The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dmly' Alaska Empnre Pubfished every evening except Bunday by the EMPIRE FRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. BELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered in (he Post Offies 1o Junélu as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Ju d Douclas for $1.26 por month. BY mail, postage t the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six montbs, in advance; $8.00; one month, in sdvance, 31.25. Subseribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. ‘Telephopes: News Office, 603: Busines Offics, M. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED FRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the csé for reputlication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | bereln. "ALASEA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER rvnucmav President Vice-President and Business Msnaser NATIONAL REPRESFNTATTVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1 American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. BEHIND COMPLACENCY The American war effort is bound to govern the | average American’s appraisal of his country’s plight. | To underestimate that grave plight is to weaken our ‘ , and in the days to come. of censorship hides things, things hidden for good reasons. But if the facts a cheerful and false interpretation is dangerous hinders a war effort. war effort, now. probably | e grim. It many is dangerous because it 1 tell us, bottom and recent battles, then we hav nse leads us as recent storids released by the Government | numerous Japs ships have been sent to the few American sbips have been lost in a reason to feel cheerful that this is But common & to believe s | not the true picture But does it lead the factory worker who is hr‘lp-‘ ing to produce arms for his nation to believe the| same thing? And if it doesn't, isn't it reasonable to suspect that this factory worker isn't able to bring himself to the point of supplying the greatest of elbow grease he can on the job? And it he isn't doing this, he is complacent The trouble with Americans today is that (h(‘\‘ aren't mad encugh. If we're going to win this war wa've got to get fighting mad And if we're going to get fighting mad, we've got to have something | to get mad about We believe we have that something, amount but that only | high officials who are “in the know" are aware Before the American people are going to be able to reach their maximum of efficieney in this war effort, they're going to have to be told the truth. ‘There the grim side of war always is bad. So far that grim side has become conspicuous by the of it however, its ab- sence in governmental press rele We can’t blame the newspapers for printing rosy | war stories able. America has great psychological in this war. If we are told the truth, more fighting mad than our enemies, because they started it. We were socked first. We know that| we're in the right in this war. That faet hasn’t even ! been argued in this eountry. one weapon They must print what they have avail- | we can get | POL mCAL WARFARE Whenever you hear the charge that “Britain is |willing to fight to the last American,” watch out for the speaker. If we were writing this editorial for a British audience, the phrase would be “America is willing to fight to the last Englishman.” These two| phrases are shells used by the Axis in their political warfare. America seems to have been more of a sucker for the Axis in this respect than the British. Of late, too much criticism against the British has been heard in America, and seen in the press. | The enemy is an expert in this kind of war- |fare. If he can split the United Nations by start- ing them squabbling about one another, he's helping his side. It has veen very easy so far for an enemy agent to start a wave of criticism in America against one or of our Allies. The way he works is simple. There are many thousands of enemy agents in America today. They get their cue for their work here by listening to the enemy shortwave which de- votes most of its time to attacks on England and dishing out “interpretations” which can be used for attacks. The enemy agent heére then takes his ar- sument to scmeone who can spread a good whisper- campaign without too much suspicion. He picks out a bitter-end isolationist or a Roese- velt-hater. These persons are always ready to be- lieve anything unfavorable about the Administration, and usually haven't the slightest idea of what they doing when they act as the €harlie McCarthy" of enemy agents. So far, America has been fertile ground for lhos*‘ Axis gossips. Churchill has become a person to laugh | lat. We are led to believe that the British are leav-| ing too much up to the Australians in the Pacific| Wi Soon we will be asked to believe that the 'm\-‘ more ing are ! ar, {tralians are letting the United States fight for them. \Lowm for spring should be b Already, someone seems to have done a fair job of | and Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia. Britain is less fertile ground for the enemy agents, Britain has the benefit, if you ean call it| that, of having gained a certain familiarity with the present war. The British press seldom hits back at America. The newly-landed AEF in Australia and agitation in the American press for England to give independence to India has been interpreted by en- emy agents in Britain to mean that America hns‘ designs on the British far-flung possessions. But the \Bnnsh press has been intelligent enough to realize probable. the idiocy of this charge and has disregarded it Supplying the Arselml | (Cincinnati Enquirer) The new agreement with Brazil is spectacular | | proot of the greatly increased cooperation between the Americas, made possible apd imperative by the war. Under the series of agreements, the United States will lend to Brazil $100,000,000 for the develop- ment of her immense resources of iron, magnesite, | Quartz crystal, rubber, and bauxite—raw materials thi | United States needs desperately to supply this ar- senal of the United Nations In addition, American money will be made avail- able for the exploitation of Brazilian rubber re- | sources—especially the wild rubber already at hand Other credits will be advanced to permit improve- | five Jin | charitable institutions in the United HA BIRTHDA MkRCH 28 C. T. Gardner Darrell Cole Phyllis Andrews F. T. Thomas Mrs. R. E. Edwards Mrs. Peter Jacobsen Florence Lindsey Clarence Lingwood Alpha Richey Mrs. R. 8. Stowell Ralph T. Washburn Harold T. Blackwood Mrs. | With the final battle regarding remain opén for the meeting. HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” This is not an important day in planetary government. Neptune is | i The firemen and the Elks No. !vhe City Bowling League the prévious night 20 YEARS AGO 7% surine MARCH 23, 1922 the Four-Power freaty raging in the Senate, administration leaders predicted that it would be ratified the .| following day. The local 1922 “clean-up” and “pdint-up” campaign was suceessfully launched by the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company which was all fresh and clean with its new dréss of paint and varnish. Other merchants were eéntering ifito the spifit of sprifig by freshening up their places of business both inside and out. Members of the Wethan's Auxiliary of the Alford John Bradford Post No. 4 were to hold their sécofid meeting in the Oda Fellows' Hall at 7:30 o'clock ini the evenirig. Those nét already signied up as charter members wotld hdve an opportunity to do s6 as the charter was to 1 teams both won their matches in Bowlers who tepped the \zoo mark were Metcalf, 317; Robertson, 211, and Parks, 205. Parks had hu,h average with a score of 561 and fhind with a total of 560 apiece. Metcalf and Birragar were right be- John Erickson, keepm: at the Eldred Rock lighthouse station, left in in adverse sway late in the after-|iho evening on the gasboat Pucific on his third attempt to reach the !station. On the two previous frips made by the Estebéth, heavy séas and HEART AND HOME: This is @ |hijgh winds prevented the boat from making a landing. noon. favorable rule of the stars for work that pertains to domestic comfori. | Delegates to the American Leg ion Convention in Ketchikan were | It encourages thrift and sunmm!rhw leave Juheau March 28 on the gasbeat Anita PHIllips, Capt. Tay linterest in the old-fashioned ar's g orc Thoge making the trip were, A. F. Fisher, Post Commander, to give generously to the of time | wardrobes of the war. This means that new ot stowed upon those who need cloth- The veil |Starting a fight between Prime Minister Churchill ing because their possessions h1v{'\ lm:‘n destroyed. Wearing q\lahum\df are of first concern and true kind- liness considers only the best. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: World at- tention has been called to the con- | | junction of the two major planet !Saturn and Uranus, May 3, a event occurring only once in for! years. Political troubles in countries ruled by the sign in| which the planets fall are always The conjunction of 1942 falls in the last degree of Taurus land is read as indicating a change in the British government and constitution. Far-reaching effects in financial matters are predicted. NATIONAL ISSUES: Difficulty supperting philanthropic and States will cause the suspicion that |home needs are forgotten in zeal . The! | importance of carefully distributing | | contributions is stressed by all in- | to relieve foreign sufferers. | terested in human welfare. Cities and counties should accept as a first consideration the claims of their local organizations. ~War wastes millions of unfortunate vietims | lives and bil- cannot be any war without a grim side, and ment of Brazilian highways and railways, so that!lions of dollars, when the cost Of jncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word day. 'or knitting and sewing. This is a | Munn and J. W. Kehoe. | at the Douglas Natatorium in hofior runne and gréen gave the big hall a Girl Scouts in Douglas gave a successful cabaret dinner and dance of St. Patrick’s Day. Trimmings of féstive appearance and the carnival effect was further carried out by the girls themselves in white drid green esses with bizarre head-dresses. during supper and at 9 o'clock a t (music for dancing. The Juneau Lumber Mills were nd May 1, according to Roy Ruther Girl Seouts gave an ehtertainment hree-piece orchestra played popular to begin operations between April 15 ford, manager. For a conference with U. S. Forester Col. W. B. Greeley and other officials from the Washington Forestry Office and District Foresters on the Pacific Coast, Assistant District Princess Mary for Portland. Forester M. L. Merritt left on the Weather was still fair and slight | winds. P e ly colder with brisk northeast to east Maximum temperature was 35 and minimum 31. Daily Lessons in English % .. corboxn WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, Brown, I knew what action to take.” shun, O as in OR, U as in UNITE, A syHable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Wholly; SYNONYMS: Natural, | methodical. WORD STUDY: “Use a word t customary, “After having talked with Omit AFTER. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Inauguration. Pronounce in-o-gu-ra« as in RAY, principal accent on fourth not EY. habitual, systematic, orderly, hree times and it is yours.” Let us “Today's word: materials can be shipped promptly and efficiently ‘Om‘ warship would save thousands' pyyyfARMONIC; loving harmony or music; often in names of musical when produced. And finally, | ment with Brazil is expanded so that Brazil can go! ahead more rapidly in preparing for her own de- fense with American-made armaments of \annufi‘ kinds. This network of agreements is a long step to- wards a full-blown program of hemisphere coopera- tion for the ,common defense. The United States' has factories but needs certain raw materials. Brazil |fort to estend development of the | | needs capital, technical skills, and certain finished | Dominion's great natural resources {before the deal has been compl is|gaturn is in an aspect that seems | And furthermore, it strengthens ' to obviate anxiety regarding any Up until the last one has been dealt. products, notably armaments. The exchange mutually beneficial. suffering. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Jupiter is in a place read as most promising to Canada, Mexico and | It is forecast the United States. that Canada’ which will continne ! close to us will make syccessful ef- | But as long as the grim facts are hidden from | {he bonds which in years to come will make the| economic post-war upheaval, It has the American sufer. publie, the war effort is ure. Washinglon Meny- Go-Round (Oannnued from Page ou) became WPB, he improvement, Bu to plug up the of ness. He has h: soft lieutenants, radios, have been the eyes of the British Navy in the North Sea But not American fishermen Meanwhile we lose an average of more than one ship a day. front. That was what ic walk-out. He CAPITAL CHAFF or New Dealer. A significant meeting took place between Wendell Willkie and John Hamilton, ex-chairman of the Re- publican National Committee, in | ness man who bel everything to tha bound to | The other was Knudsen’s lack |him packing of a tough production policy. When Nelson took over, and OPM |done no better that he did before. production policies. the sort of combination to win the war on the all-important industrial was about behind Guthrie’s dramat- He is a very suc- | sessful, hard-headed Kentucky busi- the way to win the war is to give Americas a | entity. | promoted, and in his new job, has laid down tough | He has repeatedly clashed with sub- | That was a big t Nelson has yet| version to war production and ther fatal weak- |privately there is very strong feel- ard policies but |ing against him among. the all-| and this is not |outers, Harpison, Nelson reeently had to slap down publicly when he put out a statement that the huge ship| building program could not be met because of the scarcity of mater- ials. . Nelson retorted that the pro- gram could and would be met and no more has been heard from Har- | rison. He is also charged by the all- outers with pussyfooting on con- { all the shooting ; is no leftwinger ieves simply that t effort. more unified and prosperous economic | Instead, Reed was!| ordinates seeking to speed up con- | | indicated. been prophesied. that _early this year Canada would play a Vit part in eoordinating British and American points of view. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of some perplexities. Correspondence should | be carefully watched. Fair gain is Children born on this day prob- ably will be high-strung and in- tense. They will be talented and! jable to win success. (Copyright, 1942) HOSPIAL NOTES John Maloney, who has been re-( | ceiving medical treatment in St. Ann’s Hospital, was dismissed yes-‘ terday. New York the other day. None too friendly during the last cam- paign, they are getting together now. Through a mutual friend, Jee Kennedy, one-time U. S. Ambas- sador to Britain, offered to e a job on the staff of War Produe- | tion Chief Donald Nelson if he agreed to certain “terms.” Nelson sent back word he wasn't interest- ed. Corcoran, recently investigated by the Truman committee, is in Mex- ico in connection with legal work for a big-shot Mexican labor lead- | er. THREE WPE BUSTS (The Washington Merry-Go- Round will publish several ar- ticles on the War Production Board and its achievements. This is the first. -Ed.) Privately, War Production Board insiders were delighted with the explosion caused by the resigna- tion of plain-talking Robert Guth- rie. It forced into the open a sour; which under cover situation on Donald Nelson has been pussyfoot- ing for weeks This is the retention of dollar- a-year men in key posts despite | . Former brain-truster Tom | For months he tried to pursue such a course by compelling profit- minded consumer goods industries | to convert their desperately needed facilities to war production. Guth- |rie was opposed, hampered and | overruled by dollar-a-year men who | apparently were more interested in | protecting the profits of their cor- porations than winning the war. He battled to curtail the produc- tion of radios, electrical appliances, |and the use of wool. . In every case |be was thwarted by business-as- {usual WPB moguls. Within WPB, three Nelson lieu- tenants have long been under fire { by all-outers on charges of itiade- !quacy. They are— Philip Reed, chaitman of the board of General Electrie, who is head of the Division of In- dustry operations. | William H. Harrison, | | | vice president of A. T. & T., Chief of the Division of Production. Lessing Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck director and former America Firster, who direets the division handling the scrap col- lection programs THEIR RECORDS Nelson’s choice of Reed for the version and not compelling great- jer use of machinery and equip- ment. Rosenwaia nas an enormous staff. !They are so numerous they fall ‘over one another. But while thou- sands of tons of scrap are to be found on every hand all over the ! country, steel mills are closing down | | put of tanks, guns and ships seriously threatened. is | | the sourest in WPB. He is charged with lack of drive, executive ca- pacity and imagination. When a bold plan is submitted to him, he recoils in horror. It took weeks to |get him to sanction foreful niea- sures against a junk dealer who was holding 100,000 tons of scraj for profiteering prices, Rosenwald fiddled around for sev- |éral months on a way to collest !the vast quantities of scrap to be found in farmers’ barns and yards. I 24 hours a young movie execu- tive, who had been called in on i the problem by other WPB' chiefs, produced a simple and practical plan to do the job by using the WPA. The inside word is that Reed and the fact they have displayed nemp‘lndustry Operations Division caused | T05°nWald are slated for the axe. er the capacity nor the all-out at-| titude demanded by the stupendous | war effort. J This was oneé of the two under. lying causes for OPM's dismal fa much eyebrow raising the war agencies. Reed’s record in three OPM jobs throughout had been so sour that it was tak-, len for granted Nelson would send It's long overdue. (Copyright, 1942, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) — e i | Subserive w ‘The Empire. for lack of the metal; and the out- | Mrs. Nellie Triplette and baby | daughter, Susan Kay, left St. Ann’s Hospital for their home yes- terday. Hospital, jday. was taken home yester- Nick Koloff has entched St. ment. Mr. Ida Hulse enteéred St. Ann's Hospital yesterday for | treatment. Mfs. Royal Thompson, who his |been receiving medical care in St. |Anin's Hospital, was dismissed yes- terday. | Arthur PinKerton entered = 8t. Ann’s Hospital yesterdday morning. Aie Marius Bénson was admitted ‘o St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday for treatment. Joseph Gileason was this morning to St pital. admitted Ann's Hos- | e —— DR. RAE LILLIAN CAR] Local optometrist has returned to| Baby Marcello Quinto, who has| ' DOUGLAS | been a medieal patient in St. Ann’s | Ann's Hospital for médi eat- | ! Insiders rate Rosenwald's division | y " AL e Q. A. No; this is very rude. the lend-lease agree-|from starving and from needless| sooieties, as “the Philharmonic Society.” MODERN ETIQUETTE ® poserta LEE Is it proper for a bridge player to begin arranging his cards eted? He should not wneh nor pick the cards Q. Is it proper to wear any vivid cofors when attending a funeral? l A. No; this shows a crude disregard for the feelings of the mourn- al | ers, and a distinct lack of consideration and fine judgment. \ Q. How far from the edge of the dinner table should one seat ‘himsel(? ! A. The chair should be neither A distance of about eight inches is too near nor too far from the table. usually just right. | 1. What is the common name 2. What is the “Decalogue”? 3. What is the difference in Smmlnent"" What man is credited with kn.e" 5. ANSWERS: 1. Prunes. { 2. The Ten Commandments. k3 occur immediately. 1 4. Benjamin Franklin. 5. Juneau. Immarient means indwelling; for sun-dried plumis? meaning bewteen “immanent” and a great discovery through flying & What is theé capital city of Alaska? imminerit means threatening to NEWS ELECTION OFFICIALS TO BE NAMED TONIGHT Regular second monthly meeting [schiéduled for this evening at the miedical fysual, hour, Awafting dction. is: the selection of clerks and judges to preside over the coming city eléc- tiom which- falls on April 7. Those to be considered for the days work involved are expectéd to Rave their applieations in so thé miem- bers of the Counell may vote on' them. R o S LINCOLN RETURNS After 4n absence of about two weeks spent in Sitka Ed Lincoin arrived home Dby plane Saturday evening. . ————————— IN FORESTRY OFFICE Miss Grace Pusich who returnéd |home lagt week after completing # coufse of secretarial training in Seattle has taken a position in Juneaw. Eyes exatfilned, broken lenses replaced. Blomgren Bldg., Phone 636. U. S. Foresty Office, Juneau. e of the Douglas City Council s sion, ref front sevetal days perimental far mthere in conjunc- tion with Dr. L.‘T. Oldrdyd, Direct- or 6f the University of Ms Ex-} tension Seryiee. ’ THE experiment mm’ is m operated as & venture by the Urifversity and fhe Aldska Game: Comimission. Dufresne said that experiments at present- are pemtinig towaral four | objectives: T devqu an ideal type fox and based on fish rations, to weiop an alum- | inum shdde of fox by crossing a blue with a white fox, fo demon- strate that better foes can be' raised | on animals confined to pens, and to prove that marten cah be bred in captiyity. He said that several| marten breedifigs were secured lasi summer and another is Expwted; soon., { ——————— i Emplre Classifieds Pay: MONDAY MARCH 23, |942 Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS PHONE 60 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST TH CENTURY BUILDING Oftice Phome 49 DTS ucm?;" Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths ! Dr. Doelker, D. O, Bernard Bldg. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Jones-Stevens Shp LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Sewsrd Street Near Tnird JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING “Sary It With Flowers” but “SKY It WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Phone 311 I Rice & Ahlers Co. 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