-l s {den changes. It is well to be ‘ex- | I.O OK ceedingly careful ih conserving | money for unexpected emetgencies. | and LEARN 2 ¢ corpon Children born on this day prob- | ably will be kéen in mind and $ér-, . 1. WHat are the five largest States in thé Union in order of their iods in thelt outlook on life, Tn-|gipest 151 ¢ 8 es in the, |tditive ‘and sensitive they may be' : T interested in extmordinar); ":}eys of | 2. of what__politiq;nllpax'ty was George Washington a member when | he was elected President? i study or résearch. % i (Copyright, 1942) : 3. Which language 18 claimed to have the largest vocabulary? TR | 4. What are races termed in which horses are entered before they |are born? 5 p'o"EERS AND } 5. Where i5 the highest suspension bridge in the world? < | i There Is No Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! The Alaska Federal Savings and Loan || Association di Juneau has again declared an annual dividend of four per cent for its depositors. Start Your Account Tomorrow with $1 6r More day evening in the Odd Fellow: THe organizations will hold flwfi' individual meetings at 8 ocl'ock in |the ‘eévening and then join for te- |freshients and a soclal time, - LOLA’S BEAUTY SHOP man for the soclal meet | Ploneers and iy m‘E ’thelr Teglildr Meéeting fext ° Subscrioe to ‘The Empire. 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