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

PACE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA l)(lil,Y Alaska Empire MEN \\'l’l‘tl BEI’ENDENTS Published every evening except Sunday by the IRE PRINTING OOMPANY This war has reached a stage where many men are volunteering their services to the army, even if Becofd and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. they must leave dependents to shift for themselves. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - = - - President a4 jt's 5 pretty tough thing to support a dependent B.L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business WeBA®® on‘a private’s pay of $21 a’ month Engered in the Pou-m .vay;'u‘uA Second Class Matter. That's why ' we' welcome ' af $1.85 per month. | the army that men now may join for the sole pur- it IM Iol\ wing rates: 4 Y s, in advance, $6.00; pose of becoming officers This is a good move in more ways than one Not only will it heip men wiih dependents and also help the army reach its goal of 75,000 new officers 1’( will need for its grouna forces this year, but it makes the army much more democratic. Under the scheme as outlined by the Secretary of War, men with dependents may join the army, traih ‘three months as privates, then apply for ad- mittance to an officers’ training school. If they fail to get such an appointment or fail in the school, they be transferred to the organized reserves. Delivered by earrier in Junean By mall, postage paid. One yearSin advance, $12.00; six mont one month, in advance, §1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor If they the Business Office of any fallure or irre livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 603; Business Office, 374. . MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press {s exélusively entitied to the use for reputlication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published bere! promptly notify rity in the de- | LARGER ON. A CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TQ THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICA® NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. may original draft class is called. Previously, if such men failed, they had to remain in the army as privates or non-commissioned officers. training school an applicant must have cation,” a good record in civil life, and marked qualities of leadership. These qualifications are not so strict or inflexible as to eliminate the average man of potential officer calibre. They must be be- |tween 18 and 45 years of age. This new move should offer to thousands of m|)|b]n men a chance to serve their country which | | heretofore has been denied to them because of con- ditions beyond their control. \01‘\Rl E IA AMPLE BASEBALL SECONDARY From a few small dots of American soil in one| most critical defense zones—the Virgin| word from the States has it that the 1942 base- of civilian de-pa)) training season was not and timely co-|yesult of the war, but it was well overshadowed by measures. 1rhv grim business received by the of Civilian De-| Notably absent was the fervor and whole-hearted D.C that the Virgin|attention which among the baseball-loving public has ized civilian protection even to|gccompanied the annual spring emergence of teams conch shells” by auxiliary firemen | from winter inactivity, sound an alarm Not that the talk of team prospects, ‘the first ;donninu of “monkey suits” and all the other rigmarole | went by unnoticed. But it was properly shown that !the war has placed baseball in the category of a | diversion instead of an obsession. This is as it | should be. coordinators on St.| The thing that is of utmost importance in every that blackout | American’s life now is his cooperation in the war jeffort. It's much more important that the Axis be A system of alerts for telephonic communications to| thrown out at first base than it is that any base- { ball team bring home the pennant in 1942. We think that even “dose bums” in Brooklyn will admit that. | But as long as it's possible to keep the nation’s No. 1 game going, it will continue to provide a valu- able diversion and do much to maintain the effi- | ciency and morale of a people at war. of the wor Islands alertness example danger adequate Office indicate comes a splendid fense to ccmmon operation to meet Reports fense in Washington Islanders have org: the “tooting of in rural districts to It is can do in it with remarkable what a the organizations just of preparing when its people are aware of There is no Islands, small community way adequate civilian defense the critical situation Virgin attitude of com- placency in the The civilian defense Themas St. Johns Islands report practice there began as early as last Septembey 19. joint and essential services has been arranged and it is a mis- r for any person to refuse to obey the black- out instructions. A St. Thomas home guard of 302 men has been organized and hopes to receive recognition as a Na-| tional Guard in order to receive equipment from the | War Department. In the meantime, these men are ready to best they can should the time dem, Sight of the Week serve as come (San Francisco Chronicle) It happpened the other morning on a jampacked Marin county bus. . . . A woman, whose voice car- January on bombi eq oratingly to all corners of the bus, began and splinter-proof shelters and included immcdmle‘mdmhm to the gal nmext to her: “Yes, everything plans for slit trenches for protection. Strict instruc-| i certainly fine. My husband, he used to be on tions have been issued to the public regarding con- the WPA—and now he’s got a swell defense job. He raids and other emergencies. | makes $20 a day and we're living on the fat of the last census, the islands' popu- | land, yessirree. We got a car the other day—and As much as $25000 already ‘ I'm on my way to the city to buy myself a fur coat. appropriated for defense by the islands'| Al I've gotta say is—I hope this war lasts forever!” municipalities, Here there was no waiting for funds | At those words, a man whose face was white and frem any other source. It was realized that im-|tense pushed his way over to her side from the other mediate action in building up a defense group was | €nd of the bus . . . . 5 £ and then slapped her face twice—once on one side, Vits), and jiat fook money. jun(e on the other. . There was an electric silence NoF (Gov, Oharley, Haiwood Temobi thay the‘lhr(,u"huul the bus as he crackled: “One of those islands are ready for what may come. laps was for a kid of mine who was killed at Pearl Too many communities in the Continental United | \Hmbcr . The other was for a son of mine, who's in States and in Alaska have been stalling ddenw‘me navy now. And I wish T had a third son—so I preparations, waiting for Federal funds with which{could have used my fis to carry on work that should be done right now. | The Virgin Islands furnish a notable example of | The time has come for Uncle Sam to say it with | what can be done. | fiiers Washinglon 22-year-old daughter, Mrs. Kath- Merry- erine Britt, a $1800-a-year secre— Go-Round tary in her potent father's office. (Continued from Page One) centers have been located in| throughout St. Thomas | Fifteen first schools and Island. A aid other places study was made in duct during air According to the lation was set at 24,889 has been the newly published handy booi, “Civilian Defense of the United stntes," by Col. R. Ernest Dunuy and Lieut. Hodding Carter. Colonel Further, Mrs. Britt isn't the only | member of her own family drawing a government pay check. Her hus- band, M. G. Britt, has a $3,200 job in the food section of the War Production Board. His rise to this pay scale is al-| |most as spectacular as was that of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Holmead. CAPITAL CHAFF A little over a year ago, before George Sylvester Viereck has been | he became a McReynolds’ son-in- convicted of being a Nazi agent.|law, young Britt was a messenger But his son Peter Viereck, a pro-:in the old OPM at $1,0880 a year. fessor at Harvard, is publishing a|He vigorously insists that his “suc- book disagreeing radically with his|cess story” rise was not due to his father. Peter, born in the U. S.!marriage, and cites as proof the|political circles close to Jameés A. A., is exposing the Nazis. . . . Dan/|fact that his latest promotion was|Burke, president of Queens Bor- Moody of Texas is determined not|prior to his’ wedding. }ough. Burke has secret mayoralty to det “Pass-the-Biscuits-Pappy” O'-| “I got it entirely through my own ambitions and the tribulations of Daniel return to the Senate with-'ability,” he declares. “Mr. Mc-|Tammany and LaGuardia are grease out a contest Like his broth- Reynolds had absolutely nothing to!to his political wheels. . . . Hen- er, the present Justice of the Su-(do with it. In fact, T didn’t meet|derson’s Price Administration soon preme Court, Judge George Mur- him until a few months ago. I|will crack down on tire bootleggers, phy of Detroit held for colored pris- | met my wife in December (1941),]especially in Pittsburgh and Wash- oners in Detroit's recent race riot we became engaged two weeks lat- ington. Dr. Conti, German over the housing problem er and were married in January.""healm leader, has given a confi- At the time he was making his|dential report to the German High meteoric rise, however, his future‘Corpmand regarding an alarming sister-in-law, Mrs. Holmead, was a|increase of rheumatism and T in high official in the OPM's per-'Germany. . . . The WPA will be sonnel office. iused to collect scrap iron on farms The other two McReynolds' rela- | throughout tMe U. S. A. So far, tives on the government payroll|the scrap iron collection campaign are Mrs. Holmead’s husband, draw-|has flunked badly: Thanks to the ing $3,800 as a Procurement Div-|State Department, we could sell ision employe, and his father John 'scrap iron to Japan, but we are slow Holmead, Sr., getting $2,300 with'm collecting it for our own open the Farm Credit Admlnistrauop hearth furnaces. With McReynolds' $10,000 a year,| ICopyxlght. 1942, by United the combined “take" for the fam-| Feature' Syndicate, Inc.) ily is $21,100. ) ——————— 4 3 i o Note: Another White House big: REGISTER NOW shot who has a relative on thel Begardiess of ot resistia Government payroll s Lowell Mel- | F8RIC TN T B g to lett, head of the office of govern- vote' in the April 7 election ':m ;"f:" 0::‘::""15‘“ D;"c'::[se:j:' ::‘}; register at the City Hall before noon, ett son-in-law, r g sad & daug s April 4. The office will be open ;’:';)IOH:‘"\'::J ‘]'“S"\:‘l"fl%;"l”\q'"lplzpl $8,000-a-year chief of the consum- dl‘l’ring the noon hour each day. el ? # ' " |ers division. viously, she had come to public at-| . O Visior ROBERT G'cffx%?' i tention by skyrocketing overnight PRV - b oy frcm a $1,800 clerkship to person- nel chief at $4.800. Latest McReynold’s kin to get : berth on the public payroll is outstanding military volumes and is an ace authority in his field. . . . Another newly published small book | that will be very helpful in under- standing military developments is “Defense Will Not Win the War” by Lt. Col. W. F. Kernan of the regular Field Artillery. The internal rowing among Tammany chieftains and Mayor LaGuardia's crapping with high Municipal offi- cials whom he appointed is caus- ing a lot of private satisfaction in astrous insurrections behind the British lines. WHITE HOUSE NEPOTISTS Capitol Hill isn’t the only place in Washington where nepotism is practiced. In the White House, is William H. McReynolds, personnel administrative assistant to the President, leading authority on civ- il service, and a career man who has been on the federal payroll 35 years, McReynolds can expound by the hour on the glories of the “merit system.” But he also knows how to make it pay personal divi- dends. Four members of McReynold's family are holding down nice-pay- ing government jobs There were five until a short time ago. But one of them, Mrs | —adv. MERRY-GO-ROUND For some quickly-read and sound | advice by real® experts on what to do in the event of air raids, get | The Daily Alaska F‘.mnlre nas the largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. announcement by | They will not be called back to service unless their | To be eligible for an appointment to an officers’| “some edu- | in total eclipse as a| He looked her right in the eye | Dupuy is author of a number of| HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCH 17 Capt. Joyce D. Smith John P. McDermott R. W. McCrary Marye Berne Ehler Mrs. Robert Jernberg w. Imer | . R \;Srlfl;:lm Li:l;q:‘i:: i A meeting of the Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist Church was held at the home of Mrs. Anna Webster with Mrs. George Mock and Mrs. Ray Mrs, Frank Sedar Charles W. Bland j Day 85 co-hostame; James Stewart Alex Kasalica e - MARCH 17 1922 Julius Kahn, Representative from California and the Chairman of | the House Military Committee, told Congress that a reduction in the United States Army to 115,000 men and 11,000 officers was too drastic and was false economy of the poorest kind. Mrs. T. J. Donohoe, wife of the well known Valdez and Cordova attorney, was a passenger on the Northwestern going to the States for a visit of several months. o e HOROSCOPE “The stars incline i but do not gqmpgl” Mrs. L. D. Henderson and her infant daughter, Joyce Lee, left St. Ann’s Hospital the previous afternoon for their home. l‘u'ip in the interest of the Alaska Dano Mining Company property at | Funter Bay. “The Wearin' of the Green,” in varied mo:adic' :\nd time was to be jazzed from 9:30 until 1 o'clock at the Elks’ Ct. at the Elks’ Hall. Decorations, favors and rerleshment,s were all to carry out the theme of the day. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 Benefic aspects rule late today. The morning hours are under nd-‘ verse sway which affects labor and ! | shipping. HEART AND HOME: Three planets in the fifth house of the; {national horoscope are read to in-| [dicate that the women of the Unit- ed States will be widely employed | in war work whilg they hope against | ——— hope for an early peace. There | James L. Galen, Republican candidate for Delegate to Congress, | will be grumbling about the rising was transferred to the Anchorage Lodge of Elks from the lodge at Helena, |cost of living and many will hr"Montnn'\ where the had been a memhel for twenty -five years. ‘nnpnucnt about certain Army regu- ! lations. Among the young mem- | |bers of the family, school and rol-: lege students, the tendency toward |stronz individualism will be marked | as they declare that they must live their own lives regardless of tra- |diticn. Parents will have | trials. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: certain investments will decrease !in value and many incomes will |shrink. Among the wealthy there Iwill be the feeling that possessors 0[ fortunes are really impoverished Wa“(- earners will continue to spend generously although the impression lof general prosperity begins to fade ! from the public mind. Heavy losses through the war will begin to he felt for numbers of oil tankers and | (supply ships will be lost. NATIONAL ISSUES: The fact that the United States must feed the world will be emphasized as starving millions continue to need our supplies. Many will recall with regret the ‘wholesale destruction of crops, animals, fruits and cotton less than a decade ago. Prices will| I'soar as the month ends, it is fore- told. Again the value of home |gardening will be appreciated., Many i{town residents will try raising| chickens as well as vegetables. } INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRE:' | Demonstration on actual battlefields {and on the high seas that air- planes will decide the war will speed production marvelously. American (aviators will continue to, prove | playing bridge? their expertness as well as their| A. He does hot argue with his opponents about the nuu, does not valor and their aid will be morn‘lattempt to inform .a partner how his hand ‘should mvc heen played, and more apparent through the next ' does not talk mcessanuy, drum on the twble, snap the cud-s hum nor | | few weeks. Although we shall be-/ | whistle. gin to show our power this spring, Q. When you are talking with someone whose name you cannot re- |the World War will be drawn out member readily, and a friend joins you, should you attempt an introduc- ‘lhrough many months, it is indi- | tion? |cated. This year, however, should| A yes. Ibe decisive in the trend of the conflict. | Persons whose birthdate it is have , the augury of a year in which it! is necessary to exercise poise be-| cause the brightest prospects are jnot apparent and it is easy to lose |one’s bearings. i | Children born on this day will be, gifted, restless and inclined to be' exceedingly independent. They will love travel and adventure. (Copyright, 1942) U.5.GENERAL TAKES CHARGE NEW DEFENSE (Continued rom Page One) The work of returning to the United States the bodies of American .scldlers who died in France was completed on this day when 1500 | bodies left Brest for New York. This_completed one of the most trying iproblems ever placed before the American army, and brought to a total, 45,023 bodies that had been brought to this country from France. Petersburg defeated the Juneau High School basketball team in a slow, poorly played game, with a score of 28 to 23. | A heavy fall of snow at Cordova furnished employment to a large | number of men, especially in the railroad yard where they were shoveling | the tracks. many | Fourteen years previously the EIks’ Lodge in Juneau dedicated their home, and the atrick’s Day dance was the annual observance of the occasion. Inevitably | | Weather |winds. The lowest temperature was 15 degrees and the highest, was fair and continued cold with strong northeasterly 20. s e Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. cornon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He does not make over one hundred dollars a month.” Say, “He does not EARN MORE THAN one hundred dollars a month.” OFTEN MISPRONQUNCED: Tacit. Pronounce tas-it, A as in AT. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Reciprocity; two C's, no S. SYNONYMS: Graphic, descriptive, picturesque, pictorial, lineatory. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” | increase our vocabulary by mastering ope word each day. Today’s word: | TREMULOUS; trembling; shivering; quivering. “There was a tremulous movement of her lips.” vivid, de- MODERN ETIQUETTE * ropgrra rEw Q. What are some things that a well-bred person nevar does wmle Say, “I am very sorry, but for the moment I cannot re- membel your name.” Q. TIs it necessary that a chaperon be a married woman? A No; any woman of mature years may serve in this cngnclty. LOOK and LEARN & What is the plural form of brother-in-law? What is’the largest glagd in’ the humsn y? What large body of water in Amer\ca s.s the greatesc density? What was the earliest oocupauon of n,u.n? What is the most common ‘cause pf divorce in the Pnited States? ANSWERS: i : Brothers-in-law. The liver, weighing about thxce pounds Great Salt Lake, Utah Agriculture, Cruelty. NAZIS MASS FORCES FOR BIG BATILE (Continued from. rage One) C. GORDON LOCAL !IAVIM I!IIU.S pines passes to Major General Jonathan Wainwright, Senior offi- cer remaining on Batan Peninsula. Maj. Gen. Wainwright has Been in the Philippines since Octd) | 1940, when he was assigned to com~ mand the Philippine Divisibn. “He was born in Walla Walla, Wash., and is a graduate of West Point. Tirpitz, the newest biggest and most dangerous ut ermany bam@hips A London source sald the Ger- mans now are believed to have' “be- tweeén 150,000 and mm s‘&men i’n in whgi h mt mn L4 Bli!.nh g? W’ ;tn{h?e Tlrpxh now my pe 10¢ Britain Pleased LONDON, March 17 — British Military circles hailed Gen. Mac- Arthur's appointment to Supreme mmand in Australia as a demon- stration of “coordination existing{ ' between the British Empire and fiw United States.” Gen MacArthur’s prestige in Great Britain is probably higher than any other American soldier with thé possible exception of Gen. George Marshall, American chudv. 4| night. As the a“Titend " in ‘the rha fi'%‘wz.. on his DIVORCE GRANTED wg:e pdww und-mged, was A divorce has been granted in |recovered by t%trolmn and the §. District Court in the case of |chase was on. When young Briscoe Imina Swendsen versus Jai yes “@ custody the secong n. Both are residents 'of tile, ] feeling . less !rlend “to the hoosegow ATTENTION ODD mu.oyvs gt & I'have a chance to Regular meeting tonight at » % M&r or not bréak- Work o be conferred in the First| DR. RAE law h"fluy worth it. " Degree. All members urged to be Kk present, g wel - % AN CARLSON 'Noble Grand. Charles Otteson left on the Northwestern for Seaitle on a business |. JAMES C. COOPER Let us |’ Bystems Bookkeeping nm.l,vmmmfl TUESDAY MARCH 17, 1942 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 2 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. x.mv ERS, Secretary. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 16—24 Freeburger Dr. A. W. 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