The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 27, 1942, Page 4

" Daily Alaska Empire Published every svening except Sunday by the | EMPIRE PRINTING OOMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered in the Post Office in Ju SUBSCRIPTION RA’ Delivered by earrier in Junesn and Douslas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the followine rates: i One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, 36.00; | one month, in advance, $1.25. Bubscribers will confer & favor If they wili promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de livery of their papers Telephones: News MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the usa for reputlication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. Second Class Matter. tfice, 802; Businesa Office, 374. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 101} American Bullding, Seattle, Wash, SOLPIER’S OPINION A Reassuring were the opinions expressed the other n. Douglas MacArthur, the hero of Batan, when he talked of the censoring of war news. To a news-hungry, ill-informed and bewildered American public, his talk sounded like common sense “Even though myself,” he “my main purpose is not to suppress news, but to get day by G I am an old censor said news for “The reason for efforts by the United States and Australia to inform the public of what is going on is that if it does not know the truth, its imagination operates, thereby reducing confidence.” S of public opinion, he said fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for. The care with which the enemy keeps the truth from his people and tries to incline their minds toward certain channels and to implant certain ideas shows the weight he lays upon it you essing the importance “Men will not ‘In the democracies it is essential that the pub- lic should know the truth.” We are inclined to believe that the General hit the censor on the head in his remarks. We are sure, the other hand, that the American public does kni the truth By the truth we mean the grim side of war. The American public is being fed on a diet of rosy com- muniques. But it isn't fooled. Instead the Ameri- can people are conjuring up the grim side for them- selves—even as General MacArthur says—their imag- inations now operating—at full speed. They know there is a grim side to war .and they know it is bad. What they don’t know is how bad it is. And imaginations are misleading. on not are JAPAN'S POSITION oil supply in the Dutch East Indies-Burma region. | The United Nations have lost that amount. Japan has acquired in her Pacific conguest 71 percent of the world’s &in supply, and the United Nations have lost that much. Japan also has acquired more than four-fifth of the world's rubber supply, again a United Nation's loss. Japan has control now of manpower totaling ap- proximately 130,000,000 people of newly conquered areas in the Southwest Pacific region—a number al- most equal to the population in the United States. This is the reason that it has been pointed out repeatedly that we have a big job ahead of us. The United Nations must now proceed to gain back these losses, The Japs now may attempt to call a hait to their offensive and sit on what the_v! have acquired. But can Japan safely stop as long as the United States has bases within bombing dis- tances of Java, Timor and other Japanese-held posts, as the United States does have in Australia? Japan stop when she is faced with just as formidable enemies on other fronts? We don't think so. But given enough time to establish forces of oc- cupation firmly, the Japs may be able to do this. This is the reason that the United Nations must | ct quickly, the reason Americans must produce more rapidly. No nation can carry conquest as Japan has carried out in the last three months without considerably weakening its war pow- If we can strike, and strike hard before the Nip- scnese war machine is prepared to hit again, we may be able to end this new menace to civilization. ar (New York Times) The charges which Foreign Minister Anthony Eden recently made against the comduct of the Jap- anese Army in Hong Kong take added weight from the circumstances under which they were uttered. They were addressed to the House of Commons, in which a misstatement of fact, for whatever purpose, is considered to be a breach of faith are shocking. They are not surprising. Like Ger- many, Japan has started an atrocious war for an atrocious purpose. For Japan, as for Nazi Germany, atrocities are never accidents. They are parts of a design. The Japanese in Hong Kong butchered helpless captives. They raped and murdered women. They refused medical care, adequate food and even water to their prisoners. They will not permit represen- tatives of the International Red Cross Committee to visit the prison camps. Their vaunted “bushido” —the chivalry of old Japan—has become, as Mr. Eden said, “a nauseating hypocrisy. In inflicting these horrors on the unfortunates who come into their power they enjoy a certain im- munity. The United Nations must not and cannot retaliate in kind on Japanese soldiers and civilians now within their lines. We cannot degrde ourselves to the barbarian level. But Hong Kong may do for us what the sack of Nanking did for the Chinese. It may convince us that in today's Japan, as in Nazi Germany, there is a spirit so diabolical that no peace can be made with it on any terms of unconditional surrender. This evil thing must be destroyed or it will destroy the world A pullman observation car is to be named “Wake Island”, in honor of the Marines. It ought to be a powerful inducement to get men to join the marines. Heretofore the only way to get a pullman car named in your honor was to be born with the name of Pux- atawney or Idlewild. Can | out such a campaign of ‘The charges | THE DAILY ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCH 27 Bob Philips Dwight Rettie Mrs. Robert Simpson Arvo Wahto Mary Paul Evan Wruck Mrs, Mary "Malloy T. N. Fuller Garry D. Graney R. M. Thompson Ella Seagrave Mrs. T. F. Raymond Amos F. Rogers HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” B e e et SATURDAY, MARCH 28 Benefic aspects rule through the daylight hours but after sundown adverse influences are active, The configuration favers merchants and | manufacturers. ! HEART AND HOME: New lead- lers among American women will! | gain recognition through war work and among them homemakers will be prominent. Housekeeping on a large scale will bring about many |needed civic reforms. The value of |children will be newly understood as the real wealth of the nation |Care of the under-privileged will be wisely promoted according to novel and progressive ideas. In the land of plenty the disgrace of | f . 1o | Cann was chief stockholder and president. poverty will cause movements eliminate indigency under the new order | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Astrolo- |gers announce that through this {year American money will be safe | although its buying power may be 1educed. The strength of the dol- lar will be enhanced as it becomes | the yardstick of the world. The | stock market will be quiet. No sensational fluctuations are fore- seen at this time. Next month a major change in world affairs is forecast and then there may be renewed interest in speculative se- curities. NATIONAL ISSUES: Real tate values will be widely discussed |in relation to post-war conditions. | With the advance of spring, desire to purchase homes will overcome caution to an extent that will be beneficial. In the future the in- flux of Europeans cannot be dras- | tically limited, a foreign seer pre- | dicts. Great demand is foretold | for acreage. Farming is to expand las a starving world turns to the | United States where modern meth- jods of agriculture will contribute | to the success of those who till the obtain some relief from the U. S. Na: Samuel Peldx;n, who had owned cording to word received from him. He said, however, that Jubeau was Peter Jelich left on the Admiral Curtis Brotherton, | Admiral Watson for Kodiak where summer. | Dudley G. Allen, local broker, lef | to the Westward and Interior for a |the Victoria for Ketchikan where |sold their home to L. O. Gore. More than 50 people gathered | Lindstrom on East Second Street in 20 YEARS AGO T cmpire MARCH 27, 1922 In the event of a protracted coal strike, Pacific Coast States could vy's Chickaloon coal fields in Alaska, it was stated by the Bureau of Mines in Washington, D. €. Though the output was small, sufficient tonnage had been stored to make a good sized shipment and vessels of the Shipping Board, tied up on the Pacific Coast, could be used for transportation, it was said. the Capitol Coffee House in Juneau, had located in Port Angeles where he had established a restaurant, ac- He had intended to locate in Vie- toria, B. C, but had foumd business conditions better in Port Angeles. better than any city he had visited and stated that he intended returning here in the spring. Watson for a trip to the Westward. former Juneau boy, was a passenger on the he was to be cmployed during the guests were the Rev. and Mrs. Waggoner, Dr. L. P. Dawes, the Rev. G. 3 J. Beck of Hoonah and the Rev. R. A, Buchanan of Sitka, all of whose || Dr. Doelkes, D. O., Bernard Bidg. | birthdays occurred about the same time. t on the Admiral Watson on the way business trip, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Finzel and their small son were to leave on they planned to locate. They had at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis the evening for a jolly party honor- !ing Fred Soderlund who was leaving on the Victoria for the south to | receive medical treatment. Capt. J. H. Cann, T. D. White and Mrs. Cann left on the tender Apex The Presbyterian Mission boat No. 1 for the El Nido Mining Company on Lisianski Inlet of which Mr. Lois was to leave for Metlakatla to take minister from towns in this vicinity to attend the Alaska | Presbytery at Metlakatla beginning the following Monday. Those who were to leave on the boat were, the Rev. David Waggoner, Dr. G. G. Bruce, the ,Rev. G. J. Beck of Hoonah; the Rev. R, A. Buchanan of Sitka; Denton of Haines. Weather for this vicinity was [ Maximum temperature was 44 and | Dai es-, the Rev. E. L. Winterberger of Skagway, and the Rev. C. G. air with moderate northwest winds. minimum 38. ly Lessons in English %. . corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Either Robert or Donald are going.” Say, “Either Robert or OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Alma Mater. Donald IS going.” Pronounce al-ma ma- ter, first A as in AT, second A as in ASK unmstressed, third A as in MAY, accent first syllable of each word. I OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cloth (noun). Clothe (verb). SYNONYMS: Serious, solemn, sedate, staid, earnest. 1 WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ‘hlcrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: | RESPLENDENT; shining with brilliant luster; very bright. “With royal tapestry and resplendent gold.” FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1942 eee e e oo e s - S S ST ORI S P GO U LIS Bl RECT 0RY Professional f Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel e — . Drs. Kaser and Freeburger Blrmgren Building PHONE 50 e 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. N e ) PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 16—24 Dr. A, W. Stewart DENTIST 0TE CENTURY BUILDING Oftfice Phone 409 "The Rexall Store” | Your Reliable Pharmacists DRUG CO. Baths — & TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist e —— ] “The Stere for Men” I SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Bldg. rates. PAUL BLOEDH 8. FRANKLIN STREET i \ BCA Victor Badios and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shaflu?:figency They are having a wool shortage in Germany, but ;‘5011_ our friend Eric Van Hagen says he isn't surprised.| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: considering the volume of wool the Nazi party needs New Zealand, which since 1907 has to keep pulled over the eyes of the German people. |demonstrated its political and ec- MODERN ETIQUETTE * poperra rem WA TN TS x for 3 { Q. Where should one’s return address be placed on the envelope of Japan is getting ready to settle down to the develop- | bh; Ivl?e Nethzln:ds E:-‘“ é"di‘zs- a ‘{:“k:';l:"l‘:‘” {go many perils as the tides of war | .0, ing of the vast and rich areas she has captured. | o oooe & WAISKY and soda in a restaurant WHen rise about it. Benefic aspects are With Japan now having made practically a clean sweep of the Pacific from Tokyo to the Australian | barrier in three months’ time, it is beginning to look | more and more as if the enemy is going to switch | from the offensive to the defensive. Now, it appears, | CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Markes 478—PHONES—371 v | a Japanese bomb struck the place, pierced the roof, | giscerned for the people but ship- | A. The preferred position for the return address is in the upper Whether or not Japan will be able to maintain | smashed the table he was sitting at, and made a ;lm‘ge hole in the floor at his feet. He finished hi | drink. Obviously, he was a man who believes in put- her gains is a question the United States must an- swer. But at present, the box score shows: !ping and exporting will undergo | serious difficulties. The raising industry will be affected and | ‘lexbhand corner of the face of the envelope, although when the envelope cattle- | 8 t00 small the return address is sometimes written on the back. @ What is the meaning of ENTREE, and how is it pronounced? A, It is a dish served between the chief courses, or, in English swee WHITE eone Japan has taken over cne-fourth of the worldsj(ing first things first. 'rlwcxsmnvssn Wafiinglon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) sentment of this country will oe | such that we can sweep this man out of the White House.® MADAM SECRETARY Secretary Perkins appeared at a sccret Senate Labor committee meeting, the other day, following| which Chairman Elbert Thomas | told reporters that she had testi- fied on “labor cooperation” in the war effcrt. However, the Utah Senator took care mnot to disclose | that another matter had been dis- | cussed which would have made a much hotter news story. Miss Perkins was asked bluntly| when she was going to resign | Further, she was asked the| question by New Deal Senator James Murray of Montana. Mur- ray tossed this bombshell while the Secretary of Labor s chat-| tering away about the efforts of her conciliation service to end dis- putes in war plants. “Most of the letters I receive criticizing labor can be traced to kusiness interests,” Murray sug-| gested at this point. “Don’t you‘ think that this is all part of al cleverly-devised propaganda cam- paign by some of the big indus- trial leaders to stir up trouble and undermine public confidence in labor?” “No, I wouldn't go so far as to| accuse industry of trying to stir| up trouble” replied Miss Perkins,! apparently nettled by the inter- ruption. “Fm also getting a lot of let-| ters about you, Madam Secretar: continued Murray unperturbed “Workers in my State and else- where are not satisfied with '.«.-mj administration of the Labor De-! partment, and frankly would like! to see you get out. Both factions of labor are agreed on this, but apparently you have not been im- pressed by their wishes.” By this time the room was as silent as a tomb and Murray, look- ing Miss Perkins squarely in the eye, asked bluntly, “When do you plan to resign?” Miss Perkins’ reply was a de- fiant toss of her head and an angry glare at Murray, That was all. She said nothing. Chairman Thomas, startled speechless by Murray's question, | hastily came to Miss Perkins' res- cue. He changed the subject with a request that she submit a re- port on the number of man-hours lost because of labor disputes lasy year. L. C. Hutson, Chickasha, Okla., says: “Washington seems worried over the idea that the country doesn’t realize what the war is about, and is trying to remedy this by holding a kindergarten school via radip and pamphlets, with the public as the kiddies. But the public is two jumps ahead of the men conducting the kindergarten school. What it wants straight- from-the-shoulder talking.” STILL HANDING ’EM OUT One day last week an aged, neat- ly attired man leaned on the ma- hogany railing at the entrance to the old Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol, gazing intently at the busts in the wall niches and at the green baize-covered bench where the tribunal once sat. Noting his keen interest, Capitol policeman Edward Banks began to| |relate some historic facts about the chamber. “The ‘Supreme Court used to meet here,” Banks began pleasant- ly. *“Those busts you see around the wall are of former chief jus- tices, including John Marshall and other famous figures of the past.” The visitor said nothing, Banks continued: “The bench up there, of course, is where the Court sat until 1985, when it moved to the new building across the plaza.” The old man began to tap his and | shoe on the floor, but mained silent. “Many famous decisions handed down here,” Banks. “There was Scott—" At this point, the visitor appar~ ently had heard enough. Turning and fixing Banks with a stem eye, he said: | “Young man! I know all about | the Court and those decisions. 1 sat on that bench for 20 years.” Then, breaking into a boyish grin, former Justice James Clark McReynolds walked away, leaving a flabbergasted policeman behind him. still were continued the Dred MERRY-GO-ROUND fered at 5 to 1 odds that Repre- sentative Jeannette Rankin, who voted against the Jap war resolu- tion following Pearl Harbor, won't even be on the ticket this fall but will be defeated in the primary for re-nomination. . . . It looks as if | Representative Virgil (“Henry Mill- \er”). Chapman, anti-New Deal Kentucky BPemocrat, will have | strong opposition this year. Friends |of plain-talking Judge L. Boone Hamilton, World War veteran and a militant liberal, say he will run against Chapman. . . . Carl Sand- burg, famed Lincoln biographer, has |bvzen flooded with promises of ac- tive support from both Republican ‘and Democratic leaders all over {the country if he runs against Rep- Iresen).auvc Clare Hoffman of Mich- igan, one of the most reactionary and isolationist members in Con- gress. . Hoffman voted against ev- ery defense measure before Pearl Harbor. (Copyright, 1942, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) - REGISTER NOW Regardless of previous registra- tion, all Juneau residents wishing to | vote in the April 7 election must | register at, the City Hall before noon, (April 4 The office will be open during the neon hour each day. \ ROBERT G. RICE. adv. City Clerk. re In Montana, bets are being of- | ery people conspicuous for inde- pendence and prosperity must suf- ]\fer from the war. Persons whose birthdate it is |have the augury of a year of ext | cessive activity. Danger of overs istrain is probable. The twelve months will bring joys as well as jcares. ably will be ambitious and in- | dustrious. They may be inclined to be too optimistic about their |future careers and may be impa-= | tient under discipline. { (Copyright, 1942) e Newspapers Read Since War's Start LOS ANGELES, March 27—The average American reads his pews- paper at least half an hour longer :since Pearl Harbor, in the opinion of President Don Belding of the Pacific Advertising Association. Belding told the annual conven- tion, of California: “Qur surveys show that advertis- ing has greatly increased in its ef- fectiveness since the war began. The reasons are two-fold. First, there is more and better reading of papers because of the interest in war news. Second, people have more time to read the paper because of the tire shortage and changed living hakits. “As the tire shortage forces peo- ple more and more to ride street cars and buses to and from work, the newspaper habit will become more and more fixed. The new reading habits of the people are reflected in the fact that the general circulation going up.” - DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON Local optometrist has returned to Juneau. Eyes examined, broken lenses replaced. ,Blomgren Bidg., Phone 636. BUY DEFFENSE RONDS | fishing rights invaded, it is fore- | | Children born on this day prob-| tion of the Ice Industries Associa- | of newspapers since Pearl Harbor is |as in TRAY, accent first syllable. Q. Is it all right for a woman to engage a friend, who is a business told. The stars indicate that ev-!Usage, before the roast. Pronounce an-tra, first A as in AH, second A man, in social conversation when she meets him on the street? | A. No; she should respect his business hours. } i 1 L0OK and LEARN® o qonvon | L. What is the average intelligence of adults in the United States? 2. Who was the United States | the Panama Canal? even fatal injury to a man? 4. What color is mauve? 5. What is a share cropper? ANSWERS: 1. According to one authority, 2 3. The ostrich. GENERAL WARNS THAT JAPS ARE NO ‘PUSHOVERS' SEATTLE, March 27—A United States Army officer of forty-six years in the service bluntly gives warning that the American people must stop thinking the Japs are “pushovers” and must concentrate on unity at home as the way to win the war. Speaking before the Seattle Ad- vertising and Sales Club, Maj. Gen. Pavid L, Stone, Commahder of the Panama Canal Zone from 1937 to 1940 and now retired from active duty, deelared that it isn’t healthy to underestimate an opponent. Cites Russia “Hitler thought Russia was a }‘pushoyer‘—)ook what has happened to the Nazis,” he pointed out. “The Japanese are clever and far- sighted—they've been planning this thing since 1904, General Stone said. “They made this war a busi- ness, and not only have they. copied us in many things, but have im- proved on us. engineer who carried to completion 3. What bird is able to kick hard enough to, cause a serious and YRT years. George Washington Goethals (1858-1928). 4. A delicate purple, violet, er lilac. 5. A ténant on a farm who furnishes the labor in producing a crop, || receiving an agreed portion of the ptchofls 8s his compénsation. need for courage, sacrifice unity. of the fameus Notre Dame elevens coached: hy the late Knute Rockne. WiLi Evendnally Win “We'll eventually win tiais war, for no power can resist the unity and resources of America,” he said. “But we'll have to get down on our knees and scratch gravel, perhaps. We've got to build ships and more ships; we've got to keep our long lines of commuhications, stretching half-way around the world, and we've got to keep supplies going to Russia.” General Stone warned that the Japanese may try to take the Aleu- tlan Islands, and may, by pressire from Hitler, move in on Russia from the rear in order to keep the United States out of Siberia, which would sexve as a spripgboard for an of- fensive agains§ Japan. e NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, air route from Beattle to sale at J. B. Burford & —————— The Daly Alasga =mpire largest paid circulation of aska newspaper. NASH CARS Christensen Bres. Garage “HORLUCK’S DANISH “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY I WITH OURS!” Juneau Florisis Phone 311 stamina, H and all-for-one tehmwork to. the Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal H. S. 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