The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 25, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Published every evening except Sundey by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered In the Post Offioe in Juneau as Sacond Class Matter. UBSCRIPTION RAT) Delfvered by earrier in Junes By mall. postage One year, in wdvance, $12.00, one month, in advance, $1.25. Bout! the To Uvery of their paper: Telephones: News Office, 602; Busin MEMBER OF AS The Associated Press js excl berein Vice-President and Business Nanager x montbs, in sdvance, $6.00; | IATED PRESS sively entitied to the use for | reputlication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot other- wise credited in this paper and slso the local news published . Empire i It is doubtful ti gram for the pr launched at The guayul President | |and in llnvlnl Tates: | shipments of gu | United States h lubber confined Office, 3T4. studied have been made ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. THAN THAT OF TO BE LARGER |yield 20 percent s it — |the shrubs. At NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1811 | is 116t practiced American Building, Seattle, Wash, - rubber has been American equal in quality requiring equipment. The shrub is first year, three twice the fourth is highest lier. Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Pro- (20 flotation methad; requiring a mipimum of labor. duction Board, seems to have put ‘brnnches. The p! |lhc wood is carri into practice one | of the fundamental precepts of modern war—that | speed, and not price, is what pays off in producing | war materials : Nelson has suspended competitive bidding on military contracts in order to speed tanks, At a time when the public outery and more aggres: delivery of planes, | sjons, the reorga ships and equipment and to give more war streamlining process might look like a gesture to pla- | Thus the war seems to have a partial good side. present. | native to limestone slopes of north central Mexico the Big Bend area of Texas, Bubscrivers will confer & favor if they wil promptly notigy | MeXiCo for many years, but uncertainty of a market the Business Office of any fallure or {rregularity in the d¢- price and competition of cheap labor outside of the More than 1,000 strains of the plant have been in preliminary experiments and selections no changes in manufacturing plants |mant period when the rubber content of the plant nd Best returns are obtained from shrubs 2{f€ct the relations of capital a four to seven years old, but plants can be taken ear- The entire shrub is harvested, practically all of | the rubber being found in the cells in the cortex | | underlying the bark of the roots, Rebuilt For Action [W«'s!ern Hemisphere, and are also investigating the other rubber-bearing shrubs. rat without the war, any large pro- roduction of rubber would have been e plant is a slow-growing shrub, Commercial 1ayule rubber have been made from as kept the development of guayule to Mexico. . which after four years in the. field of rubber, based on dry weight of present, de~fesination of the rubber because the needs for which the limited have not required this. But‘ tire manufacturers have tested the de- resinated guayule product and have reported it to be to high-grade plantation rubber and or cultivated like corn-=four times the | times the second and third, and Harvesting is confined to the dor- stem and large | rocess of separating the rubber from ed on by a continuous dismtvgmlxon, Cincinnati Enquirer) | for swifter jnumbers will be accepted in facs | uniforms and work slacks they will THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, 20 YEARS AGO e eureire MARCH 25, 1822 A complete tie-up of the nation's entire coal industry. by 200,000 non-union miners, joined by half*.a million men of the United Mine adopted the previous night by the General nited Mine Works and American Federation Jaek “Beukers Mrs. R. P.’Nelson - Mrs. Dave S. Burnett W. E. Kilroy { George Sundborg } Eugene Carothers | Mrs, J. R. Langseth Kenneth T. Foster Helen Guéernsey Adolph T. Thompson % HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Good and evil aspects contend in | the horoscope for today. Saturn is variable in influence’ and may labor in a western industry. HEART AND HOME: This is an auspicious date for beginning new friendships between young men ; and young women but remance will be absent from the association of congenial spirits. ~Girls in great tories and will accomplish much' in mechanical tasks. In contrast o’ choose feminine attire for the home. Fashions that are picturesque sive action is reaching large dimen- nization of the army by a drastic | plicity in dress will be prevalent | for general wear. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Refugees from Europe will revive their na- tional arts and crafts as they find homes in the United States. Pot-! teries, wood carvings, glassware, laces and fabrics will be reproduced | | Workers was the prog Policy Committee of the Committee. for twelve. Jensen, F. Robertson, business. announded; L. after April 1. iously by H. P Crowther. be held. skillfully. Beginning in- a small way many big concerns will build | up ‘a large trade; Exports of duplicates of many articles former- | ly imported will be profitable nn'xr‘ contracts to small manufacturers cate the public. It may have that seccndary role. This is an order—not talk of a plan for “bits|But it is much more. The consolidation of the en- | and pleces” or “farming out." |tire army structure in three commands — ground | forces, air forces, and supply—is a revolutionary step. Of course, it will cost more \ sy 3 e distinctions between infantry, artillery, and Small companies just can't, in many cases, l’”"\navdlr\ have lost much of their meaning, and the duce art of war as cheaply as mass produc-|separate commands over them are abolished, . The air | tion industries. Last fall, for instance, the W'\slnn,u‘.um has come to a place of immense importance, and ton M -Go-Round reported that one company ‘lhls is recognized in the new setup by giving air submitted a bid for $1100 for a gun which bigger ! forces a rank equal with all ground forces. The ser- | companies were making for $600. vice of supply has been breken up into many com- | It was not a question of profiteering. The dis- | partments, with consequent delay and confusion. It parity was due to the fact that the smaller company | NOW is integrated under a single command was not experiencéd in mass-proc One obvious iuction methods. gain by the new scheme is to elim- | | galleries as famous an any in the the war. The United States will . become the great art center and it old world. NATIONAL ISSUES: a passenger on the Anita Phillips. b Mrs. George D. Beaumont entertained with a dinner party at her I home in the Spickett Apnrtments the previous evenlng Covers we(g laid Those nominated for, the City Council in Douglss at a meeting of : |citizens of that town the previous evening were James Christoe, Julius . J. Gallwas, Otto Wideman; Joe Riedi, E. Loomis, William ank Oliver, John Feusi, Joseph Simpson, Axel Kromquist, Guy Smith, Gust Grundler, and Ed Andrews. Gray, Frances Christoe, Nels Anderson and Eleanor Irvine. For School Director, Felix Members of the Skagway Eagle Lodge who were gucsts of the Doug- las Lodge at its regular meeting the previous evening were Lee C. Gault, L. E. Hudson, and C. H. Rogers, who happened to be on the Channel on Dorothy Dalton, in a new Paramount photoplay, “A Romantic Ad- venturess,” was the chief attraction at the Liberty Theatre in the evening. ‘The Junior Prom, the biggest social event on the High School cal- endar, was to take place in the A. B. Hall on Friday, Apru 1, it was .Gore, '‘Assistant - United States Attorney, had purchased the Finzel rddenoe ‘oN “Gold Belt. Avenue and was to occupy the place The residence had been constructed several years prev~ On the night of April 1, the Moose Hall was ta he open to every | child under 16 years of age, when a masquerade party and dance was to The children were promised a gay time and the proceeds |will have a vogue ailthough sim-[of the party were to be turned over to the Moose bullding fund. Reorganization of -the ;Boy Scouts in Juneau was to take place in the spring, according to an ahnouncement by L. D. Henderson, special field scout commissioner for Alaska. The orgahization had been inactive in Juneau since the close of school the previous year. Delegatés to the American Legion Convention at Ketchikan were to leave the following day on the gasboat ‘Anita Phillips. Those leaving {were A. C. Fisher, G. Mann and J. W. Kehoe. H. R Shepard, delegate | to the Pioncers of Alaska Convention to be held in Ketchikan, was also Members of the American Legion, who sponsored the big Monte v | ‘Carlo held the previous night at the Elks' Club, said the evening was a I big financlal success. 'Those on the committee in charge were O. E. | Schombel, chairman; Jack Woedard, F. Sorri, F. W. Oliver, M. L. Stepp Edacation and F. H. Sperling. The committee of the women's auxiliary in charge [will be widely discussed as the need | of refreshinents was made up of Mrs. Ray Day, chairman; Mrs. Scott C. of adapting studies to post-war con- ' ! Bone, Mrs. Charles Goldstein, Mrs. George Getchell, Mrs. G. Gustafson diticns is recognized. Vocatlonal' | training will become most import- | ant, but the value of what is strict- | Iv academic will be recognized.. continue to be insistent. Condensed college courses will’ he pop\‘nar but of temporary value, aszmlogprs de- | Persons whose birthdate it is have i Under Nelson's order, the small company will|Pate the delays entaied in routing every project or| get the order despite the added cost and United States | problem through several offices in the General Staff s B i 3 | Another is to insure that the officer who works out “"lv“_“ men will get the guns |a given problem also has the actual power to pu" This does not mean there will be an orgy of | nig solution into effect. The reorganization does not | spending, or t there will be a return to the waste- | add anything much to the unity of commanad in [h(-} ful cost-plus price system of the first World War. !field. But it does not militate against that unity. The Government will watch contracts closely, just | In respect to supply, but to supply only, the new | What is most practical in a changed | as a businessman would, for signs of profiteering. setup was put into operation during the first World | world will be given precedence but | 1f an industry slips something over, the Government ' War. It was successful under the dynamic leader- the demand for widé culture will can make adjustments on the next contract—adjust- | ship of General Goethels. It should work well under ments that will make the profiteer wish he hadn’t | General Breton Summervell, an engineer officer of tried to be too smart in wartime. great ability—and energy. But the vital point is that precious time will be le‘rpcrganizalion will insure ‘l}’:tblhe 213'““"‘!14 | clare. saved in awarding contracts by avoiding the com- M€P and weapons we can muster will be used with | plicated bidding system, and by putting to work | STCAer sbeed. that a stfategio e will be followed ifie Miury ¢ o yeht ot pengices more of the nation’s 200,000 factories : UN Due about by velopment of the guayule plant, a the United States hopes to help supply problem. The Forest Service and the | \up stock-piles. The plan was sent w‘he. not the people, runs the show. ing ‘ Merry- Go-Round (Conunuad from Pm One) Roosevelt Administration. What they are looking for are signs sim- ilar to those inside France in the spring of 1940, MORE RFC STALLING After the widespread denuncia- tions to which it has been subjected, it might be expected that Jesse | Jones' RFC would lean over back- ward to do everything in its power | to facilitate the war program. It | isn't Despite its blasting in the press, Jesse Jones' RFC still is adhering to its old stalling and penny-pinch- ing policies. of obstructionism: To ensure an adequate supply of coal for consumers next winter, when railroads will be over-burden- ed, Howard A. Gray, Acting Solid Fuels Director, and Luther Bituminous Coal Consumers Coun- sel, Jaunched a campaign to have more coal placed with dealers during | the spring months, when the rail- roads will be able to handle it. However, two hitches snarled this far-sighted plan: (1) obtaining low- er erators to induce consumers to lay in their stocks early, (2) financing the coal dealers Davis and Harr eliminated the first obstacle by persuading the op- erators to sell at summer prices for stock-pile purposes. Then Gray and Harr went to Jesse Jones to get RFC | help on the‘credit problem; for few dealers have the funds to buy large coal reserves Jones promised to cooperate and | food from nearby South Africa to Which the guests enjoyed at a long several RFC officials were assigned to work out a financing plan with Harr and Gray. After several weeks of conferring a plan was formulated, under which the RFC would guarantee bank Joans to coal dealers for huilding ITED STATES RUBBER to the present shortage of rubber the cutting off of import supplies, con- siderable interest has been shown of late in the de- Here's the latest case | summer prices from mine op- | 8o he enlisted in the Arm; An outstandil | newspaper field recently decided to do something | @bly will be exceedingly ambitious ! ‘and energetic. name, a top-flight writer for a national syndicate, |eeed in either “sci brought about his ideas remarked: “I'm people to get in shrub from whirl\‘m there and do solve the rubber as a private. ng editorial writer of the national| on fighting. Willis Thornton by tired of writing editorials telling | there and fight—I'm going to ger‘ something about it myself.” Bureau of Plant, to the RFC board, controlled by Jones. And that's the last that has | been heard of it. As this is written ten days have gone by, and the RFC is still sitting |on the plan—approved by its own | experts. Meanwhile precious time is | being lost and the stage is being set for another shortage. DOCTOR FOR ARGENTINA | A young man named Jorge Ortiz, {has come to the United States on| ‘one of the strangest errands in the | history of politics. Son of the Presi- |dent of Argentina, he is seeking a means to restore his father to the | presidency. This sounds like a paradox but his father, Roberto Ortiz, is presi- dent in name only. Failing eyesight prevents him from being active, and | the country is run by the reaction- jary vice-president, Ramon Castillo, who is bent on Argentine isolation. If young Jorge Ortiz can find a | physician capable of restoring his | father’s sight, that liberal leader | !might return to power and place | Argentina alongside the U. S. A. 100 | percent. Harr, ! WAITING WON'T WIN WARS Here is some inside diplomatic | history about the French Island of | Madagascar, One year ago, the British pro- posed blockading and occupying this island, which lies athwart the trade routes of the Indian Ocean, controls | shipping to Suez, India, Australia | With an ample navy in the Indian | Ocean,’the British easily could have taken over. However, our State Department | advised to the contrary. Secretary Hull seemed to think seizure of Madagascar would throw Vichy more into the hands of Hitler. So the British laid off. | Instead they sent shiploads of feed the French inhabitants. This | undoubtedly had its effect upon the | people of Madagascar who, like the people of France, are friendly to the | Allies. However, Vichy sent a new pro- | Axis Governor to Madagascar, and s Associated Press dispatch from Oklahoma City: Two chimpanzees in the city zoo turned the tables Industry are proceeding now with a program for!on spectators. government pmducnon of guayule rubber in the looking at people ror five hours. They unpalatable, but true. broke out and went around More recently Vichy has sent three warships, including a submarine ten- | der, to Madagascar, which means ' | that it is probably going to become | an anti-Allied submarine base. Today, of course, the British are much weaker in the Indian Ocean. | | They face enemies from the South- west Pacific and eastern India. So | it will not be so easy to face a show- | |down with French warships on an- other side—Madagascar. MERRY-GO-ROUND William Wyler, producer of “Wuth- ering Heights” has made several | trips from Hollywood to Washington | to join the army, but has been told | to wait until he is called. He has | now gone back to finish cutting his |1atest picture, “Mrs. Minniver.” . . . Harvard University’s Graduate | School of Business Administration offers a defense course for which ! !drl" boards allow deferment. A | recent problem in this course was { whether a motorized ice cream com- [ pany should add a line of frozen | | foods products to its. roadside dis- | tribution Bernard Baruch pays tribute to Undersecretary of War Patterson, describes him as the “most selfless” man in Washington —and Bernie usually is right. \ (Copyright, 1942, by United Feature ! S ndicate, !nc» | e Boys' Club Pafty | Held Last Night | The annual Boys' Club party of | Juneay High School drew about 100 {to the gymnasium last night for a spaghetti dinner and an evening of games | Henry Harmon, chef, with his| assistants, prepared spaghetti and meat balls, with pie for dessert, U shaped table 'Ior praise. Rise in salary is fore- l'of residence in Juneau. They left {Juneau in 1922 and made their |died two years ago and Margaret, |band ' for Seattle. in which employers will find cnuse‘ told. Children born on this day prob- They “should suc- or the arts. ) MRSZJL@SH&HHC DIED MONDAY IN SPOKANE, WASH. Mrs. Henry Shattuck, sister-n-| law- of Allen Shattuck of this eity, died’ Monday night in Spokane, | Washington, according to word re- | ceived here by Mr. Shattuck from Mrs. Shattuck’s daughter, Mrs.; George Mitchell. | Mrs. Shattuck was the widow ofl Henty ‘Shattuck who died in Seattle in the early 1920’s after many years \Copyrlsh 5 home in Seattle until Mr. Shattuck's death. Mrs. Shattuck continued to live there until her daughter’s mar- | riage about eight years ago when | she nioved to Spokane to be near. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shattuck had two children, Henry Jr., who who is now Mrs. George Mitchell. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. | Mame Charon ‘Baldwin, of Anchor- age, a cousin Miss Violet Bourgetle, also of Archorage, besides: d:;r daughtey, and three grandchil Juneau plnneers and large proporty awhers here. He organized the present Shattuck insurance age in 1898 and alse, at one time, owned a hardware store, controlling inter- est in the Juneau lumber company, a quarter interest in the Casey- Bhattuck Addition and much other property here, Mrs. Shattuck re- tained an interest in the Juneau Lumber Company until a- year ago. Mrs. Shattuck taught school in Juneau until her marriage ‘here and was active in the life of the town until she left with her hus- Puneral services are tq be held in Spokane tamorrow and inter- ment will be in Seattle on Friday. - ATTENTION REBEKAHS Regular meeting Rebekah Lodge. Social and refresments. ‘Wed., March 25, 8 pm. Ali kinds of games were played until 9 o'clock e The Daily Alaska Fmpire nas the largest paid circuiation of any Als aska newspaper, ! —EDITH 'I'UCKER Sect) ty. fro ¥ NOTICE Both Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck were| and Miss Beth Williamson. Weather for the Juneau district was fair with increasing cold. Mod- Maximum temperature was 38 and erate northeast to southeast winds. minimum was 31. the sewerage.” —Fleming. £ 48555 programs. What is a subpoena? ERESCEE ANSWERS: ranite. About sixty-five per cent. Six.- x| PIONEERS T0 HOLD SERVICES FRIDAY: FOR ROBERT WEBB Funeral services for Robert D. Webb, pioneer Alaskan wha died Sunday in 8t Ann's Hospital at the age of 83, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Charlés W. Carter’s Chapel, with Dean C. E. Rice, President of Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Ahska conducting the service. Interment will follow in the!Pion- eers Plot of Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Webb, who had lived in Al- aska more than 40 years, was a lité member of Igloo 15 of Anchoy- !age, Pioneers -of Alaska, having |joined in 1919, RUMMAGE SALE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing sir route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. By Am. Legion Aux. Priday in the Dugout, starting 10 a.m. Daily lessons in English MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ nosmara s Q. Who is present whén the wedding rehearsal takes place? A. Only thoseé who take part in the ceremeny. . Anyone else may cause unnecessary confusion by offering unasked-for suggestions. Q. Is it good form to use the salutation “Dear Friend,” when wrmng to a person with whom_you are not acquainted? A. No. The rormnl salutation is, “My dear Mrs. Fuller.” Q. Does a house guest have permission to monopolize the radio? A. No; he should allow the members of the family to select the LOOK 2nd LEARN ¥ o common 3 writ commanding one's presence in court, Eight; Noah and his wife, and three sons and tHeir-wives. . L. GORDON WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The drain carried away Say SEWAGE. SEWERAGE is a system of sewers, SEWAGE is the contents of a'sewer or drain. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Foregone. THe preferred pronunciation | places the' accent on'the LAST sylable, not the first.- OFTEN MISSPELLED: Altogether; one L. SYNONYMS: Recreation, relaxation, refreshment, play, pastime. WORD STUDY: “Use ‘a word three times and it is yours.” increase :our:voeabulary by: mastering one word each day. Today's word: APHORISM; a pithy séntence starting a general doctrine or truth. first aphorism of Hippocrates is, ‘Life is short, and the art is long.’'” Let us “The What kinds of rock is considered the bed rock of the world? How,‘many human beings were aboard Noah's Ark? What percentage of eggs is water? HOw many legs has the common housefly? " WEDNESDAY MARCH 25, I 9512 e-~.,w<'---.-»<'~--w.---,_-, vt rrreeas % DIRECTORY i Fmtamul Societies N e U TR W SR TS e o SR L. S TS S o A8 Gastineau Channel | Drs. Kaser and | *y \ { \ N \ \ 3 xom 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. PIGELY WIGGLY Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST . For BETTER Groceries 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Phone 16—24 { Office Phone 409 "The Rexall Store” | Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO, — e TIDECALENDARS FREE { Harry Race, Druggist — “The Stere for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. - s rmmmmu ) More Complete at m BARANOF COFFEE SHOP | &l 6 — FINE Watch and Jeweiry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN ! 8. FRANKLIN STREET | [ BCA Victor Radios | and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Becond Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shauu;k—Agency CALIFORNIA Groeery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 DR. H. YANCE High Quallty Foods at OSTEOPATH ! Moderate Prices Consultation and examination Ifl'tw 10 t0 12; 1 to §; » 5B || e WHITE o | TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS , Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET Archie B. Belis Aodits Taxes e . Bystems Bookkeeping Ram. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Phone 311 —_————— Rice & Ablers Co. Plumbing—0il Burners ' Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal PHONES 587 ar T47—~JUNEAU SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Moderuize Yourlm; Under Title L F. H. A, CAPITAL—$50,000 ‘SURI’LUS—S 150,000 . COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS { L4 DEPOSIT BOXES - :___4 First National Bax JUNEAU ALASKA ;