The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 8, 1942, Page 4

‘» o e names of towns through which the highway would pass were deleted from the copy received by The Empire Alaska coverage isn't the only example of incon- Second and Main Strects, Juncau, Aluska. williini sistency. Supposedly, the production figures of the ;:“l.‘:‘x:;«y:;rzn\m?”’j Vibsiprostgiit asidMBusisioss ;;:nn:':'r United States are deep, dark secrets. Then the Speaker of the House comes out in a speech in his home town in Texas and tells his listeners that the | United -States is producing more than 3,300 planes a Duily Alaska Empire exce Published ffice in Juneau as Second Class Matter. BSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1 By 'mail. postige pard, at'the Tolowlne Entered in the Po: er month. One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; |month. Thus we have official suppression, and at one month, in advance, § p Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the same time, official revelation the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- | As long as newspapers Outside are allowed to livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 60: Business Office, 374. print the vital military facts about Alaska, it seems superficial for Alaska newspapers to withhold these MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | facte republication of ull Hews dispatchies credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published e it BEER BOTTLES WORKED ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER Lo HAN T ] THER PUBLICA . AN e i Stubby beer bottles are doing their bit in war| PR el e, TATIVES — Afuska Newspapers, 1011 | time by serving as floats on soupfi shark nets used American Building. S ash o by West Coast fishermen engaged in the rapidly ex- panding shark oil industry. These “stubbies, which are easily obtainable, replace Japanese glass floats and cost but one-tenth to one-twentieth as much. Beer bottles as net floats were first tested and used by J. T. Barnaby, aquatic biologist of the Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior, in 1940 while preparing gear for king- | crab fishing operations in the Bering Sea Numerous experiméfts were conducted by Mr. Barnaby at the Hydraulics Laboratory of the Uhi- | versity of Washington to find the right type of float. As the tangle nets used in crab fishing are operated ion the bottom in depths ranging up to 70 fathoms, a satisfactory float must withstand pressure at thet depth without losing buoyancy | Cork and cedar floats were diScarded as they be- |came waterlogged. Hollow rubber balls were also isn't over before the government makes up its mind | tested but they collapsed at relatively 1ow pressure. about some consistent policy regarding censorship, ! FInally, empty “stubby” beer bottles, capped with the We hope no war ever lasts that long. But it does'"'“"" beer bottle cap, were given extensive tests. It seom that the further along we go. the leés fair |25 found that they would not break when subjected censorship regulations appear and the less consistent |10 Pressures up to 200 pounds per’ square inch, the they grow approximate pressure in salt water at a depth of s $ about 75 fathoms. Back at the beginning, tiie government created o hi A ¢ Byren BH the | Further tests by Service biologists led to the the Office of Censorship and put Byron Price, the ., ni0n ‘of the beeribottle float I fabricating some head of the Associated Press, in charge. Mr. Price e g b Tk il 3,000 fathoms of tangle net used in the crab investi- (llu'v\[nrlw a set of sensible regulations which were (h- gation.. These nets were ‘fished for a period of about ributed ’l months But it wasn't long affer that until both the army liver ABOUT CENSORSHIP We aren't going to say that we hope the war and the navy imposed their own systems of Censor- |pressure ocourred, nor was there evidence of ship, often directly in contradiction to those of the |great amount of corrosion of the bottle caps government. These latter received little publicity ex-| When the soupfin shark fishery, cept [merged gill nets, underwent a 1, a number of fishermen who Serviee’s experimental and today bottle any in individual cases. rapid expansion in were familiar with We aren't exactly opposed to the censorship reg- | officials. But |t} the inconsistent application which | them, isally in this fishery and ulations imposed by army navy “stubbies” use of we are opposed Lo beer floats are used univer- results in unfairness in many instances Theoretically and practically in most instances, | - Alaska newspapers are mot supposed to print news 5 . of army and naval bases in the Territory. We think Busin As Usual that's fine GRS (Cincinnati Enquirer) . But on the other hand, there doesnt seem to be| Tmere is one kind of business as usual which this any qualms about printing articles cf strategic mlii- | yony should be carried on with even more effort than t importance in newspapers in the States which | is ysual. That is the greatest of all our industries, usually find their way through the mails to Alaska, | agriculture. Every farm in the country has an ob- much to the discomfort of Alaska newspaper pub- ligation to produce the limit. The soldiers, sailors, lisher (and our allies must be fed.. Also our civilian popula- A recent article told of how before the war, new ‘tinn must have bread and meat, There is not the navy bases were under way at Sitka, Kodiak and | <lightest reason in a land of unbounded fertility such Dutch Harbor, with army bases at Anchorage and |as ours why the war should make us tichten our Paitbanks. “Bot this is only the beginning,” thejDelis. There may be some luxurles which are utiob- article points out, quoting an Alaska official, “Plans | t8iniable. But we can easily spare them. Because | we are at war there is no reason why our fields and {flocks should not bear their wonted increase. Nat- these bases, to create bas®s at Nome, Sewar £ \ ;& d andrelser ‘umlls with so many young men in our armed forces, Where." The article goes on to tell of how a vast alf- | there ‘will be a shortage of labor on the farms. That field program is well under way with major airports | will be /offset in a great degree by modern agricultural on Annette Island, at Yakutat, Boundary, Big Delta mplements. But the older men and the women are Bethel and Cordova. | available. No question but they will rise bravely to Th:\!s telling the Japs. | all occasions. Troop movements to the Territory are guarded | —_— with the utmost seorecy by Alaska newspapers. The | So you'd give your shirt to help the United States New York Times, however, is permitted to come out | win this war? Well, Baby's beaten you to it. He’s in an article and say that U. S. troops are m'rn‘mg’nlrcady given his pants. They're wrapped around in Alaska “almost daily. Troops, planes and supplies | the army’s telephone lines, Rubber latex that used are reinforcing Alaska almost every 24 hours.” | to be used for necessary articles of wear—suspenders, | Numerous other articles come out with the same ‘ bathing suits, girdles—now goes into insulation for information. Most of them, by the way, are accom- | light-weight telephone wire which weighs 30 pounds panied by maps of the Territory, showing the route' per mile as ccmpared with 168 pounds per mile of of the new military highway which will be of so much | the old type wire. Orders have been placed for 100,- have been formulated to greatly increase the size of | strategic value. When the story was first released, 000 miles of the new wire !'m | brackets. | whole bill and write another. Principal bottleneck was Naval “You fellows have the wrong ap- | Affairs Chairman Carl Vinson uf‘pthf Vinson told the Militasy| | Committee at a recent closed-door Georgia, who wanted to scrap the meeting. (Continued from Page One) ~ @ang Crossword Puzzle RER ::nlx‘ltfl farm price level to 100 per- ACHOSE 1 Blstkk otirse (.gg[‘i 1. Depart sudden- 31. Shelters for — 1y and secret- small ani- g TOURIST BUSINESS BLOW 5 R'v’ s < SEIRATE [Alo{A] . Reviled abus- 32, Playi a Most people don't realize it, but ively 4 3. mjlaz"' erle Wi ]7] the tourist business of the U. S. A. 13 Not involving 3% Kragment of |Als[1]A] g mora runs to several billion dollars. How- |y, pand S0 0 6. Lathe workers HEEM IN[o] ever, that business now is threat- | ty o Do [LIEIN] [ECITIRIA] ened with extinction. It's not only | 1§ {fe‘lr_‘l““i‘:'”f”‘lr 41. Waste allow- EE_I?“E BGBI]L.'] a matter of tires and gasoline, but " wrinter = 42. Former [o[ATRINSIAIV] o] g olp €| the possibility that all non-essen- 11 Article 3. Gity in Beigium [U]STEREETV [EINTTIFIEN] a h Bedau 45. Mineral spring [CEr oA RESIRAIN] tial private travel by rail be 20. Ln’rul‘h" comb. 46. Smallest state: 7] banned 1ale talk 47 Rubbers -1 u olution Of Yesterday's Puzzle Transportation Coordinator Bast- HITOE otw/well 43 O[] V5. Feetalla g wtseR BWN man has warned that increasing 2! %‘:\?J‘u‘r‘a" 53. PRt it ing 64 ades 1. Impaired pressure on railroads for movement 23 Nothing more 54, sm;li)(l:;zrln. i Gagg(;ugnhyd”. 2. Issue forth of defense materials may necessi- Shag plece Hate 3. Pass between ate < o mountain tate this drastic step ; o A Surest way to avoid it, however, 4. Asiatic nomad 6. Magiclans 6. Smears 7. Warm again 8. Pertalning to & is to stagger vacations. Both gov- ernment agencies and private in- dustry should encourage workers to | l%flll avoid the traditional holiday certain con- | Tank of second lieutenant and eN-loer tne payroll for a brief spell, | Thompson, 22, hasn't missed Sunday months of July and August. If 9. l".o:;\"::;o.! [sign a 10 percent pay increase but Martin, Jr., continuéd to dray | School in 19 years. everybody aims for a vacation in 10, Strike: dfalectto AN to make the 20 percent extraigog 5 menth until March 1 of this these two months, there will be 1L szix_ndn{gr bric- 'allowance for foreign service ap- year. When the son was taken but BIDS FOR BOAT HIRE no travel for anyone. g Exuuuxel plicable to all men in the armed| . . lineup by Uncle Sam, Mrs,| Sealed bids will be received by ~ 22 L'."r‘."e.’é’:;;w’%m. 'i{l))rrf;?& ;hex:::" they had served|pies went back on the payroll in "x‘e Division s“:""‘m' ::"";: s;; = X pean bir . v vice, l, y SOLDIERS' PAY Vi 24, Hundie dosy . | Pite schemb sl Tate Eiokes Rr|Te deb: Juneau, Alaska 1 26. Department in | /// The Senate-approved bill to in- I . . France {objections. A majority of the com- Feature Syndicate, Inc.) | services of a privately owned beat crease the pay and allowances of 55 Q,n,’,’,\d | mittee contended that men with with operator which will accome- men in the armed services ran into | “chef” trouble in the House of Rep- resentatives. 31 Wheeled ve- | ol I 4 ZdEEE 7l %ngflg “ hurrov« ed The House Military Affairs Com- | .. 34. Safe. keemn. | mittee finally approved a pay rise fl.//fl. ...“//n 3. Food fish bill last Priday, but until then there /4 ‘. 36 Pedal digits | had been considerable delay in get- .n. fi :;I.I:( fresh | ting together with the Naval Af. fairs Committee on certain amend- ments, relating chiefly to longevity bonuses for officers in the hicher 3. Verdant 41, Hackneyed 47 Bxistence i 48 Low gaiter 1 Tr i I//H ud I 02 depths sometimes as great as 80 fathoms | and no breakage or leakage directly attributed to which used sub- | tried | '|7ens of the United Statesijwill be- | “We ought to eliminate| hiel 33 Bxecavated or | than those without it, and that if it wasn't granted in this bill an- | bill deesn't suit you, L1l'write an- duyh. | :zo YEARS AGO #%% supire MAY 8, 1922 Three events remained to be held in the Inter-School Meet taking place in Junean, two athletic and ‘one literary. The athletic ‘events were basketball games and the literary was the final debate to take place be- tween the Juneau team and the Wrangell team. MAY 8 J. F. Hogins Stanley Nevins R. F. Kline Helen Chipperfield Jack Likins Mrs. Edison Marshall, fiction writer and publicity writer, whe had written | extensively on Alaska, was a passenger on the Northwestern bound for Alaska. He was to go to the Westward and gather information for a serfes of articles. Arthur Weyland Mrs. T. F. Thompsen Larry Lancaster Dorothy LeFountaine | —_——————— Historic Trinity Church, on lower Broadway, New York City, cele- brated with two special services lhe 225th anniversary of the granting of its charter by King William III of England. e ] HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” Joe Bradshaw, young man of Seward, passed through Juneau on the Alameda on his way to Annapolis where he was to enter the Naval | Academy. Capt. J. H. Cann, of the El Nido mine, arrived here a few days | previously and was in town to get a‘cargo of supplies and powder for the SATURDAY, MAY 9 | Benefic aspects appear to dom- inate slightly today which is for- tunate for constructive plans and |for cooperation with powerful in- | fluences but contracts should not he signed under this configuration HEART AND HOME: As war| e hazards are widely felt in the Unit- F. J. Comeau, Superintendent of the Hidden Inlet Packing Company, led States the urge toward hasty arrived in Juneau in the morning on the Queen. He was accompanied | love affairs will be strong and the |by Mrs. Comeau and their son Lloyd. jendency to ignore established so- | cial barriers will be apparent. As-| trologers stress the importance of wdhering to all the standards of human relations which have gov- erned nations in peacetime. The | | Puritan influence should extend | into the period of greatest peril to ! | e ¢ } A. F. Richard, Superintendent of the William Henry Bay mine, pass- | { ed through Juneau on the Queen on his way to the mine. He had a crew of five men with him for the season’s work. Ed Drake’s orchestra, which had been with the Coliseum Theatre since the previous December, terminated its engagement there and had | been employed by Manager John T. Spickett of the Palace Theatre. G. A. Carlson, of the firm of Sims and Carlson, contractors, of Seattle, returned here on the Alameda from the Westward whete Tie had |been in the Seward district to inspect the Seward-Kenai road project the nation, they declare. R"m“:;;.wnh the idea of entering a bid to the Bureau of Public Roads, for work should be an inspiration untouc | to be done there this scason. by selfisnness and stimulating to! ideals of service to state and na-| tion BUSINESS AFFAIRS: as the | waste, of war continues, financiers will confer anxiously over the Niag- | ara of spending entailec upon the | United States Government but in- Gov. Scott C. Bone was to make the baccalaurcate address to the Douglas High School which was to complete the school year on May 17. The exercises were to be held in the Congregational Church. Miss Margaret Collins, daughter of Assistant District Attorney and | former Senator E. B. Collins, of Fairbanks, who had recently completed a year in the teachers’ training course of the Fairbanks Public School, dustry will preve its tremendous | power to hm‘: trade and commerve Nad accepted a position in the public school at Tanana. Miss Collins srofitable. As the national debt Was graduated from the Fairbanks High School the previous year. |grows the resources of the nation| | will develop amazingly in coming Weather for the Juneau area was fair with moderate, variable winds. mcnths. Post-war probabilities are | Maximum temperature was 54 and minimum was 46. said to promise leadership in building a ravaged world. re- r——— e e e s Jarionar sssvws: wioeae | [)aily {essons in English 5. 1. corbon employes participate will be dis-, SR e M ookt s il | cussed with increasing emphasis 2s vacation days draw near" ‘Wash- | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Do it like I tell you.” ington will be asked to set a good' “Do it AS I tell you.” example by revising the expense ac- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ecru. Pronounce ek-roo, E as in ~ounts and traveling ccsts of thone NECK, OO as in TOO, or a-kroo. A as in ATE, accent f syllable. sent cut on public business. The | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Quartz (a mineral). Distinguish E“quahzms: of sacrifice among ci ;QUARTS. SYNONYMS: Recipient, receiver, assignee, beneficiary. come cach week a more 4 tea ! WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us policy. 4 | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:! ALLURING; attracting; charming; tempting. “The alluring adventures Examples of cruelty and treachery ' of life stretched before him.” will cause Americans to increase | by MODERN ETIQUETTE ®¥ ROBERTA LEE their efforts toward the final vic- Itory over the Axis powers. The Q. How should a woman sign her name when wiring for hotel reservations? ‘succe.\s of Japanese force§ 'in the first weeks of our participation in A. Mrs. Arthur Norton, or Miss Helen Norton. Q. How should unfrosted cake be eaten? the Second World War will spur‘ - the enemy to added horrors that A. It should be broken and eaten with the fingers; the same as bread. stimulate us to speed our efforts' toward final victery. Emphasis on Q. Isn't it rude for a person in conversation to keep repeating, “What did you say”? the closely interwoven interests of A. Yes, because this reveals inattention, unless the person is deaf. all the peoples on the globe will! e e an e LOOK and I.EARN Say, from flict through the summer months. Isolation is more ‘and more ré- | vealed as an outmoded idea which served to retard our preparedness program. Persons whose birthdate it is ’should guard against losses in the| {coming year. Pleasant surprises are . C. GORDON forecast. Children born on this day prob-! ably will be talented and tempera-| 1. What is the difference in meaning of the terms “republican” and !mental. They should succeed, but'‘“demeocratic”? they may have many ups and downs | 2. What animal, with the exception of the dog, is more widely on the way to achievement. Edlsmbuted than any other domestic animal? 1COI)Y“EhC. 1942' 3 3. What city is at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers? e 4. What is the meaning of “status quo”? 5. What great genetal did ancient Carthage produce? ANSWERS: this allowance business and give the meén in the armed forces flfii | | Other committee members chal- 3. ‘Oatro, Illinois. {lenged the wisdom of beginning | 4. The state in which anything is; the state existing. |from scratoh. They reminded Vin-| 5 Hannibal. Ison that it took weeks of statistical | LR BUFFALO, N. Y., May ~—If the | |study to perfect the Senate BIll|pipg pAMILY ON'THE PAYROLL| Representative Mariin Dies has | fish won't bite, John Perkins, Cur- members | lalso that there might be, a long de- |lay in getting Senate approval of{ esiived a' lot of publicity on his| jan entirely new bill. investigation of un-Americanism, | Finally, however, Vinson was glV-lpys pe has received no publicity | en a week to produce a mew bl regarding the fact that he -ap- 4 t ., knows | The next day he cockily re “l;n of his families are on the Congres- | vifa:vt:g;‘; szm ‘e‘mpll{t:y:emvenud | peared before the comnlutuae. Bl Gional payroll. 15 wiioll s oiah matend: {in hand. To everyone's ama%-| pyring last July, August and Sep- | Perkins says the Hook Works by iment, it consisted mostly Of the|i.pper his office force was com-| springs ‘and grabs the fish when it| | basic provisions of the Senate bill, | oc0q of Myrtle Dies, his wife, mak- nudges the bait. imcluding the $21-to-$42-a-month ing $325 a month, and Martin Dies, R ipay hike for privates. Jr., a son, now in the service, mak- | The only major difference was a ing $216 a month. CONSISTENT Y | proposal to give officers above the| on Oct. 1, 1941, Myrtle Dies went| ANADARKO, Okla—William Best (Copyright, 1942, by United including: May 13, 1942, for the date at least four persons and which will operate i the . vidimity' of Admiralty, Baranof and ChicHa- gof Islands for a period of four months. Full information concern- foreign service deserved more pay MOOSE WILL HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The regular meeting of the Loyal other.” Order of Moose will be held tonight Committee members groared. ing at 8 o'clock. Platis for the | Georgian already had wasted two|Mothers’ Day breakfast Sunday will be completed, other would have to be passed. . / “All right, all right,” declared Vin- son, after a long debate.” “If this Division Supervisor, Admiralty Di- vision, Room 414 Federal Building, Juneau, Alaska. ‘Mny 8 9,1 % —_—mm Dr. John H. Geyer ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D.‘ The Charles W. Cariexlr! pay increases, officers as wefl as| 1. They both have practically the same meaning, the one from the]" privates. It’s very simple. I could | Latin and the other from the Greek, both meaning rule or reign of the | jwrite a new bill in a few minutes| pegple. on the back of an envelope.” 2. The goat. R Drs. Kaser and< Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 g ” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bidg. e | DENTIST Room 9-—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. | PHONE 136 | Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor | COOPER BUILDING — | L. C. Smith and Corona Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” DR. H: VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annéx South Franklinr St. Phone 177 | Archie B. Belts PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Taxes Systems Bookkeeping Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!" Juneau Flerists Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal | T Guy Smith-Drugs” _ (Careful mmm\ NYAL l‘lm}ly Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM | TYPEWRITERS | 1| at very reasonable rates FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1942 ! DIRECTORY * Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau' Channel { SO 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, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 16—24 ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO l DRUG CO. T e ) TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist “The Store for Men” SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Bldg. | —_— | You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFEFE SHOP ol FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET | RCA Victor Radios | and RECORDS | | Juneau Melody House | Next to Truesdell Gun Shop | Second Street Phone 65 - INSURANCE | ; Shanu;:k_Agency ; CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at R R L swee WHITE, ror TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET s S WS P S “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Kiavors Peppermint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Oaramel Pecan, Black Walnut, Raspberry Ripple, New York, Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawber- ry and Vanilla— at the GUY SMITH DRUG _ — H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING | MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL Remember your Mother with a gift tnat 5 as pleasing and appropriate ¢s'you can make it— Gift of Beauty from Sigrid's