The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING OOMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. EN TROY MONSEN - President Vice-President and Bustness Manager uglas for §1.25 per month. I, postage paid, at the following rates One yeas. in advance, $12.00; ix montbs, in advaues, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 803; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for reputiication of all mews dispatches credited to it or mot other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published bereln ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. !\\V]nNAl REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 an Bullding, Seattle, Wash. Ame L l'“ SORSHIP We're still ere fingers and knocking on even after the beautiful Office Facts innouncement ind sing our made day. un- wood announcement by T¥ less it is and Figures the other all war news, the of ed that believed to be of benefit to the enemy, will be presented to the American peaple. This ciples the be is simply a reiteration of the basic the censor Office any of the which if to upon 2inning the of wa iswer attempting hee Never n directed at the censors, it failed tep by scem to be nearing But theles tep, we a more sensible application of news censorship, till do not have the uniformity Rules applied in Wash- atly from those s in ruling on what we orship that we should have D. C differ applied by censors ington frequently in remote are publishable. These differences re- } sion of publishable news in many tances. publication 100 miles away without qualms. When the publication away finds its way to the community where ppre that i news a prints any 100 miie paper has been told not to print certain things, are flaunted in the obliging a new and these thi (bublic is wise, prin- fwas gently have been acting since | would Facts ‘and Figures | chromium trimmings on new automobiles criticism which | | was another blow of rules of cen- | | trator [ the new | before | curtailment pub- | lisher’s face, it results in unfair competition and hard | feeling if numerous rehip organization it zaticn, seems to be composed of censors, makes his own rules, often practice requested to do cach of whom followed elsewhere. away adiction with the The “tice printing performed to in cont Recently the has Empire was tide tables relic of the purchased openly seemed like a senseless ruling with pre of a en readers of the 100k whict hat bother of o any numerous be by any o0 wishes. This re under the impression that most naval ves- at least one expert his own tide table in Yet we com- tahles may spy W enemy otherwise, have who can figure out difficulty or navigator 1 short plied with the order, Newspapers to the south continue to publish the time without any directly i | so long about telling the Ame | were going to have to walk service | | that right at the tide | Jap | as we have on all such requests. | | rationing. editors are incompetent to Judg(‘ the value of rm-l tain stories to the enemy. That is another mistake. | Certainly, a newspaper man who knows news is more | likely n | who has spent a short training spell in a censorship | school interested primarily in the| to sense its value to the enemy than a perso a man who is practice There seems to be an entire lack of expert cen- | sors in Alaska, a situation which should be remedied News communicated and originated in Alaska now must travel all the way to San Francisco | headquarters of the Western Defense Com- | and all the way back to be released. Certainly | are enough newspapers in Alaska to warrant | appointment of spme person able to pass judg- on these stories in Alaska and eliminate this If all of the news is to be sent to there, why have any of arms. at once to the mand, there i the ! awkward delay San Frapcisco and released censors in Alaska at all? Back to the general policy not give our enemy credit for ob- knowledge. They should | to appraise accomplished facts as well as our- | It seems likely that the Japanese would get ! information from battle areas in the Far Pacific| than we them in Washington, | inclined to believe that the (‘!‘hSOI'S! much importance on things in the| we still fail to see why we should serving scenes of be able general selves much speedier D. C. We are are laying get too past There is every reason to conceal future actions on the part of our armed forces, but to pull a screen | over the past seems illogical. We also believe that | are occasions when to risk the chance of in- | forming the enemy in order to inform the American | Keeping up the morale is vitally im- | in this war. Some lessons should organization of censorship looking for some changes. there portant have been by learned by We this | new now. are | WE MOVE FAST | It hardly scems possible that it was just a shorf | time ago that the Office of Production M:\nngrmenli informing the American public that it | necessary eliminate all of the fancy That wa a blow | Then it wasn't long before the OPM unnuull(‘(‘(lr that they were going to climinate automobiles. That Then the OPM began to encour- Price Adminis- | be to age the purchasing of bicycles and Leon Henderson cbligingly helped to publicise Victory velocipede by riding up and down the White House for photographers on one of the contraptions—a black cigar in his mouth and a stenographer in the basket of the bicycle Then the War Production Board ordered in the production of bicycles and also notified the public that from now on, all fancy trim- mings will be eliminated on the new models. Just like they did with automobiles a more bicycles produced for the duration. It already | has announced a “freezing” of bicycles, pending | the government took an people that they We think we could ha shock. Why didn’t they tell us | start and get it over with? If all Americans who should have equal rights in ! a thing like this aren’t going to be able to get b"i cycles, why produce a few? We're willing to walk. | What we can't see is wh | youth stood up under the The Department of Agriculture is urging city farmers to raise kale. It's a good idea to diversify our crops some. Too many people now are spend ing all their time raising h——1. | etary | long {opoly of opportunity thrc | matters. | earners, ! produce i democracy | “hildren Therefore it should follow that the WPB soon will | ¢ |ing will supersede haphazard rec | The | Taurus. | ZOYEARSAGO APRIL 7, 1922 Appointments of two new members to the Resident Alaska Council had been received. The new appointees were C. H. Flory to represent both the Forest Service and the Federal Power Commission, and C. W Cheatham, to represent the Bureau of Public Roads.. George A. Parks was chairman of the council and also chairman of the Interdepartmental | Alaska Board at Washington: Col. James G. Steese was named several | weeks previously to represent the War Department. E EMPIRE ———l APRIL 7 Cedric Davis Mary Monagle Ruth Iffert Gordon Wildes August P. Anderson O. Lillegraven W. H. Fukuyama T. F. Hilton | Mary McElwyn | | Mrs To provide a public playground and athletic field for campaign was launched by the Juneau Yolunteer Fire Department |On the committee named were William M. Fry, chairman, Frank A | Metealf and H. 1. Lucas, who were to make a thorough survey. : Firemen | voted to start the ball rolling by subscribing $500 toward the building HOROSCOPE ™" b A o Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Condit were given an enjoyable reception in the The stars 'mclme school gymnasium in Sitka upon the occasion of Dr. Condit's assumption but do not compel" lof the superintendency of the Sheldon Jackson School in that. city. Some 200 Sitka residents attended and enjoyed an cllent program and royally welcomed the new head of the school and his wife. Casey O'Lafferty Juneau, a Mrs. Irma Snowden T. F. Mellett - e WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 Unti} late today adverse plan influences rule. The hours after sundown should be fortunate. HEART AND HOME: Women may be irritable and impatient to- da The seers warn them again scattering their energies and en dangering their health, There is 2 sign read as thwarting to their plans for public service kut after delays many in every state are to prove their ability. Mon- J. M. Cramer, Business Manager of The Ewpire in 1914 and part of 1915, arrived in Juneau on the Spokane in the interest of the Wash- lington Co-Operative Association, dealers in eggs and poultry. .Cramer was salesman and field worker for the organization. A new harbor boat secured from an army post on‘Puget Sound was | delivered the previous week at Fort Seward by Capt.'W. H. Bergman and Chief Engineer T. S. Fitzgerald, of the Army Transport Service. The new boat was named Fornance. the The A successful silver tea was given the previous afternoon by Luke's Guild, of Douglas, at the home of Mrs. K. Durham hostesses for the afternoon were Mesdames Durham and Oliver. St cal influence is not to he pr in the United States where will continue to be democracy The Junior Prom, always a much looked forward to affair, was to work in small as well as in great |take place in the evening at the A. B. Hall. Beautiful and elaborate In the new order prom- decorations in blue and orange, class colors, had transformed the hall and Drake's Orchestra had been engaged to furnish the music. Over ised after peace is established equal 3 % rights for all will be recognized. |300 invitations had been issued. John Janiksela was chairman of the invitation committee. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Architects and builders are to profit next year when unusual conditions will make a far-reaching housing problem Novel are to be introduccd to requirements of fawilies in all members are wage- Leveling of wealth and of average incomes Wil minimum was 36. changed social and econ- standards. Class distinctions were definite even in our will disappear under wartime influences NATIONAL ISSUES Lessons learned from FEurope will ¢ e ireat anxiety to protect American frem the evil influences to war. Careful feeding of boys and girls will be mede possi! by public funds, Scientific there at William B. Kirk was elected (lv]»m!r to represent Silver Bow Lodge No. 2-A al the Odd Fellows' Grand Lodge for Washington and Alaska ideas which was to convene at Olympia on June 6. meet SR which Weather for Juneau and vicinity was fair with increasing cloudi- ness with moderate variable winds. - Maximum temperature was 47 and reduction e et i i i - Daily Lessons in English % .. corpon omic which WORDS CFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, ‘They treated us fine.” Say, “They treated us WELL.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Altercation. Pronounce first A as in ALL, and not as in AT, principal accent on third syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLE Pursuil; PUR. Persuade; PER. SYNONYMS: Barbarous, brutal, savage, inhuman, cruel, ized WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase ocur vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: INTANGIBLE; not perceptible to the touch. “It was as intangible as a dream.” due in- p uncivil- it foretold. Inasmuch as wealth of the nation is repre- by the rising generations will be treasured and its values will be conserved nation of the future is to he made physically strong and mea- | tally superior INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRG: dictator cycle of Uranus Taurus and the war cycle of urn in Taurus will be succeeded the effects of ing, is the ented highest The MODERN ETIQUETTE * roerra LER Q. Burns”? A. No. The proper form for an introduction of this kind would be: (“Mrs. Tanner, may I introduce my husband?” A woman does not use in at- by Saturn and Uranus tonjunction in the last degrec of This conjunction, whizh =) Does a woman introduce her husband to another woman as “Mr. e o T CUCSUEHSEREE - S TR SECTE U Professional Fraiemal Societies DIRECTORY ;- oo P 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 Drs. Kaser and “The Rexall Store"” | Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO, [ TIDE CALENDARS | FREE Harry Race, Druggul “The Stere for Men™ SABIN’S Graduate Los Angeles College Front St--Tricmgls Bldg. of Optometry ana Opthalmology Ulasses Fitted Lenses Ground Youll Find Food Finer und Bervice More Complete at THE BABAKOP COFFEE SHOP The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 Watch and Jewelry Repaliring at very reasonable rates Jones-Sievens Shep PAUL BLOEDHORN | LADIES'~MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third mr and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Becond Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shaflu&—Agency__. CALIFORNIA | Grocery snd Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor L. C. Smith and Corens TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worz. Satistied Customers” o DR. H. VANCE | | wi g o ;9 % A news note says that American hogs may be (Wil take place May 3, usually pro- bort, directly against the cen- ) : duces political troubles in the coun- t o re C jed, | drafted to furnish bristles for brushes needed in the | long after The Empire complied, £ 3 . ¥ | war effort. Thats all right, we reckon, We just | tries ruled by the sign. It has been | hope they don’t make top sergeants out of any of | predicted that it will mark an en- | | them. | tire change in the British gove)- i | ment and constitution. Far-reach- that a simple prescription for | N8 reorganization and reconstric- pyorrhea or bleeding gums |tion follow such a conjunction. because in the disorder may |ThUS peace is foreshadowed, al-| That's fine, but whom | though it is months or years in a prescription how to stop | the future, Persons whose birthdate it thave the augury of a year of | traordinary perplexities affect; names of vessels in “Mr.” when referring to or introducing her husband. Q. What is the proper number of initials that one should use on a toilet set? A. This is entirely a matter of personal preference. Q. When should children seat themselves at the table? A. Not until all the adults are seated. LOOK and LEARN % 1. How many words does the average modern book contain? domestic conditions or love affair: 2. Is a signature legal when written with a lead pencil? Children born on this day prob- 3. In what western State are the greatest patural bridges in the | ably will have unique careers be- world? | {cause they will be highly gifted but! 4. What is hyperbole? distinctly independent and indi- 5. On what mount did Moses receive the Ten Commandments from e ! Jenovan? | ANSWERS: Between 100,000 and 200,000 words. Yes. Utah A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggera- OSTEOPATH Consuitation and examination flee.qmmloh!fl 1to68; t0'8:00 by appoinment. mmm @outh Frafikim St. Phons 177 Moderate Prices | Bttt oisicin i g e WHITE v TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET orship regulations 1150 tables. There seems to be an insufficient liaison between and ide {he Office of Censorship and the men who are sent D. C.. as ser-| any great distance from Washington, A dentist says "»mplc suffering from to be s to stop worrying, that newspapers are attempting to publish vital mili- | come nervous indigestion. that would aid the enemy. That is a' do they have to see for Censors also seem to think that newspaper | worrying? vice cénsor L ] Censors seem laboring under the illusion | Archie B. Beils PUBLIC ACCOUNTANY Audits Taxes Bystems Bookkeeping Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg, Phone §76 . C. GORDON tary secrets mistake i | months he has been WPB boss, accomplished much in bring- ing order and drive into the pro- duction program. He has licked many tough probems and shown himself an executive of courage Robert Guthrie and two of his as- sistants because of the obstruc- tionism of profit-minded dollar-; year men to all-out war effort. Guthrie and his aides presented Nelson with a made-to-order op- and imagination—except in one portunity to wield a long-overdue vital respect. That is in failing|ax. But Nelson doesn't see it that to surround himself with assistants way at all. equivalent to Australian Foreigh of top caliber and punch. Minister—except that Australia, be- | ing part of the British Empire not - supposed to have any affairs External shingto to his beleag work with the Pacific, to which he has “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors | Peppermint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove. Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Caramel Pecan, Black Walnut, ' Raspherry Ripple, New York, ' Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawberry snd Vanilla— | at the GUY SMITH DRUG “Say ii thAl-'lowers" but . “SRY IT WITH QURS!” Juneau Florists 1L Phene 311 A Phone 34 /T (Continued from Page Omne) (Capyright, 1942) - ENSIGN DORAN, THAT'S CLYDE To intimates he has complained It was expected when Nelson took | pitterly about the courageous walk- 15 charge that he would purge the gui on the ground that it was a foreign | deadwood and worse that had made personal affront to him and an |such a tragic shambles of OPM. “act of disloyalty.” Minister E Instead, he took over the OPM Nelson's apparent inability to get to speed war supplies | high command practically intact.:riq of fuddling assistants is a trait uered nation and 10| Purther, of the few changes he did'he shares in common with the new Council of the make, séveral were worse than the | president. One of Roosevelt's chief i5 a delegale. | officials .they replaced. | weaknesses is his incapacity to| For example: Philip Reed, glad- |dismiss aides of proven incompet- | | handing General Electric, mogul,| ence. had been anything but a shining| Note:— Friends, worried abou(: e success in several key OPM posts. Nelson'’s frayed nerves, are ux'ging‘% 3 {1t was an open secret that one of | him to take a vacation. He has his chiefs was trying to find a way | peen under enormous pressure for | {to ease him out. Insiders took it|months. | for granted that Reed would be l one of the first dropped by Nelson. Instead, to everyone's astonishment, the dawdling dollar-a-yearer was made head of the key Bureau of Indus Branches, However, nothing was said pub- licly about this situation at the time in the belief that it was only temporary and that as soon as Nel- son had disposed of more pressing Wi matters he would clean up his staff I'“: Note:— Among the nearly 300 iz dollar-a-year men on Nelson's staff is Ralph Wolf, an official of Stan- dard Oil of New Jersey, who } assistant director of the synthetic rubber section of WPB. glhlers C =il Burner's - Mount Sinai. of Spokane, Wash., Doran was graduated from: the University of Washington in 1937 and in that year joined the sales staff of Unit- ed Air Lines. In 1939 he was named Alaska representative and has been in charge of traffic for the northern Territory where he visited annually. “I bave put scores of passengers on Mainliners for their first flights and now it is geing to be interest- ing to enlist hundreds of young men as Naval Air Cadets,” asid Doran. | e = | Pred Spaulding was admitted to |st. Ann's Hospital yesterday for | medical treatment. HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Maxme Grfl.hnm has been admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for surgical care, Sheet Metal NO BRAINS Jack Kelly, one-time lete who is U. 8. Director al Fitx has been tan Senator Harry Byrd over the ques- tiop of improving the endurance of Americans. Although Kelly has spent $16,000 in the eight months his program, Byrd, a 1 economy clamorer, is “agin’ it Following a speech by Kelly de- fending his program, Byrd told newsmen the Philadelphian favorad cing dumber strong- famed ath- »f Physi- with Don Lozzie returned to St. Ann’s Hospital this morning for medical treatment. John Heath, who has been re ceiving medical care in St. Ann's| Hospital, has been dismissed.. lnlpu l_li Bai ldmg Materials PHONES 587 or 747—SUNEAU SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Mudcrnize Your Home Under Title L F. H. A. only MERRY-GO-ROUND | Wayne Coy, brainy young WhllL" House assistant, is slated for a pro- | motion, The ex-Indiana newsman 3 will be made Assistant Budget Di-| & | rector. Coy will also continue ag' MRS. GERTRUDE NAYLOR head of the Office of Emergency MAKES TRIP TO SITKA Management. . . . Among those be- | Mrs, Gertrude Naylor, Deputy U | Jacob Yarkon entered St. Ann's ing considered for high posts in| S. Marshal, made a- round I.np‘Hoapnal yesterday for-medical care. the Man Power agency soon to be | to Sitka yesterday on official busi- | set up are Murray Latimer, chair- | ness for the Marshal’s office, man of the Railroad Retiremen: — Board, and Thomas Murray, prom-' CARD OF THANKS inent New York industrial engin-| We wish to thank Logal 203 CIO, eer, close friend, but no relative, The American Red Cross; The of CIO president Phil Murray. . . ;American Legion Auxiliary, The Assistant Attorney General Thur | Dorcas Society and especially our {man Arnold's testimony before the friends and neighbors who were so! Truman committee cn Standara :kmd and generous when we lost ! Oil's setret Nazi trade relations was |our home. a grim statement. But one line —MR. and MRS. HAL KIMMEL | drew a laugh, Sardonically Arnold AND FAMILY, i remarked: “We may well be grate- all the facts and we are — e ample time to act but the door|ful to Standard Oil for pufting all| thankful to the company.” Subscribe to the Dally Auskl\ e — Personally sincere, conscientious l I’here is no subsmuts ior newspaper advemsingl was opened wide for him to do|its arrangements in writing. That| (Copyright, 1942, by United e—1 B and able, Nelson, the three | pyrig Y Uni Empire—the paper with the largest f Y CAPITAL—550,000 'RPLUS—$150,000 - COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Flrs thicmal Bank "JUNEAT—ALASKA ma people and er,” Reporters had to say “Just tell the reply alarmed stronger Kelly that asked what he about Ser that 1 only “Keep *Em" Flying” will remain the motto for Clyde D. Doran, Al- aska representative of United Air Lines, who has hopped into a new role as Ensign Doran of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board. Commander B. H. Creighton, senior member of ths board, an- nounced that Ensign Doran has been assignd to duly with the board in Seattle. The son of Mrs. Wm. J. Porter Byrd,” not want to make ator Charlie Jackson was admitted to | the Government Hospital Monday | { for medical treatment. "Rt | he need Frances Roberts, who has been receiving medical care in the Gov~; | ernment Hospital, has been dis-| charged. , | ———— NELSON MYSTERY Friends of war production Donald Nelson are baffled can't understand why he i aff of dollar- incompetence minded obstructionism are chief They rid- 't ¥ CUTION COMPLE. Three months have gone by Nelson has yet given no sign doing anything about this Further, not only has he had ding his s Ar men and of | ATTENTION REBEKAHS Regular' meeting Rebekah Lodge | Wednesday, April 8, at 8 p.m. i 8 TH TUCKER, Sec'y, whose and profit- hamper- ing him and bringing down on his head a storm of public criticism most in |s0 by the explosive resignation of |was very helpful to us in getting Fefture Syndicate, Inc.) nska NEWSPAper. . BUY DEFENSE ST"“P'