The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 21, 1942, Page 4

ceilings. But it d face is scratched D . . aily Alaska Empire y Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - - Prellden\ R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President lnd lu-meu A the retailing of a ceiling the w inchu cn seem better raw product Entered in the Post Office in Juneau .SUBSCRIPTION RA' Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douls By mail, postage paid, One year, in adv: one month, in advance, $1.25, Eubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associsted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for reputlication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wice credited in this paper and also the local news published berein The torpedo The lifeboats we: raft horizon One only the missing lifeboat sea Kkn are ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. Against that child was born n-exile; that hesia; that she two ribs broken lothing, had over, an old sail n the elemental NATIONAT REPRFSFNTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Bullding, Seattls, Wash. on, ife was born. Many cf wrms. The able u, popu ymbols. They p Thus it may we can focus mor Jof all of us in thi ! which will be slav of our will and e As little Jesse world we have more, our childr blackouts coused | be presumptuous hlights, Price Ad-| tion; but it is ou omething when | given us—the will make their America and a n |« | | { { PRICE CEILINGS AND WAGES Shortly after December 7, when a rush on the natien's store of it Leon Henderson started slapped pr Since then, curtailment of civilian goods ministrator he torches. f ceiling over the on the electy 0 many, th to keep frack forced more and more price ceiling average householder hasn't been able Mr of them When wpply any certain product gets scarce, the old ( law that oliciting on The case age of the Silver Sh that his publishe success of our en of and demand works, and the price product usually soars be buyers are Many product Hence the price that power ause more the purchase have become { carce the war begs ceilings. | Price to give n ceilings point out Congress ha: {other people unless it is un-An Henderson the to control prices at the same time, to have of fact, the Price Administration wag the idea of placing ceilings on o | [ sons adhering to neglected. As a matter s g | gewish e Office of gy s such when he seems been under present price law, cannot extend its ceiling over Take, price for instance, the recent the imposed on the cigaret frozen atl levels prevailing OPA mad, leading example of industry. Prices | December | a study of the profits of | tobacco companies and iling Every man is country and up be interested and ices wer Soon after the tha the last the of eight concluded it still left iequate returns on investments. public guaranteed ths would remain below a certain level for duration | the price ceiling was fair because companie: “'(’ Thus the cigaret price b wa This month's C. Banninger, pre stitute He the But at the same time, tobacco industrialists have wages in that industry will remain Neither ha tobacco indus- | larg tl the pays to the |Japan told ale may a no guarantee B shipn the same level ye-5C the triali y assurance price he armer for t he OPA has yaceo will no lezal power ay at the same level becanse control current fa tobacco m| not develop blast ! deposits in Manc Now we ices. And neither has the nee he will not for labor, since higher defense industries Thus, crease farmer any higher being offered as su that have to pay wages wages are in| | her shipyards, it is entirely s | tories, and guns possible that prices of the raw product tobcaco industrialist price ate wages may in- may increase, and | who cannot raise the s eventually be forced to oper- at a loss | We not advocating the of cigarets may We prefer th are Admiral Harold R. Stark, then chief 3 ; : Washmglon |of Naval Operations, eancelled the Me"y. it when tnformed that the Nop: Go-Round | mandie would not be ready. The | that the vessel must sail on the (Conunued irom Page One) | 14th. Maas and Mott contended that i ark acted under orders from the warn- | president—although Stark did not the | confirm this when he testified—and 0 thelthay therefore the President was denunciation of “babbling | chiefly responsible for the fire, b,e- warlords.” The Jap broad ise, in the rush, proper p:ecan- carefully withheld from | tions couldn't be taken to prevet listeners any hint of these| accidents. t Jap military rulers. radio monitors also report the Japanese people have no of the heavy Jap merchant marine and army losses. No of the Mamla bombing 1e devastating surprise at- on Jap-held islands has been | allowed on the Jap radio. The Jap ed only exaggerated and often fictitious accounts of Jap victories, | next day, however, he telegraphed | Russian statement ing Japan Soviets caustic Fascist casters their bl bluntly attacki no referenc against made sts a The that COMMITTEE BA ‘The two isolationists at first de- manded that the committee place the blame directly on the Presi- dent, but when Izac hotly object- ed, they proposed an indirect blast at “swivel-chair strategists.” Maas frequently used this term dwring closed-door hearings, and he made it bluntly clear that he meant ine President Drewry raised no objections, the report with this wording abcut to be approved when interrupted: “Everyone naval, word are f NORMANDIE REPORT its report on the Normandie the House Naval Affairs Com- harply censured the Navy| negligence. However, the re-| would have been much hotter if two members of the subcommit- | tee which drafted it had their way. | think,” he blazed at Maas. “There’s Isolationist Representatives Mell no evidence to show that the Presi- | Maas of Minnesota and James W.|dent was in any way to blame for Mott of Oregon did their utmost to|the fire.. You're playing cheap the chief blame for the con- |politics and trying to undermine flagration on President Roosevel..| public faith in our Commander-in- Further, Representative Patrick | Chief.. You'll never win the war of Virginia, .Old-Guard | that way. Democratic chairman of the sub-| “We're not winning it this w committee, almost let them ge[ftilhr‘r." barked back Maas. “There’s away with it ‘!00 much interference with the The man who blocked the politi- | Army and the Navy.” cal scheme was Representative Ed| “You and your kind give me a Izac of California, decorated World | pain in my neck,” retorted Izac War Navy hero. Before the report|“You hate the President and that's | was finally ag on, a meeting -the reason you are trying to fasten of the subccmmittee almost broke |the blame for all mistakes on him up in a riot when Izac and Maas|I'm getting good and fed up with exchanged violent verbal punches. |your tactics.” During the investigation it was “I'm getting fcd up wiih brought out that s had been|t00,” shouted Maas. “You think | issued for the Normandie to sail |youre a greater authority on this Feb. 14 with troops for an unan- | war because you were a naval offi- | nounced destination. Conversion of | cer in the last one. But you down’t the vessel was to be rushed to com- |know so much.” pletion by that date. On Feb. 6, “You don't know so much z-ith-‘l and was | Tzac| In fire, mitte for port in the country think we mean the President, that is what you want people to will and pin you, o A Child Was Born (Philadelphia Record) A few minutes later they alone commanded the | alive the as billions of dollars, cepts as the solar system made, base seen | Pelley says he hasn't said anything that a lot of haven't people) be searegated And he isn't a blithering idiot unless a man trying to do is set up a United States of Europe to do away with rac (Philadelphia Record) House work out to the benefit of | States in the present cause so much U. see how we can win the war. We give Japan battleships so she won't develop airplanes so she won't develop fac-| the abolishing of price | scrap iron—in the form of shells. L emerged from |and BROKEN LENSES replaced mi |our own shop. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR oes seem that only part of the sur- when the ceiling applies only to| product of a certain industry. A hole inter-related would | wages and f the | HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 21 Carol Robertson George Bavard A. J. Dishaw Erich Eichel Chris Nielsen Leonard Johnson Grace Pusich Kenny J. Thibodeau Francis Tucker Katherine L. Delebecque Louise Peterson Walter F. McKinnon - e HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” H - structure the \ding ‘price shook violently them, and struck. The ship re launched, five of Three men died, 29 others, overturned jows whether not some still | or few hours later, a . That his mother was a Jugoslavian- mother had no benefit of anes- cared for by a doctor who had in the disaster; that the baby, for ly a turban, and the mother, for —all these are grim embroidery up- theme that upon a sea of death, background, a was find it difficult to think in mass lations of Asia are as incommensu let alone such vast con- Which is why men seek |ance WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 Benefic aspects slightly overbal- adverse planetary influences today. The morning seems to threaten labor troubles and much consequent criticism of delays in reserve proportions. be that in the birth of this boy e clearly than ever the mass stake | s war, For he is of the generation war work. e or be free according to the extent | HEART ffort today | fortunate day for women who will Mohorovicic grows up to face this find many ways of broadenin; so will millions and millions | their service in the cause of victory en and grandchildren. We would [As they are called into industry in to order the way of that gene increasing numbers the value r job to give them the same legacy 'their home life will be appreciated | of freedom upon which they and they will demonstrate ability own contribution to greater (to safeguard the family and to nore peaceful world maintain a high standard of liv- ing. Again the seers forecast in- crease in the number of births an‘ they pred that before the close of the war centers for child care will be established to liberate young; leader | mothers for public work. charge BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The need the [of more workers in factories will Mr. cause what is virtually a draft law including both men and women Service in incustry will be realized as quite as imperative and as in- evitable as service in the armed forces. Great results are foretold for producers of war materials. The nation in high gear will prove its magnificent capabilities. . Thus as- trologers interpret aspects that in- fluence the United States this spring. NATIONAL ISSUES: Labor un- |ions are to cooperate fully with the Government after settlement of various differences which retard preduction for war needs. An in- cident of great potential harm to the United States in its aviation war plans will precipitate a final ue between workers and the Gov. ernment. Perils that long have been dreaded will be near as the nation reaches a realization -of the need of absolute unity of endeavor if victery is to be attained, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Offensives in which the United States participates will gain suc- (cess in the Orient. Gradually the | enormous resources: of the nation | ‘\nll focus for overpowering fld- AND HOME: This is a of a r. Pelley’s Defense New York Times) rinst William Dudley Pelley, irts, arrested on Federal d writings tended to “promote emies,” must not be prejudged a said. He isn't un-American, merican to propose that certain per- a certain religion (in this case the in one city in each calmly asserts that “what Hitler is ial barriers and racial prejudices” | entitled to his day in court, in this moment. We shall Pelley has his. to the present instructed when M. Sure Fooled 'Em! prize for optimism goes to Edwin esident of the Steel and Scrap In- Sub-Committee that | scrap metal to the United war.” He explained that be- S. scrap was available, Japan did furnace facilities for exploiting iron hukuo. Military ient of American so she won't develop arsenals. I Still, we are skeptical. We are afraid Japan might | o1 06c on Japan and the Jap: €| use those battleships, us—just as she is using the scrap iron. | airplanes and guns against | ece pefense measures will be help- ful in augmenting the strength of ur forces for American fighters 1119 to prove their home training e MacArthur style of giving anmn { has qualified them for all forms of | Heroes will be recognized | er,” retorted Izac, who won Congressional Medal of Honor the warfare. Mlin every branch of the service and 1918 for extraordinary heroism. { will perform brilliant deeds through | At this point other comnuttee|the summer. members intervened and the fur- ’ Persons whose birthdate it is have ' ious exchange ended. But Izac “O“Vlhe augury of a year of fairly good ! his point. The references he ob-|fortune but care should be exer- jected to were stricken from the|cised to keep mental poise and | repo’rt, Hmouonal balance 120 YEARS AGO £ sypine APRIL 21, 1922 Those taking part in the high school play, “Mrs. Bumpstead Leigh.” to be presented in the evening were: Mrs. Bumpstead Leigh, Irene Nel- |son; Violet DeSalle, Marguerite Bone; Mrs. DeSalle, Legia Kashevaroff; | Nina, Venetia Pugh; Mrs. Leavitt, Jessie Mock; Miss Rawson, Iloe Siade; | Geoffrey, Howard Case; Mr. Rawson, Jim McNaughton; Kitson, James | Golding; Peter Swallow, Billy Biggs; Mr. Leavitt, Eugene Kirk; Anthony ih‘lanley Jorgensen; Miss Carnahan, English teacher, acted as coach; | Anita Garnick as advertising manager; Assistant Coach, Lillian Oja, and | Costumer, Luella Smith. Sam M. Graff, Mayor-elect of Seward, accompanied by his wife. | were passengers aboard the steamer Admiral Watson due in the evening from the South on the way Westward. The Graffs had been visiting in |the East and South for the past several months. | | \ What was said to be one of the greatest catastrophies of recent years joccurred at Monastir, Southern Servia, when 400 carioads of ammuni- | tion, stored near the railway stations, exvloded, killing several hundred and wounding thousands. Virtually the heart of the city was destroyed and half of the city’s population rendered homeless. 10 was estimated | that the homeless numbered about 30,000. Major J. G. Gotwals, engineer with the Alaska Road Commission, was returning to headquarters here on the Admiral Watson due at 6:30 o'clock in the evening. Major Gotwals had been absent since Jannary 1. a; Mrs. Scott C in the evening weeks. Bone was to arrive on the Admiral Watson, due in port She had been visiting in Seattle for the last three The mail and boat F\l(‘l)(’(h Capt. J. V. Davis, the previous evening on its regular run to Sitka and way ports. passenger left The high school domestic science class of the Douglas school enter- | tained tnembers of the faculty at luncheon the previous day in the class- rooms. Emma Garn and Edwina Martinson were hostesses, Elsie Edmiston |served while Una Crowe, presided over the kitchen. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Rowley, Miss Hayner and Miss Peterson In honor of Miss Maude Lilijestrand, former Douglas young lady, who had been visiting friends on the Channel for the past few days, I Mrs. August Olson entertained a few friends at her home in Douglas Members of the Senior Class of the Douglas High School were busy cvery evening practicing the cl. play that was to be presented at the Liberty Theatre on April 28. The title of the play to be presented was “What Happened to Jones.” The Chichagof Gold Mining Company tender Ambassador, Capt. Anderson, left Juneau the previous evening for the mine at Chichagof. The tender was to leave Chichagof shortly after its arrival for Puget Scund, taking in tow a barge of concentrates for the smelter at Tacoma. Weather in the vicinity of Juneau was rain with brisk southeast winds. Maximum temperature was 46 and minimum 40. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon R} WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not sa, nr shape.” Merely say, “Her hat was crushed, | out of shape. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Paltry /T as in IT. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Sassafras; fou» S's. SYNONYMS: Unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible, indescribable, ineffable. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: DEROGATE; to take away; to detract. “The charge cannot derogate from his honor.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * soperra Lem Q. hand? A. This is entirely optional; done. And the man should never be the first to extend his hand. { Q. Is it correct to say, | said he would call”? A. No. Say, “The PERSON (or MAN) who telephoned, etc.” Her hat was crushed out as CRUSH means to press | Pronounce pal-iri, A as in ALL, When a woman is introduced to a man, should she offer her she may if she wishes, but it is seldom “The party who telephoned this morning Q. When should the invitations to an informal luncheon be mailed? A. Personal notes are written and mailed about a week in advance. o ; Children born on this day plob-‘ REPUBLICAN SQUIRREL lably will be noble in nature and White House squirrels never pawmlmt in mind. They will be gener- up a meal, so they came scamper- ous and able to win success in thn ing from every corner of the spa- (\oumous that they choose. cious grounds last Sunday after-| (Copyright, 1942) noon when a uniformed guJ"i — e « o Ministers Are kitchen with edibles. “It's great fun,” remarked the| guard to a young man watchin the show through the tall, iron fence surrounding the grounds. “The little rascals never seem to get, enough to eat.” “I would say that is literally true | in the case of one of them,” re-|Bay, Oliver Inlet and the Islander. plied the spectator. “What's wronz| This cruise followed one given with that little fellow over there--|Sunday by Pastor Wood for a group the thin, scared one? He seems to!0f 25 Juneau school teachers. be neglected. All the others are Monday's guests also found many fat and healthy-looking.” |sea lions to photograph at close “Well, maybe I shouldn't teil you|range and reported that they are this,” said the guard, with al bPresent in large numbers near Point, straight face, “but the truth is, we | ATdeD: don't feed him. He's a Republi-| can.” i The young man walked off ning. What the jesting guard know was that he had been talk- ing to Wesley Powell, assistant to Republican Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire. (Copyright, 1942, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) .- peanuts and other Pastor and Mrs. H. L. Wood yes- erday entertained the Juneau Min- HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. John Morrison was admit- ted to St. {day for medical treatment. James Liva has been admitted to . Ann’s Hospital for surgery. Koch ent yesterday red St for Ann's medical ACCOUNTANTS AND | Peter STENOGRAPHERS | Hospital Positions open for one Junior| (reatment. Accountant and two Clerk-Sten-| ographers subject to the Alaska John Thunes was admitted to St. Merit System requirements and!Ann’s Hospital yesterday for sur- qualifications. Phone 695, or calil|gical care. at Room 201, Territorial Building, | Juneau, Alaska. AL ST William Wanamaker ! medical treatments at | Hospital. | taking Ann's is St. EYES EXAMINED FOLEE Griff Nordling went home Dr. Rae LllllaniSL Ann’s Hospital yesterday Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. taking treatments there, Cruise Guests sterial Association, their wives and | guests on a yacht cruise to Youngs | Ann’s Hospital yester-| lOOK and LEARN 2 ¢ corpon S e ] 1. How many nerves does the human body contain? 2. How many gallons of water to the acre are there in one inch of | { rainfall? . 3. What little field animal has no external ear? 4. Who is regarded as the greatest dramatic genius of all time? | . After crossing what river, did Caesar exclaim, “The die is cast”? | ANSWERS: | . More than 10,000,000 | A little more than 27,000 gallons. The mole. William Shakespeare. The Rubicon. | NENANA ICE GUESSING CONTEST OF A. L. T0 CLOSE ON SATURDAY MASONS ENJOY SOCIAL MEET LAST EVENING A Masonic social evening was enjoyed in the Scottish Rite Tem- ple last night, with about 100 per- |sons enjoying the dinner and pro- gram which followed. The dinner was prepared by Mrs. Katherine Hooker and was served by members of the Order of De- Molay. Pollowing dinner was a program including slides of scenes in South- east Alaska, shown by Trever Dav- is; and colored motion pictures” of the Scottish Rite trip to Anchorage {last fall taken by J. W. Leivers. The evening was wound up with |cards in the Blue Room, honors | iin bridge going to Mrs. Homer | Nordling and Chris Wyller and hon- ors in pinochle to Mrs. Jack Fargh- er and Arnold Hendrickson. Evans|ford Robard, 808 Dixon Street. All Gruber also won a special prize. women interested in the On the program committee for |are invited. the social were Vergne Hoke, Bert o i e i gl Holland and Ellsworth Clements. Empire - Classifieds Pay( according made today. along splendidly, of May. No reports of ice conditions in the Interior sections have been re- several weel v METHODIST CHURCH The Women’s Society of Chris- tian Service of the Methodist Church will meet at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for a social meeting in the home of Mrs, Clif- Soclety | . The Nenana ice guessing contest | sponsored by the American Legion in Juneau will close Saturday night to an announcement The contest is going those in charge state, and many are putting down dates now covering the first part ceived in Juneau during the past WOMEN WILL MEET| TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1942 D e D DIRECTOR 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. B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers welcome ARTHUR ADAMS, Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Profession~' Fraternal So .clies Gastineau C_iannel i E it Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS PHONE 58 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 409 PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 18—%4 TR T e ““The Rexall Store” | Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. ” "Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Batha Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room $—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, .— A TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Drugglsl | ~ Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground “The Stere for Men"™ SABIN’S Front St—Triangle RBldg. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin Sta. FER You'll Find Food Fluce cad Service More Compiete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP —l " FINE | Watch and Jeweiry Repalring &t very reasonable rates | PAUL BLOEDHORN g 8. 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