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

PACE FOUR Daily Alaska n:hlltfied every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING OOMP. Second and Main Streets, June HELEN TROY MONSEN RLmA_\I‘ - %% .PM&H Empzre ANY Alasks. It zines President and Business Manager Eotered in the Post mg me\.n Second Clase Matter. uglas Delivered by cartier in Juneas and By biag Posiase -t One year, jn sdvance. 13 ©one month. in advance. 5198, Subscribets will confer favar it they will promotly notity | the Business Office of any fatlure or irregularity | livery of their papers. “Telephones: News Office, 803; Business Office, 3T4. folle wing j stz mentds, o advance, 36.00; | product |in recent years. Practically $1.25 per month. | e n the de- effort. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED FRSS The Associated Press 13 ust vely reputijcation of all news di wise credited in this paper and also the beretn. 'ALASKA CIRCULATION OU. ARANTEED TO THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER rvnucrnon tehes credi on the spot. they're doing Auto plants t plated motor car® tanks. eight models they itled to the use for to 1t of Dot ather- the local news published B LAROER Ameriesn Bulld) NATIONAL REFR!S!ENTATIVB Alasks Newspapers, 1011 Seatt! mighty pretty to | tanks and airpla | tacturer. with business | This is directed tell their former lill will for wart WAR F'Romv It isn’t at all uummn(, what a democratic mmon\ to it—but can do when it sets its mind couraging The President has set a goal tanks, 60,000 airplanes, 8,000,000 and the guhs to go with the wol Recently Price Administrator said: We're inclined to believe he's is devoting every last screw of m: ing that production goal the changes that from a peace to a war- industry For A firm that and metal games for bullet punches. realize vast chi wging example: pensers ducing dies and ago, this firm was all set to go on the market with|only from the gr: a new gadget for squirting out soft drinks in n"-.\ that were the best of old Austria, but from civiliza- Now it's manufacturing the goods ml tion itself. ater lobbies. squirt out bullets to be Today a chrome cause, model dispenser stands in dusty splendor in a corner out-| It wouldn’t have been much if a Jap was taking the nickels out side of the main office good anyhow, of it. Back in Rhode Island, a huge planer is work-|y¢ aytractive wife made friends here and in Brazil. ing away on orders for its fourth war. . This old| | But, as he said war-tested veteran once smoothed plates for the | could not at 60, Monitor, the old Civil War ironclad. Certain of | rebuild his life in a new land. other for the for the duration. The sylvania, parts for pumps used in the last War now is planing gate castings the Navy We think that these examples, “The goods will be delivered on schedule.” faithful machine tools that | have no control. ) plain why, as a re canned food in his store after this said: “Don’t blame e ‘Governmcm! to shoot at—45,000 tons of flmm)infl rks Leon more bullets and tising constitutes Henderson 1 correct. America achinery to reach- It is almost impossible to | | have occurred in| time economy and | | Austria, then Ste! used to turn out soft drink diS-i‘mmed suicide in Brazil recently, was a man without | children is now pro-| a country. More Eighteen months | Nazis are the on of the soft Brazil. | deep, he inspired turhed out parts! | brink. Yet his old vertical boring mill in Allentown, Penn- |little more personally the problems of the exile for that was built in 1865 and first produced | conscience’ They fought and suffered while many of us | were still indifferent, and had no dear spot of ground sake. year of the Civil |earth. for a drydock for | | to which they could return. 'to them dead. Let us be more thoughtfully kind even though fig- | o\ 0%y ing. ures on the vast amount of production for war that | is now going on cannot be made public, show partly | l why Price Administrator Henderson said that the 1,0, Havana and Bahama on the fiim marquees when | goods will be delivered on schedule. We hope to see some concrete evidences of this |are beginning to be troubled by the enemy, and what are delivered | will Hollywood do for mew picture titles? | If movie audiences nsist on having its romance north, south, east and west of places, it will simply Housewives may get as much as 200 pounds of | be a question of picking out absolutely safe arenas in a few months—when the to the Japs. extra sugar for canning later in t to look more and more that work in the kitchen: burgh, South of Milwaukee, Moon Over Kansas City, will not be rationed. Wafltmmon : Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) of the companies manufacturing war supplies have to receive loans from the Federal treasury. Even such giant companies as Curtis, Packard, and General Motors, have received war loans from the Gov- ernment. ‘Therefore, the speed of granting those loans, and the decision as to| who gets them not only means de-‘ feat or victory, but vitally affec the future ‘economy of the States, That is why Jesse Jones today, as Federal Loan Administrator, is more powerful than the Chief of Staff, the Commander of the Fleet, the War Production Board, the Secretarles 6f War or Navy—in fact| everyone in Washington save the President of the United States. HOW Here, for illustration of how it works. Marine Electric Corporation Portland, Oregon, tremely important war instruments. In fact, it is the only factory on the West Coast which can make them. It has a payroll of around 1,000 men and an excellent repu- fation, but was up against the fact that the Navy had not inspected a lot of instruments and therefore had not paid for them. B0, a short time ago, the com- pany urgently needed a defense; Joan, and was in a position v.hcrc it would have to close down if it| got no mcney to meet its payroll. JESSE WORKS instance, is a concrete The All it needed was $80,000. But to get this through Jesse Jones' RFC! ordinarily requires about two months. In this case, however, the War Production the head of Jesse Jones, Board went over “goods” United | of | is making ex-| v[he war broke. he year. It begins |for romance and and the like. direct to Portland, asked William Kennedy, manager of the Portlahd RFC office, to forward the papers immediately, and after a lot of bulldozing in Washington, finally got the loan. Subsequently, however, the WPB Finance Division was warned not |to do anything like that again. ‘, “We had to keep our men here until 11 p.m.” RFC officials com- plained. And as a result of the loan, Jesse Jones, Loan Administrator, has a mortgage even on the life insur- |ance of the Marine Electric Cor- poration’s executive and a provision that his plant can't spend more than $1,000 without RFC consent. BOSS BOTTLENECK Chief trouble with Jesse Jones| #s that he has spent miost of his 68 'years as a banker and this is a |time when the nation needs red- tape-cutters, not bankers. Yet you A new and commendable trend has been noted in advertising lately, has been recognition of the new cultural and moral uses of | advertising and indications are that this néw form | of advertising will do more to 'stamp an industry or with enthusi; all industries at this ‘time are ex- | | isting for one purpose—to aid in this coutitry’s war | Much is expected of these industries. They're John They don't |of shiny autos in the advertising columns, you see| | ook with a much more favorable light on the manu- Evep the tire companies which have nothing to | sell at the moment have combined sound patriotism acument | tomers conserve what they have. bile companies also have used some advertising to | their present models. Likewise, food manufacturers have made use of advertising to prevent the company from ificurring | | whose husbands and sons are |the war. Pin full responsibility on Hitler, Hiro- hito and Benito—and be glad that less tin for us means Besides retaining customer loyalty, such adver- justing the American public to the inevitable depriv- | ations of a wartime economy. If Hitler's butcher boys are the lezal rulers of They are the wandérers, branded with | dispensed for a more worthy | the mark of Cain. Men like Stefan Zweig, creatively | drink | gifted, have a homeland everywhere. | Or they should have one. 1com|nue his writing, first in the parts of Europe | that were still free, then in this country, then in|Will cause rivalries among VATOUS s oo yn AN unstressed, first I s in NIGHT, second I as in IT, second A A modest, quiet man, whose emotions ran |industrial centers. No friendly word can reach him now, famous old warship also have been enlisted | encourage him, no hand draw him back from the | Shanghai. and Tahiti were already making way | MORAI:E BUH DING both in newspapers and maga- brought about by a Wwidening stic approval than anything Public wants to know what hat once produced shiny ehromium- now are manufacturing dull-colored look as pretty as the straight used to produce, but the tanks look jittery Jolin Public. 'So in place anes. And John Public begins to in educational advertising. toward helping their former cus- And the automo- customers how to better conserve ime interferences over which they One advertiser who wanted to ex- esult of less tin, there would be less | your grocer! And don’t blame your shells for America's guns!” an important morale builder in ad- | Nazi Exile i (New York Times) fan Zweig, who, with his wife, com- accurately, it can be said that the‘ es who have exiled themselves, not aciousness, the art, the learning Zweig tried hard lo] liking as well W5 respect. He and‘ in his pathetic farewell noté, he | summon the “immense strength” to | no. tribute | death may make us understand a Such men are the salt of ourl We take off pur hats But now these holiday seas, toq, adventure, such as East of Pm.s-' rubber will cost the American people thousands of tires one year hence. Again, Jesse Jones refused to pay ! Mexico more than $100 a flask for| mercury. Japan was paying as high | as $230 a flask, but Jesse wouldn't budge ‘a cent higher. It happens that mercury not only | is essential to shells and explos-| ives, but alsp is “poor man’s gold” in Mexico, being mined by Indians on small farms. When the price is high they work, when it is low they do something else. der ‘Jesse's nose. Moreover, the Japs bought directly from the In-f diah, ‘while "Jesse, a bariker to the end, insistéd on biying through the big. banks ‘of “Mexico 'City, which took a. commission ‘from the na- | tives. - So ‘the natives preferred to sell directly fo the Japs and keep the commission for ‘themselves. fean't teach dn old dog new tricks. And today, with the war going| worse and worse, and production | more and mote necessary, Jesse 'is | ‘.\ml keeping his eye glued to thr-' balance sheet, Sometimes he almost seéms more interested in iflving\ a few pénnjes than in saving the | nation. ! Last summeér, for instance, when | American ships were rushing rub- ber from the Dutéh FEast Indies, the Navy and Maritime Commis- |sion wanted to unload the rubber fat San Francisco, instead of tak- |ing it all the way through Panama |to New York. This meant a slight- |ly more expensive rail haul over (hc Rockies, but also it meant about !a month saved in rushing vessels back to Singapore for another lmul of rubber. But Jesse Jones wouldn’t pay the extra rail charge from San Fran- cisco to New York. He insisted that the ships go all the way through the canal. And since he And that is one reason why we are already running low on mer- | cury. Jesse employed somewhat the same tactics with Brazil in regard |to wild rubber from the Amazon jungles. The natives will go out and get the rubber if the price is high énough, otherwise they dvoid || the snakes and mosquitoes, and stay at home. But up until very re- cently, Jesse was wllllus to pay'| fofily 20 cénts a pound for rubber, | while the Germans were paying 30 cents. So the Brazilians have not gotnie out into the jungles, and Jesse has had the satisfaction ‘of doihg ‘bust- ness on a sound banker-like basis. (Copyright, 1942, 'by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) e REGISTER NOW Regardless ‘Of 'prévious registra- tion, all Juheau residents wishing to vote in the April 7 eléction ‘must register at the City Hall before noon | made the loan to buy the rubber, | Jesse was boss. and bottleneck. And that one little telephoned saving of about 6 cents a pound cn|—adv. ) April 4. The office Will ‘be open He was both boss | quring the neon hour each day. ROBERT G. RICE. City Clerk. |the conflict produces victims on |be fairly fortunate for routine busi- | |Bast will eontinue to move west-| ; a v Result was that Japs smuggled a |. lot of mercury right out from un-|:; HAPPY fBlRfl'IW _ MARCH 18 i Fisie McMatifgle” Albert Shaw | Ryder, Converse Mrs. Eni Allen Bert Bertholl Chester Shanks Alice H. Murray T .D. Stimson Mrs. Arnold McDonald Olaf C. Peterson MARCH 18, 1922 Acting Gov. Karl Theile wired to Gov. Scott C. Bone in protest against the move to abandon Fort Liscum, near Valdez, and Fort Gibbons, on the Yukon River, which had been announced as necessary due to the reduction in the armed forces; By the quick work, of Jim McCloskey, proprietor of the Alaskan Hotel, and D. W. Flanigan, city patrolman, a fire in Lhe_Alaskan Hotel which might have destroyed the entire building, was confined to one room and extinguished early in the morning. giriit Judges and clerks were appointed for the city dnd Territortal pri- maries and election at the meeting of tHe City Council the previous | evening. Those to be charge at the City Election weére: Precinét No. 1-— A. M. White, H. R Shepard, A.J. Sprague, Marfin Lavenik, C. E- Cart- wright; Precinct No. 2—Nels Sorby, Jim Russell, C. P. Cole, L. R. Smith, J. W. Leivers; Precinct: No, 3—R. H. Beistline, Henry States, }Gcox-ge Jorgenson, Grant Baldwin, J. A- Borges. To scivo in the primary election, were: ‘Precinct No. i—D. H. McKay, Frank Wilson, Frank Metealf; C. E. Cartwright, A. M. Clare; Precinct No. 2—James Russell, M. -J. Casson, Nels Sorby, W. J. Leivers, Andy Lagerzren; Precinet No. HOROSCOPE “The stars incline Tlmt do not co'ntpei” ‘THURSDAY, MARCH .19 . . b e Mildly benefic aspects rule m_la—: l‘;fit::emnn, Henry States, George Jorgenson, O. S. Bendiekson, day. . A war emergency. mgy be R elsfline; ¢ stimulating to labor and fartunate | for the Allies, especially those be- | Owing to the reduction of the price of coal at the Nanaimo, B. C., longing to South America, | mines, the City Council authorized the reduction in the price of coal at HEART AND HOME: Under this | the city dock of $1.50 a ton, Screeh toal was to sell in the future at configuration there should be an increase of courage among women |$13.50. in — Fortitude will develop ns | The Douglas Parent-Teachers' Association was to theet with H. T Tripp, ex-Territorial Senator of Junedu, giving the priticipal address. Also taking part-in the program were Lillidn Demytt, Flora Halitovie, IF. A. J. Gallwas, Maymie Feusi and Rico Alemi. land and sea. Girls will goncen- trate more and more \Mll numer- ous lines of service. They v.xll’ prove to have extrdordinary “b'““" Mrs, J. K. Campbell was ‘elected President of the Presbyterian Ladies’ in mechanical tasks as well as in | A4 Soclety at the annual meeting held at the home of Mis. John B. hospitals. “Heroines will command | yr,icha)) Other officers chosen were: Mrs. M. S. Whittler, Mrs. Kather- {tribute for the nation is to dem-|... pooker Mrs, M. B. Summers, Mrs. Charles H. Flory, Mrs. G. E. onstrate developed spiritually as well as in- 1 hysicall i w;&g}‘:gssmirgd“s v This ),“ Charles Ray was the headliner at the Coliseum Theatre starring in not a favorable date for launch- “45 Minutes from Broadway” and at Spiekett's Palace was Otis Skinner ing any new project but should in “Kismet.” that its young folk have | ‘Klmm‘ A church supper was planned for March 28. ness. Pluto, planet of possesswn,; Generally fair with not too much change in teémperature with is in a forbidding aspect. . Shrink- brisk northeast to east winds. Maximum téemperdature was 24 and age of incomes affected by taxes | minimum 22. and added living costs will affect | - & > an the seale of living, but merchants should be fairly prosperous. he | Da 3 [ E '- by dollar as a standard of -mieasure | essons ln ng ls W. L GORDON in the financial world will gain'y & ' added respeét even in the Axis | countries, WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do ot say, “He has been to school” NATIONAL ISSUES: LocRtion of | gay, “He has been AT school.” “He went TO school” is correct. Government plants for war work OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Annihilate. Pronounce a-ni-i-lat, first The stars warn| as in LATE, accent second syllable. that time should not be wasted inl il s s changes of gstabliskied factaries and ! OFTEN MISSPELLED: Lesser (smaller); ER. Lessor (who who leases) ; OR. hops. Expansion rather than the s ; |estaplishmont of new industries 5| SYNONYMS: Patent. (adjective), plain, apparent, clear, evident, [‘ecommended by the seers. Both | OPvious. : |the Atlantic and Paecific CO“S‘S‘ WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us will contintie to show super-achieve- | increase our vocabulary by mastering cne word each day. Today’s word: ments in production. Danger of | PROFOUND; intellectually deep; entering far into subjects. “He is a bombings is believed to be small profound scholar.” “His wisdom is profound.” . as United States defense. prepar- MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roperta vue ations attain extraordihary scope.' INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: | Notwithstanding the enemy inter- est in India hostilities in the Par| ward. Action in the North Pa-| cific, possibly as far north as Ber-|man she admires to ¢all épon her? ling Strait and - Alaska, is fore-! A. No, this is no longer considered improper as -it was at one time. [Gdst. The Allies ‘will be able to|/The yoithg woman of today may say, “Mr. Carson, mother and I will be ward off the enemy but losses Will 4t nome next Wednesday evening. Would you like t6 stop in for a little be entailed. As ‘spring advances gjon fighting in all parts of the world | will ‘become more desperate. In- creased strength in aviation will be evident especially next month when our newest airplanes will pass‘ to some particular dish. Q. When dining in a friend’s home, should a guest take a helping of every dish, the first time it is offered? A. It is the -most gracious thing to do, even if one is not partial (c GORDON the augury of a year of success.! indieated. ' mu sE-RVKE | 1. "Do tanding or sumng pl-nes huve “the mmc oi Wny ‘at ah 3. What is an archipelago? the \Hi6st “severe bésts. Q What would be an appropriate eostume for a woman who is Impulsive ‘aéts should be avolded. | mudo oo srssicrs. (Copyright, 1942) % | airport? LEAGUE MEETING 4. Who was the Jitst Chief: Justice o( the Supreme Court, appointed Persons whose bifthdate it is have | 80108 to travel quite a distance? Quarrels that mar happiness are lo g K R ———— 2. What is the colored portion of the eye ealled?. . by George Washington? | . . U e B 5. W)muthemot«wmwnnommqntmwnhmnedcnued: Plans Progress for Recrea-| | ‘Aeeorires sines £ 21‘“”‘ A - YionCenfer for Serv- .. | o, iee: Men [ Blands. An enlargedl Judeau Service|- 5. El\ibber. League met last night in the City Hall in a 'session to perfect the League’s Wmu«m and to' hear reports on’ the progress of the Léague in furthering redreation fa- llfltl Wotnuu Club Rice; Tlfi[lly fl‘lfi&‘d $13,60 instead of $15 and mine run coal wds to sell at $12 instead of i Q. Is it considered imptoper for a young woman tq ask a young i A. A semi-dark tailored suit, with fresh blouae, is apprepriate. e 3. Any sea or: Kroad sheét of - w-ur mm:pem wlth numerous» MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and tounh g Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. . R. W COWLING, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVe ERS, Secretary. PIGGLY WIGGLY Far BETTER Groeeries Phone 16—24 Dr. A. W. Stewatt '. -d——a.._—-‘ g e ——— e U TIDE CALENDARS | Dr. John H: Geyer - FREE « - e 3 e || ey B, Drogt ol SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Rldg. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary and Pranklin Sts. 'PHONE 136 , PAUL BLOEDHOBN 8. FRANKLIN STREET — —=|| BCA Vicior Radios | and RECORDS Juneau M okt rcodon oot By Second Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shattuck A Agency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market ' 478—PHONES—371 HUA Quality Fobds at Archie B. Beiis rlmm.' ACCOUNTANY “Taxes lvn— Bookkeoping “Say It With Flowers" but “SRY IT WITH OURS!" [ Harry ‘Sperling appoint three mefn- | School; cllittes for sérvice men in Jutieat. Mayor Harry I. Lueas, city rep- feéntative ‘oh ‘the Teague, réport- | Mrs ed than @n dpplication for Fed- eral funds with which to bulld dnd tu'rn a recreation center will be gent to Washington, D. C. dy, appltcnuon nsks for, a 5,000 appropriation under the Community Facllities Act. The city thas faken an option on the old si‘.d:wenml Hotel lot as a_ proposed /1t was_voted w have Chairman [ bers bf ‘the League to serve with McCuteheon, - Pionéers' “Auxiliary; | Mrs. W. P. Seott; Marths Society; Modse, SHERRY WINES ( Of the chairman and Secretary W. H. Matthiews ias .an Executive Comr mittee. i ;. The following representatives ‘at- tended 1ast night's meeting: Esther mlsum, Rebekah Lodge;: Claude M. Hirst, National Feder-|¢ ation of Federal Employes; Anita Garnick, Business and Professiorial Women’s Club; C. E. Pool, Douglas Mrs. Harry Stonehouse, American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. Sons of Norway; Stanley Jackson, Salvation{«) James Orme, Juneau Fire Adjt. Army; LIVERMORE, Calif., Marc. P!rfecuon of a new production pro- American sherries, the first z‘“ ever developed in thb un Mas announced at the Cres- fa .Winery here by Carl J. K!el& -President in charge, of pla ,pibducuon for Schenley ers »gomomnon owners of thc cipal feature of the procesq.‘ lunul was development of a sherry Weuf" or warehouse for uniform | Em; m‘u;lnc of high quality sherrfes. B. Phlmu, B M‘» . %’e ‘wamen ot |0 the !(emodmcm Mis. Stave uuu.rm'mum(fi ssm T &‘oul} and Mudurm-e mda:iatmem thus providing a continuity of supply. all of the world’s leading sherries, which Have no vintage identifica- S (‘APHAL—’SSD.m» qu&wsa-uw;oao tion, have, %l ticgd by, the' solera 8 for thk past cehtury.! Mr. xfig-n i the’ Blanca/ m lUNEAQMiASKA | i e mnul There is fo subsinuie hmxpaper adverflsmg! %fip& bnld ciréulation.