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

Daiilg?/ Alaska Empi;e Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING OOMPANY Second and Main Btreets, Juneau, Alsska. HELEN TROY MONSEN _ - President ost_Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier In Junean and Dousins for $1.25 per moath. By mail, postage paid. at the following rates; One vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $8.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 374. nnn or ABSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Prgss is exclusively entitled to the use for reputlication of all news dispatches credited to it or Bot 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. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 Bailding, Seattle, Wash. MacARTHUR’S PLIGHT 2 v | For a long time now, every American has hoped | that some means could be found to take reinforce- ments to the gallant men fighting with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Batan Hills. Recently, some mem- bers of Congress have practically demanded that the | War Department find the means We are beginning to believe that most Americans | know more about the Pacific situation than these demanding Congressmen. Most Americans are aware | that the road to the Philippines lies nearly 5,000 miles | from Pear] Harbor. The road is now controlled by | boats of the Japanese navy. It lies near islands infested with Japanese airplanes. Frankly, it is now | impossible to get any kind of a convoy to Bawn; Peninsula, BeTore that rcad can be traveled, our armed forces must check the Japanese drive that now is peinting towards a clean sweep of the Pacific. Then | it must acquire naval and air bases within effective | striking distance of the Jap forces of ocecupation in| the Philippines. Whether or not we can send_ aid to General MacArthur depends upon our chckm[,- the Japanese offensive, and then launching a suc- cessful counts tack. Reports reaching the United States via London | recently indicate that a large United States force | now has almost reached the front line of the Pacific battle zone and this may be the huge counter of- ! fensive we have been waiting for. | In the meantime, let's be assured that the War | Department is doing everything within its means to | relieve General MacArthur’s besleged forces. GETTING ACTIO} Things have been moving forward rapidly since | New York's “Little Flower,” Mayor Fiorello H. La-l Guardia relinquished his ill-fitted job as head of the Office of Civilian Defense. In the short time that! James M. Landis has had charge of this agency, much has been accomplished. First came the announcement that the OCD weuld concentrate upon the hazards to civilians in- stead of the frills of morale building and welfare | work. Then Dean Landis announced that the OCD! would go in for NO extensive physical culture pro-' grams, Physical culture, in his opinion, should be| confined to war workers and men about to be called into the service. This move did much to eliminate | a large amount of trivia which had been hampering uroper efforts of the office. | Another move at stripping the OCD for action | came when the new chief knocked out two additional | divisions—the Office of Inspectors General and the| Know-Your-Government Division. The first was sup- po d to advise the director on questions of regional | ready for top of Asia.” And the planes flown Wnshmqlon Merty- Go-Round (Continued trom Page One) weather, Canadian slow in letting us ier prairies. we have run out of bomb- ers, you carry on alone,” then the| Russians aren't at all interested. They want to see a continuous supply route, a row of good Al- askan bases, with a lot of bombers tlemen, DEFENSE . | =efaps are | extreme. any offensive Army have cracked up Rockies—partly because of sub-zero| mouth was narrow, making it dif- partly because of mex-rlicult to get out, and that it was perienced pilots, partly because the a perfect target for an efficient air Government has short-cut to Alagka across thn’ch,nrgcs by the Lobg Beach (Cali- Priorities officials can enumerate reorganization. The latter was nothing more than a glorificd press agent office. | All of Dean Landis' actions so far have undone | much of the damage wreaked by those formerly in ! charge, who made the OCD a catch-all for all man- ner of pet social work profects. i The OCD now has an opportunity to do a real| |job, a job which_so far hasn't been done at all.| | Whatever progress that has been made along .the line of civilian defense has been accomplished by ,commumuc: without the aid of the OCD, and not | through it. Before Dean Landis took over, it was hard for| |any person to take the whole war with the proper spirit of seriousness. This sobering up of the OCD, and the hint that the office now is out to do some- | thing besides hire good-looking blonde dancers, should help this country settle down to do the job. it should ‘Aprepnm this country to defend itself as much as 1pos<iblr through its civilians. | BU ESS AS USUAL This year, as in other years, the Salvation Army is carrying on its war on hunger and misery, lone- liness and fear. In cities where military stations have been set up in a hurry, where no forms of recreation for service men yet have been established, | the Salvation Army has been doing a bang-up }obl | in solving the problem temporarily. | It is now operating in 97 countries and colonics, | in Gombat zones and countless communities—yes, and {in Alaska, too. Whatever aid the American people | can give to this agency—in contributions of funds, magazinw clothes, or anything else—will be going | to #n especially good cause this year.. A Better Approach (Cincinnati Enquirer) Chastened and wiser, and no longer breathing even a small tongue of fire, Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes is handling the war-borne oil prob- lem with much better tact and good sense than he handled the same problem in time of peace. The problem today is, of course, much more ser- ious than it was last summer when Mr, Ickes struck | out with some unnecessary and arbitrary action and many more unnecessary words. Present oil stocks are being diverted to ever-increasing war needs. More- | over, a large number of coastwise tankers, which normally supply 95 per cent of oil used on the east- ern seaboard, have been sunk by enemy action. According to Mr. Ickes's figures, oil stocks on’the east coast had reached a peak of some 8,400,000 bar- rels more last December than were on hand in the corresponding period in the previous year. Since| then, however, stocks have been going down with- out interruption, hitting a low last week of 5,000,000/ barrels below last year's level. These are ominous figures. But this time Mr. Ickes is not going off half-cocked. The shortage is| not critical, nor will it become so if motorists in the | affected areas voluntarily will reduce their gasoline i consumption 15 per cent. Mr. Ickes has requested this voluntary action. He hasn't issued any sweep- ing orders, nor tossed a brickbat. He deserves a| compliment on his new-found reasonableness.. | Match Rationing (Bremerton News-Searchlight) rationed to a limit of three matches per day. The British have to get along with a dozen maltches a day. Conquered nations of Europe have hardly any matches at all, probably because they have hardly anything to light. The matches of this country are likely to face a shortage with possible rationing, which, however,, will not reach a serious ! Here is where Junior of the Boy Scouts | will come in handy when Dad’s matches are all gone and he needs a light for the pipe; or when Marm will need a light for the stove, or Sister when | she finds her electric curler gone wrong. The crafts- manship imparted to the ingenious Boy Scout can| then be requisitioned and a flame can be created in Indian style by rubbing two sticks of wood to- gether or by striking a spark from two frictioned pieces of stone. One never misses a good thing until he hasn’t got it or until it gets so scarce that it be- | comes a rarity, We may be reriinhded of this truism if our matchgs are to become scarce. But the time is not yet, so* we will be able to carry on with the good old custorh of brrowing a light when we happen to have no match handy. | “over the assignment of bombing Pearl Har- so far, a lot of | bor, He pointed out that the Navy | north by the was always huddled close wgetherl in the!in the harbor, that the harbor’s| been| attack. . . . The Truman Com- develop the eas-| mittee is investigating sensational! | fornta) Independent that southe »cuflornla alrplAne factories and Hhipyurds are far behind schedule, | having been delayed by cost plus ¢hatges, slowdown tactics, arbitrary DIDOES irecreation for many. | United States for materials needed by the Allies is realized there will | feel the good effects of rising ef- | weaknesses or mistakes. ‘ (Copyright, 1942) a long list of things esséntial to defense production, but a dead sea | Y horse is not one of them. The | SLOW WORK IN ALASKA authorities formally went on rec- In regard to our present lack of ord to this effect in réply to a Alggkan bases, here is some un- | unique letter from a woman biology written history which is signifi- | teacher in a smalt mid-wéstern col- cant. In March, 1940, the Housc‘ltgo military subcommittee on Ap-! She wrote in anxdously inquiring propriations killed a War Depart- | if it would hurt the defense pro- ment appropriation of $14,000,000 | gram if she purchaséd the fol- for a certain base in Alaska. lowing jtems needed for the in- When Governor Gruening of Al-|struction of her class: aska, who was then in Washing-| One embalmed sea horse. len, read about it next morning, he | One lizard. hit the ceiling. With General Ma:--; One pig embryo. in reserve. Then they will start 4 | union hiring, extortionate initiation blowing up Tokyo. | fees, farcicdl inspections. bl is also chargéd that one plaml | scheduled to be in full production last June, is far fromh even Irac- tional production, Meanwhile local plants stdnd empty awaiting gov}- ernment orders. New influx into Washington is the Australian War Supplies Mis- sion. About 180 of them are com- ing to town. Although a Democrat, Congressman Vincent Harrington of Iowa made the Re- publican Lincoln Day address at Le- Mars, Iowa, last month. PERCYLUCHA | —— HAPPY BIRTHDAY | | MARCH 9 Harold Zenger Mrs. Joe Crosson A. A. Bonnett 8. G. Burns Alfred T. Burke Mrs. James Heldman Marjorie Mayer Elsie McArdle R. F. Stein Mrs. Roy Watson MARCH 9, 1922 £ Investigation was undetway concerning the mysterious disappear- |ance of a registered mail package containing $15000 from the First National Bank in Juneau to the Seattle National Bank at Seattle. The | package had been delivered to armed Post Office employees on its arrival in Seattle, checked in by two persens and it then disappeared. Harold | H. Post, of the Juneau bank, said the bank was fully protected by insurance. Negotiations had been completed for the rental by the Weather Bureau of the residence of Dr. L. O. Sloane at Seventh and Franklin Streets to which the headquarters was to be moved upon expiration of the existing lease, according to M. B. Summers, Meteorologist in charge. The American Legion Auxiliary to Alford John Bradford Post No. 4, was organized with a charter roll of 24 members at a meeting in Odd Fellows Hall. | Simpson; Vice-President, Mrs. Mildred Bone Starr: Secretary and Treas- | urer, Miss Lois Nordling. Executive Committee members were Mrs. iMarle L. Kelly, Mrs. Katherine L. Kehoe Mrs. Alfreda Getchell. J. P, TUESDAY, MARCH 10 | Walker and Walter B. King addressed the meeting of the charter mem- This is not an important day in | bers, who were Mary Worth Bone, Mildred Bone Starr, Marguerite Bone, planetary government, but a ben- | Nellie 'Heath Walker, Ruth G. Metcalf, Lucretia Saborn Botsford, Mrs. efic aspect rules. Women are un-|George Beaumont, Katherine L. Kehoe, Iva Tilden, Minnie Goldstein, der an adverse sway and should be |Belle Simpson, Harrlet L. Nording, Lois| Caroline Nordling, Laura careful of health. | Goldstéin, Ida M. Bavard, Lois E. Cleveland, Rachel C. M. Shepard, HEART AND HOME: Under|naygaret M. Cowden, Alfreda Getchell, Marie L. Kelly, Mrs. C. J. Skuse, this configuration girls may be rest- | ypys [ouise Norton, Mrs. Mary Calvin and Helen G. Bernhofer. less and dissatisfied for there will G i be much humdrum work and little | ‘Warning is given that self-deception that en- courages a high appraisal of one's talents may be prevalent among young women. This is a fayorable date for seeking positions and for signing contracts, a timte to avoid over-confidence or egotism. Good news may be expected under this| HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” Masons of Douglas thoroughly enjoyed the party given them by the Eastern Star of that city the previous evening. Cards were played fol- lowed by a musical program. Prize winners were Mrs. Jack Livie, William Spain, Mrs. Leo Higley and John Richards. Chardes Osterborg was host at his bachelor residence in, Douglas to sixteen young men of that community, inéluding the members of the | Douglas High School basketball team, who had retummed from a victorious trip to Ketchikan and way ports. A delicious dinner was served and direction of the stars. guests were Art Nelson, Clarence Wittanen, Albert Garn, William Manley, BUSINESS AFFAIRS: As the|Harold Gallwas, James Manning and George Valesom, team members and full extent of the demand upon lhe;Pat Hollywood, Vernon Nelson, Jeff Anderson, Ray McCormick, Frank | Bach, Jr., Earl Foot, Alex Sey and William Shirran. be tremendous production in every James F. Galen, candidate for the Republican nomination for Dele- line of war machinery. More mil-| gate, was expected in Juneau to begin his campaign, according to advices lions of workers will draw wages | received by friends in town. He had the slppoft of mdny prominent in from the Government and there| he party in both the Fourth and Third Divisions, it was $aild, and was iwill be a continuance of general| o) kncwn and well thought of throughout the Territory. prosperity Gradually trade will Pronounce FOUST, OU as in MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1942 Temporary officers elected were, President, Mrs. Belle | s txmnon Of what in the medicinal world was Wilhelm K. Roentgen the discoverer? 2. What are the four major fine arts? What was the average age of the framers of the Constitution? What is the difference in mearing between “ante” and “anti"? How much does the average male lion weigh? ANSWERS: The X-ray. Painting, sculpture. nrchm:cture. and : music. 43 years. ANTE means before; Alfl'l means against, Women of Mooseheart entertained the previous evcmng with a card ticiency among directors of the gl- party at which prizes were won by Mrs. M. D. Berry, Herman Gustafson, ntic industry made necessary by | Mrs. P. H. Judson and John Torvinen. Supper followed the card games yar: Heavy i loses; of, ehins m;‘d lat which time William Stokes presented Mrs. Sigurd Wallstedt with a suppHes may.be cww‘efl )?cfox“c ldj set of cut glass water glasses and one half dozen salad forks in appre- |ena.t bhelm;):z:, s | ciation by the Moose Lodge of her work in directing the children for the loN;c;;gde IséfiE51 Rumors will | Program given at Chiristmas and her activity in other affairs. !multiply through the aid of fifth, I ety Eamat columnists who will use careless words utter by British and Ameri- D I l E ql h cans in efforts to estrange the two a' y essons In n |S W. L. GORDON principals in the Allied nations. Again astrologers warn legislators e e here and in London to be cautious' WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “My hat is different than in their discussions of possible yours” Say,“is differént FROM yours.” The seers OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Faust. again prophesy that men in high HOUSE, not FAWST. : place will betray the natign. For-\ OFTEN MISSPELLED: Salable; preferred to SALEABLE. eign diplomats belonging to enemy | SYNONYMS: Exclaim, shout, ejaculate, vociferate, clamor. nations will be revealed as agents| wORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us | who have woven a net of treachery jnorease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: in months when they were ImMmune ' poTENTIAL (adjective); existing in possibility, not in actuality. “Poten- from investigation. iual existence means merely that the thing may be at some time.”— INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Sir W. Hamilton. Magnitude of the task of winning the war will be more; ‘Wwwm—om alized, as this month cl e b by seers fore-tell that there will be | MODERN ETIQUE]TE more severe criticism of heads ci ROBERTA LEE big business who have not managed | § _ pm‘::::‘;es?;mawh‘;xh pi?:ngee l“;:—:‘;;‘;‘gs Q. Is it proper for a man to sandwich himself between two women were at stake. Through coming | when walking with them on the street? weeks the awakening to the real A. No. The man always takes the curb side of the pavement, peril of the United States will spur | whether he is walking with one woman or,with several. effort. Revelations of waste, large Q. Is it good form to leave some food on the plate when flmshmg profits, and lack of united eflortla meal? will arouse taxpayers. The stars | A. No, it is not at all necessary. presage more than two years of) Q. Are postscripts to letters in good taste? supreme naval, army and air force| A, No. These should be avoided as much as possible, as they are activity that will test to the utmost | merely afterthoughts and indicate a slipshod manner in the composition the. resources of the nation. | of your letters. One should tdke Pains to include everything he wishes Persons whose birthdate it is have | ¢, say in the body of the letter. the augury of a year of lmpommt‘ experiences. Extraordinary circum- | frseressossosssorarasee stances will develop latent talents., Children. born on this day prob- I_o 0 K a nd I. E A N ably will be exceptionally clever.| These Pisces natives have mtuluon and. they.are dependable in char- | 1 acter. it —————— LOSES LIFE IN ACCIDENT, Island Archaelogical Exppdltion in in the service of the., Commission 1935. When he first came to Jun-|for the past seven, years. v ied o eau in Juhe, 1930, he vmrkcd as a —————— {eantliea “rém Pf“ o _{barber in the J. D. VanAtta Barber Shop. He is a member of the Juneau Lodge of Elks. Survivors .include his parents in Before SOS was adopted as) a distress call at sea the signals were “CQ” and “OQD”. Yolver. which he intended to la.ke with him, and a .22 rifle lay across fhe bed. e rifle by which he met Dr. A. W. Stewart m 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. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 16—24 Office Phone 49 2y ” : (Mropnclic Electro Theropeutics (CS-——REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Doelker, D, 0., Bernard Bidg. D! Dr. John H. Geyer Room $—V, Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm., H. W. L. ALBRECHT Physical Therapeutics Heat and Light Treatments Massage and Corrective Exercises Phone 773 DR H. {ugcs | mmm "The Rexall Store Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. I TIDE CALENDARS T w ||| Hairy Race, Dfi:fiym “The Stere lor Men" SABIN’S Front St.-~Triangle Bldg. Ak 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 INSURANCE Shattufigeney CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 ‘| e v || Super WHITE Power | TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Valentine Bldg. at the GUY SMITH DRUG | H. S. GRAVES & MARX CLOTHING ; OF ALASEA Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 or 747—JUNEAU shall he hot-footed it to the Capi- tol, almost got down on their knees | were not yet on the it took several letters to Representatives Ross Collins of | However, She was assured that the articles A government filing clerk found “critical list.” the name_ “John Bull” mentioned Mississippi, Jersey, kota, and J. Buell Snyder of Penn- sylvania But the Congressmen were adam- anl. The Alaskan base was too expensive. A month Hitler later, however, Lane Powers of New to convince a Montana sheriff that Francis Case of South Da-|he also didn't need a priority rat- overran Norway and the base was| put back into the bill. Later that summer, the Gover- nor of Alaska had the ironic plea- sure of welcoming this same sub- committee on a tour of inspection of the base which they had re- jected in March. They stayed 24 hours. Congressman Snyder had his picture taken driving a nail— and the base was started. Note: It is going to take several Lases, and a steady stream of planes | flying to Alaska before we |ity red tape, are | would like nothing better than the i ing to preserve law and order in his county. “My old gun is on the blink" the sheriff complained, “and I want to buy a new .38 caliber Colt re- volver. I'll have to send away for it, which means a lot of prior- Please send me a rating right away so I can uphold the law out here” The sheriff was advised he could buy a gun without a special rat- ing. MERRY-GO-ROUND As early as 1939, General “Hap” Arnoldgs Chief of the Air Corps, told | officials of the Insular Affairs Bur- eau that if he were an enemy he| | evening with dinner at 6:30; Past | Masters’ | Empire Classifieds Pay! in correspondence on lend-lease aid | to England. She brought the let- ter to a superior and asked, “Who is Mr. Bull?” Congressmen are alarmed by the threatened pap-| er shortage, which may curtail Gov-| ernment Printing Office operations. In an election year, Congressmen count heavily on tons of free- mailed literature for distribution to constituents. (Copyright, 1942, by United Peature Syndicate, Inc.) — e ATTENTION MASONS Stated Communication Monday Night; no degree work; entertainment during meeting. —J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. el | Unit here. Friends said that Lucha his death was one which he_ used as a member of the Auxiliary Police Division of the Civilian Defense always kept ;it loaded, but that he evidently forgot that two. bullets were in the chamber. He was at- tempting to sight down the barrel when the gun went off. At U. of A.. Lucha was born in Barons, Al- berta, Canada. He attended gram- mar school at Leonia, Idaho, and high school |at Hillyard, Wuhlng ton. During his college years at) the University of Alaska, he worked | his, way through school as, the col-| lege barber. . Prior to coming here, Lucha was . Secretary-Accountant for the Pearl Creek Mining Company af Fair- banks, He also had worked with the U. S. Public Survey Depart- ment and with the Alaska Road northern Montana, a brother at Bremerton, Washington, and two sisters in_California, Theif pames are not known here. The brother has| been inforied of the death. e body is at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary and funeral ar- rangements . be_announced after word has been ‘received from the family. k) 3 LILLIAN KERSTEN IS NOW WITH #t( Miss Lilllan A. Kersten has ar- irived in .luneau and is a.ssigned as |clerk-stenographer in the office of the Federal Commuinications Gom- mission. She has been_ ransferred from the Seattle Office of the Com- mission and fills the vacancy created Commission in McKinley Park. He by the resignation of Miss Hazel J»\An‘ @ member of the 50, Lawrence Ferguson, Miss Kersten has been | Iz lThei'e is no substitute for newspaper advertising! Alaska Eleétiic L.gin and Power Co. SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Modernize Ym Home Undltv'l‘lt“ L .'?'- H A CA m'rAL-sso.o(}o SURPL Us—sls«ooo coMMERCIAL;AfiD SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSI'!‘ BOXES 4 Firbt Nuflbfial Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA |