The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published evers svening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets; Junest, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - R. L. BERNARD fioe in_Juneau as Entered in il, posta One. n-n one month, in advance, $1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of mny fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of thelr papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business - Vice-President and Business Manager || L, o ot SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Deltvered n earrier in Juneau and Douslias for §1.25 per month. paid, at the following rates: advance, 12.00; iz months in advance, 36.00; | Harbor, we want to figure 'out some way to make the Japs remember Tokyo. We den’t want to be told | that “There’ll Be Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs of | Dover.” We want to be told therell be American | eagles over Tokyo and Berlin, and Rome. We don't want to be told to “Slap the Jap.” We'd | going around slapping Japs. Instead we| want to be told to do something to the Jap that we can't put in print. We don’t want to feel sad—and we don’t want tdf| feel smart. We want to get mad—fighting mad‘\ Then maybe we'll get something done! HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 2 Mrs. Joe Campbell Harold Palmer | Mr. € T! Jenkins Eva Jennings Alfred Sprague Mrs. R. N. Whitney President Second Class Matter. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Associated Press is exclusiy reputlication of all news dispatch wise eudma in this paper and also the iy entitled to the use for Office, 374. Mrs. Etta Willard 4 M FaEss OURS MAKES NOISE, TOO w ol Bill Taggart . ) We notice that New York finally has an air raid Mrs. Robert Norris alarm that makes noise. local news published ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION, A new siren, developed by the National Defense B et ] Research Committee, was tested in the big city and | NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Buflding, Seattle, Wash, could be heard plainly in most and a half miles of Manhattan Bridge, where it sounded off. The sound had sufficient volume to|ll “The stars incline penetrate the walls of a building ten blocks away | but do not compel” ihd “interrupt court proceedings | Even at that, we doubt if it could make much | I ———— more noise than Juneau’s beloved monstrosity. As a | FRIDAY, APRIL 3 natter of fact, we believe that if the Japs ever did| Venus in benefic aspect domin- aeander toward Juneau and our air raid siren smmd-:mps today. Mildly adverse planet- - 'off, the unearthly shriek would send the Japs ary influences are active. ‘The full tearing back to Tokyo. |py augury for Britain and | United States. Precious Junk | HEART AND HOME: Women |are well directed under this con- figuration which seems to promise | | (Cincinnati Enquirer) | “So those goods we despised yesterday, today are |added public service for them.| TR0 R { more precious than the fur of a hundred blue foxes.” | There may be obstacles or disap-| “I]TTI“I ‘When Thomas McRoberts, an obscure Scot, wrote | pcintments for those in govern- — | those words in a letter to his family in Edinburgh— | ment work, for they will bé re- We see by the papers that a noted psychiatrist,|a family which had exiled him-—he didn’t refer to|tarded in many efforts to aid the one of the many, is dishing out advice to people|the goods, piled in infinite variety, on the shelves of | nation. Little recognition may who have “jitters” about and as a result of the war.|his Huflson’s Bay trading post. He was talking of | come to women workers who will! It seems as il there's a lot of talk dbout jittérs these | the memories of his homeland which had become |give splendid aid in home defense, | days. It's even beginning to seem almost fashionable | dear to him as he sat and drank black whisky in the [in nursing and in diet kitchens ! to have them, whatever they are cold of the Canadian winter. ~|The stars scem to presage such 2 But the aging factor had written a line which |great future respensibilities for the Have you ever looked jitters up in your diction- fits exactly into the scheme of wartime of an America | wives, mothers and daughters of ary? You won't find it in all dictionaries and when | g jying to gather goods which have been called junk | the nation that the present activi- you do find it you'll see it listed as “slang, U. 8| for use in the far-flung industries of defense—and | ties are mere preparation for com- This seems to infer that jitters are something )"-I(,g attack ing big tasks. culiar to Americans | There is enough rubber in “despised” and cast-| BUSINESS AFFAIRS: "Despite| Jitfdrs, the dictionary points out, means extreme |off canvas shoées in American attics and storerooms | careful schedules, production in cer- nervousne And do you know what extreme ner-|to put tires on a thousand army trucks; enough in|tain lines of war supplies will lag | vousness means? Extreme is very simple. It simply | Worn-out garden hoses to insulate the ignition sys-| due to the complicated machinery means final or very far out | tems in a thousand fighting z‘:mks. : of government. Diff£0||ltigs n Nervousness is a little more difficult to le.m\i There are-enpigh Sceblatily I e dises on | gearing comm(’rc.ial acuvluc: i Nervousnéss, it' seems, medhs sinewy or' strong. It Amttnvun farm dumps !.n plate a battleship; or’wugh new programs will slowly dimin- also! means vigor of ‘mind dnd \m“iml rusting and discarded wire fencing to .crect a huhdred ish. General trade this spring will % e ) . radio towers. The paper which we still use to kindle be fair, for generous spending will So if ‘we have the jitters, as the psychiatrists| fes would make a million order blanks; the gaso- |pe widespread among workers who seem o think we have, that is a very good thing.|jine and ofl we waste on useless errands would fuel a!earn high wages. This month is For according to the dictionary it means that we| hundred fighter planes. | to accent realization of the real are sinewy, spirited, and vigorous-minded to the very From our kitchens we throw away grease and' meaning ‘of the war. final degree. Just what we need to win this war.|scraps of food which might feed an English parish NATIONAL ISSUES: Home de- for a month, or supply soap almost unknown now in fense will' be even ‘more a matter And speaking of psychiatrists, who we believe are generally supposed psychology, it seems to us that the much time telling people what to that gloomy feeling about the war, ing their efforts toward preventing ing from creeping in It's surprising the standing up under to have something way the American people are| the whole thing, parts of Europe. We still allow goods to rot and rust because we of public concern than it has been. | Sweeping changes in organiz to do with | ey're spending too | do to get rid of | Still can’t realize that tomorrow we can buy Nofand methods ‘of assuring protec- instead of direct- | More. We are restless under restrictions now in force | tion for civilians are forecast. Ex- feel. | Decause we can’t realize that tomorrow the restric- periments may prove disillusioning that gloomy Aty | tions of today will be generosity itself. as severely practical problems .uo The old shoes in the basement; the worn-out tires presented. Initiative in small in the garage; the rusting metal in the bamn 1ot: | populaticn centers will add to the | | the clothes we wear; the skillet in the kitchen; which is neces- | paying their in- g pay heir in the | sense of security come taxes, parking their tire-less autos in garages, | paper in the writing desk—all now are “despised” | sary for the proper pursuit of going with less sugar in their coffee in the States,|goods of yesterday, now suddenly as “precious as the | yrade and agriculture. Railroads going ahead with the whole thing as if they Believed | fur of a thousand blue foxes.” will command special attention. that America was going to win this war. And we INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: think they're right—as long as the keep,on their toes and stay “jitter “Victory” or “War” It would help also if inste member Pearl Harbor” bat that the Japs did bonds, were were t a helluva wh the Hawaiian Islands and they killed a few thousand Americans and if that's the way things we're going to kill a helluva helluva lot more, Instea Washmglon 'y encugh. But it would help a lot if we were asked to buy | instead of Defense Bonds d of being told to “Re- | American people In the ancient Nemean games in Greece, the !Events of this year will reveal our | winner's prize was a wreath of wild celery. Well, at | destiny as leader of the world.| | least they could eat it, and that’s more than you can | This means that we are to susta&n ! say for the medals they give out now. the burdens and the terrors r)f T, war in a close-up. Great perils| | threaten the nation which must old right off the ale of damage in | It finally has been revealed that the wire netting behind baseball home plates is designed for the prq- | tection of the umpire, too. He can see the bottles | Planetary aspects are similar to coming from other directions, evidently. | those governing the colonies when ‘ | our forefathers fought for liberty. | Victory for the United Nations is they want to do lot of Japs and a | A Toledo headline write puts Rubber in 2 % £ | written on the planetary maps but d of sitting around and remembering Pearl jeirdles in final stretch. it must be boufl]hl at a high price ,,,,H_,,l il R L e ~ | which cannot be evaded. unusual conditions. nll right, but with no money ¢r| persons whose birthdate it is For some strange reason, &hc:mmns to construct 'it. {have the augury of a successful was given no inspection whatsoever No one knows what the next year. Private interests should not Merry- 6o-Round (Continued «fromn Page One) The lush cost-plus contract which Powell negotiated for Bethlehem in 1917 subsequently was -challenged by the Justice Department and af- ter years of litigation finally was decided this year by the U. S. Supreme Court Lonz befere ruled, however the Supreme Court Frank Knox had ample means of checking up on Joe Powell For a lower court compared Powell's shipbuilding deal with “daylight robbery,” and, re- ferring to him, mentioned “the fa- mous Rob Roy distinction who ad- | mitted he was a robber but proudly | proclaimed he was no thief Despite all this, however, the| Secretary of the Navy appointed | Joe Powell to the important job of his assistant SEA OTTER MYSTERY Since then, the Senate Naval Af- fairs Committee has hauled Joe| Powell before it, with some highly interesting results with the Sea Otter, The Sea Otter is the name given | to a new transport ship originated by Commander Hamilton Bryan. It is small, low in the water so it will not be a good submarine tar- get, and is powered by 16 automo- bile engines. The propellor is in the center of the ship so that the steel plates around the stern don't in connection have to be of specially shaped steel, And the auto engines can ne produced on the assembly line in no time. Thus the ship is speedy of con- struction and speedy afloat. However, those around the Sec- retary of the Navy didn't want to’ build the ship—until finally the President himself intervened. Then she was placed under the somewhat reluctant Mr. Powell and construct- ed at Orange, Texas, under rather l { by naval inspectors during her con- | move will be except -there will be|pe neglected even though public struction. Commander Bryan, hel‘one The Senate Naval Affairsgervice must be faithfully given. originator, was ordered to keep| Committee believes that opposition | children born on this day prob- away. And when she was launched,:lo the Sea Otter stems from fear|aply will be talented, industrious she was shot into the river from an | that this new revolutionary type of“md ambitious. They will work out |8 percent incline and with a 12 ship would interfere with standard!careers -of distinction if ])rop(‘,l'l_\"‘ knot speed, so that she buried her|designs on which big shipbuildersgyided. stern 60 feet in the mud of the|are now waxing fat. (Copyright, 1942) opposite bank, strained her keel, Three days aftér the White ¥,_m7 — and opened some of her plates. House conference Secretary Knox After that the Navy trial board issued a report criticizing the con- struction of ‘the vessel but holding out genuine hopes if she were properly constructed. summoned = Walter Lippmann and 3ave him a two-hour harangue on the inquities of the Sea Oftter. Next | day Secretary Knox called in Don- | ald Nelson for lunch with Admiral OPEN HOUSE SET Iomdfi FR% AT A. L. DUGOUT| However, with the Nazi U-Boats|Robinson, who has opposed con- sinking U. S. ships at a rate of |Struction of the“Sea Otler. Nel-| . o0 sowd of service men two and three a day, the Senate|S0n also was given a long lecture gathered in the American Legion Naval Affairs Committee has been(3s to why the Sea Ofter should pyoou¢ Jast night as the regular | digging into the Sea Otter. Sena-|hot be built. nightly open house was sponsored | tors Gillette and Brewster called| All of which illustrates why there (hy members of the Order of East- personally on the President. He|is many a slip ‘twixt cup and uplem Star. Piano music and music reed that the Navy had not|in the war effort in Washington. |for dancing was enjoyed during the given the ship a thorough-going (Copyright, 1942, by United |evening by the visiting Army men. test and told them he would put| Feature Syndicate, Inc.) | Tonight, the Dugout will be open ———————— at 7:30 o'clock with members of the 4 20 . American Legion Auxiliary acting MRS. ASHENBRENNER OPENS |.¢ poctesses. No definite program REMODELED 'FINNISH BATHS |is’ planned. | Mrs. Karl Ashenbrenner, owner' —sons of Norway will act as hosts 00~ and original manager of the Fin-|tomorrow night. when John Krug- |nish Steam Baths on Willoughby |ness will show motion pictures of .Avenue has announced the reopen- skiing and other sports, as well ling of the busincs.s under her own | las beauty spots around Juneau. Bob management. | Satre will play the piano. Change ‘from oil to wood burners| NO definite programs are sched- Aod o g that the o the rock steam baths has been uled for Saturday night or Sunday. a er 'v\as_to be rebuilt and|made and clean, sanitary accommu-‘se““ce men are being invited to given a fair trial, | dations for men or women include{amily dinners by Juneau residents Next day Brvan reports that Joe | (wo steam moms and four dressing |O% Saturday evemng but prepara- Powell called him in, shoved the |tions are being made to open the the whole thing back in the hands of the originator, Commander Bry- an, Next day Commander Bryan was called in by Secretary Knox, gratulated, and told that he was to have the Sea Otter back. So Com- mander B 1 wrote a formal let-| ter to the Secretary of the Navy confirming this oral conversation and his understanding letter under his nose and said:| wre ac " " | Dugout if necessary on Easter Sun- “Look here, the Secretary “"d”'iFix:fs‘hA;:‘:::e;:tzs :“"nk”np thc day for the ‘entértainment of any stands nothing of the kind.” day and SevarmRy pen on T I noys off duty. “I wrote the letter to him mL! 2y & Y. | Mrs. Harry Stonehouse and Mrs. to you” shot back Commander| {Waino Hendrickson are'in’ chargé Biyas. ! GOES TO JAL. |of the Seheduling of cvents at the “And he's asked me to answer Thomas A. Mitchell' was sen- Dugout. it |tenced to serve 60 days in juil e i, / in U, S. Commissioner Felix | REGISTER Now 's Court on a charge of is.‘ Regardless of previous registra~ wld him to take over the Sea Of- SUin& a check without funds. He | tion, all Juneau residents wishing to . but to remove the Navy crew, 'SSued the false check on a Ju- vote in the April 7 election’ must 1 e Gk s could not be Meau bank. | register at the City Hall before noon, ‘Aprll 4. The office will pen gcnfll}:ll}«{ {!;_fl )U» 8. Nawy Yard.| rhe snorthana system of writing | during the noon hour each day. n other words, the Sea Otter NOW!hgs peen traced back to the vear | ROBERT G. RICE. is in the hands of its originator g3 B. ¢, City cl‘erk er came very soon ordered Bryan on the retired list, C —aav. THE PAILY ‘ALASKA EMPIRE - JUNEAU, ALASKA Moon of this month brings a hnp-j the ‘pay in blood for freedom, Certain | 20 YEARS A6O %% pypins. APRIL 2, 1922 Formal transfer of the Alaskan Hotel by James McCloskey to Charlesq | Miller and Mike Pusich was carried out the prévious day and the néw operators took over the business under a lease which was to run for a period of three years. i The city police force was decreased by one member when the office of temporary patrolman was. discontinued, according to an annoutice- ment made by Chief of Police T. E. P. Kéegan: The chief was to handle |the job during the day and H. L. Tibbetts, the night patrol. For the fifth successive year the month of March had been below normal in temperature, gccording to the Weather Bureau’s meteorlozical summary. Another unusual feature was the 'prevalénce of steady” north- sasterly winds for 11 ddys and the long dry spell from the 13th ‘to the 29th | Mrs. E. Biggs arrived on the Jefferson to visit her of the Alaska Juneau force here son, A. M. Mill, | To assume charge of the engineering work for the El Nido Mining |Company at Lisianski Inlet, R J. Hill arrived here by sicamey. He was |accompanied by Mrs. Hill and the couple was met in Jiuticau by J. H. |Cann on the mine boat Apex IT. On the first trip of the season, the steamer Jefferson arrived in jJuneau from the south with eight passengers for this port, J. Brown | Willlam Bartell, Mrs. E. Biggs, B. Raatz, Mrs. Joseph Raatz, E. wmlx\ms l-md J. Jacobson. The steamer also ¢arried part of the Hawk Inlet can- inery crew including Hans Floe, superintendent, and went from here to 'Hav.k Inlet. | Almost everyone on Douglas Island was a guest at a dance given on the previous Saturday night By the Finnish people of the isldnd in' the ’,l-,:wlox Hall. The affair had lasted until about 4 o’clock Sunday morning. | Al e | James L. Galen, candidate for the Republican nomination for Dele- |gate to Congress from Alaska, was expected to arrive in Juneau from Ketchikan. | | Weather for |and moderate variable winds. ‘Ilht) minimum was 35. the Juneau area was fair with increasing cloudiness The maximum temperature was 47 and | e oo oo v s rrrre Daily Lessons in Enghsh W. L. GORDON g WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, | more.” Say, “T do not intend to go again.” 3 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Amehity. Pronounce a-men-i-ti, A un- stressed, E as in MEN, both I's as in IT, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Advice (noun); CE. ADVISE (verb); SE. SYNONYMS: Definite (adjective), plain, clear, positive, pre | specific. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Today’s word: “It was “I do not intend to go no | increase pur vecabulary by mastering one word each day.” | SAGACIOUS; of keen penetration and judgment; shrewd; wise. sagacious remark.” L e | MODERN ETIQUETTE ®¥ Q. TIs it all right for an unmaried woman to attach the title of ‘Miss” to her name when signing a letter? | A. Only if the title is enclosed in parentheses, as “(Miss) Ruth Thompson.” Generally, if the writer signs her name merely “Ruth Thompson,” it i§ taken for granted that she is unmarried. However, if I she wishes to be sure that the reply to her is addressed properly, she will include the title as above. Q. Who provides the ushers and best man at a wedding with their | ties and boutonnieres? A. The groom. Q. Is it necessary, when taking leave of a group to which one has | been introduced, to bid each one “‘good-bye” separately? A. No. A cordial “Good-bye” or “Good-night” with a smile that includes everyone is all that is necessary. ROBERTA LEE | | i 1 LOO0K and LEARN % . C. GORDON THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942 [ e T USSR nmEUmn format S Fraternal Societies e B e e Gastineau Channel » - - Drs. Kaser and Freebnrgar \ ) N N | . - 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. LEIVe ERS, Secretary. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 16—24 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING "The Rexall Store”’ | Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist * b Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST oo R “The Stere for Men" SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Bldg. You'l Find Food Finer and | Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Jones-Stevens Shep Laims-_nseee g PAUL BLOEDHORN | i e Near Toma | B. FRANKLIN STREET | e e | |, BCA Victor Radios | and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Becond Street Phone 65 | INSURANCE Shai!ufigency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Marked 478—PHONES—371 Y High Quality Foods at ] Moderate Prices JAMES C. COOPER L. C. Smith and Corons TYPEWRITERS Bold and Serviced by 3. B. Burlord & Cs. ORI " DR. H. VANCE OSTFOPATH Consultation and examination n-:w bl’(l‘to 12; l [H i Hotel Annex Super WHITE Power South Franklin St. Phone 177 | ey o o e T RS, TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 1. How long would it take to spend a billion dollars at the rate of a dollar a minute? ! 2. What is the average weight of babies at birth? { 3. How many stars were in the first American flag? 4. Which is the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere? 5. What words follow: “Of ali the words of tongue or pen #t) ANSWERS: | 1. More than nineteen centuries. i 2. Baby boys average about 7 pounds, while girls are slightly less than 6’2 pounds. 3. Thirteen. | 4 Buenos Aires, Argentina. i The saddest are these: It mlght have been,” from “Maud i Mullel, by John Greenleaf Whittier. ANCHORAGE ATTORNEY'’S WIFE AND CHILDREN HERE ON WAY SOUTH Mrs.. William Renfrew, whose husband ‘i5 an - attorney in An- chorage, and her two children are in Juneau on their way south. They are staying at the Baranof Hotel while waiting to continue their journey. S U Ae T Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Of Anchorage Here On Way to Seattle D. E. Hewitt, Anchorage property owner, and Mrs. Hewitt arrived in Juneau yesterday on their ~way south to Seattle and are staying at the Baranof Hoteél while waiting to [continue their journey. Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt were mar- ried last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill in Anchorage. She was formerly Mrs. Freda Buckridge and had lived in Anchorage for a number of Texas is the greatest oil refining state, as well as the largest producer of crude. years. ‘They plan to spend some time in Seattle, where Mrs. Hewitt’s daughter, Fayette, is attending sehool, ‘and may continue from there east. i ‘Several weeks ago Mr. Hewitt sold his' business, one of the larg- est retail establishments in An- ¢horage,’ and also his” interest in the Westward Hotel coffee shop to {Harry Hill and Jack Clausen.’ He also sold his home in that city but |retains ownership of considerable |ousiness property in Anchorage. ' Travelling to BSeattle with Mr. and - Mrs. Hewitt are Nancy and Susie Abell, daughters of Kenneth Abell who is athletic instructor at the U. S. O. building in Anchorage. They will be met in Seattle by their aunt and continue with her to her home in Wisconsin. Archie B. Belils PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Taxes 909 WEST 12TH STREET Bystems Bookkeeping Rm. O.Vllmumnldg.l’hmom L “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, | Caramel Pecan, Black Walnut, Raspberry Ripple, New York | Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawberry Phone 311 and Vanilla— at the GUY SMITH DRUG D e e omeree - Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 or T47—SUNEAU SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Modcrnize Yqur Hon‘:e’ Under T[fl. L F. H A. CAPITAL—550,000 SURPLUS—$150,000 [ COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS [ SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Fe iy AU— ALASKA