The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1942, Page 4

S —— PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire 1t battleship into the town' turn | aged to sneak take a picture of it, and 4 Buiidhy, by Ehe into a base for Published cvery evening except Sunday by the 6 EMPIRE more than the residents of the city could figure out. Second and Main Streets, June Some of them couldn’t figure out why, either, unless HELEN TROY MONSEN G "‘:""“’”“ it was because the whole fantastic idea made good NARD - o {dent and Business Manager ki | hocum and good reading for Outsiders, g e n1 UM M. On the other hand, if, as the editors of 8. E. P. Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douslas for $1.25 per month. | insist, this little harbor town was seething with bat- v mail, postage paid. at the following rates: One M“nr in .u“ .m.f‘ $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; | tleships all set to whack away at the Japs, to pub- in advance 5 3o fabiny 5 atic ARl bers. will. 0 > favor. if they will promptly notify | 115h such a betraying photo with its easily distinguish: the Business Offic failure or irre ty in the de- | able landmarks would certainly be publishing vital e obimes: ‘News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, information to the enemy. To print such a picture MEMRER OF A \m““" PRESS in a magazine which may be sent through the mails ¢ i Py ntitled to the mrl for to anyone who has a subscription, anyone who wants epubl ted to it or not other- sl e T e Tocal mews published | to buy one of the magazines on a newsstand, is to here end this betraying message to the enemy. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LAF R PU! OTE THAN THAT OF ANY NATIONAL Americ ER Perhaps, since this certain Alaska town in reality LICATION. i PLICATIV does not present the formidable qualities of a military a wooden decoy has when a nice plump duck lands| alongside and the hunter is ready to blast away with the shotgun. We don't think it would be very pleas- ant to be a decoy—for Jap bombers. Arms—For Patents, Too To (Philadelphia Record) GAS R \ll(b'\l\ Although felt rationing yet Alaskans haven't motorists in the States last week found cent President Roosevelt has ordered seizure of enemy patents, making them available to the United Na- tions We hail this vital step. disclosures of patent G the by re- agree- pinch of gas made imperative ncols and cartel out that they were going to have to get along with ' ments between U. S. firms and Nazi Germany which barely enough motor fuel for essential travel, and have been a stumbling block to our war production none for pleasure. Ceming at heighth of the trav- In synthetic rubber, tungsten carbide, magnesium el and vacation season, this latest move no doubt!® 1d numerous other essential war products, such will cause much complaining, But we believe that|28réements have been respectec this COUBIY: W ; " ‘nored in Germany Americans should—and will—back the government's Thus American firms were holding down produc- Program tion or holding up market prices in woiid competi- It serves three vital purposes tion, as per agreement, while Germany long ago 1—It conserves gasoline needed by our fighting ' stepped into capacity preduction of such materials for forces. Gas is just as important as bullets her war purposes 2—It permits diversion to direct war purpose of We were caught napping. Now President Roose- tankers which heretofore have been plying the At-|velt has brought all enemy patents into full use for | lantic to supplement civilian needs on the Eastern|the Allies—as Hitler did with American patents long seaboard | before 5 | We hope this acticn will help materially to step 3—It assures that gascline supplies which are|,, ;.. own war production. But it applies only to available for civilian use will be apportioned on the opony patents. We still feel the President would be basis of need—everybedy being given his share justified in drafting all patents necessary for war| But probably the most important benefit of the | production—just as we are drafting men. rationing program is that vital industries aside from _— war, will be assured ance in the gasoline B supply. The Alaska ry would be crip- Good News From Mexico pled beyond operation if the supply of this vital T motor fuel be ¢ so low that all of the gasoline (PHENMEES Hecera) would be demanded for war use The four-year-old controversy over American- Our only regret is that gasoline rationing was not | ©Wned ofl expropriated by Mexico appears drawing | started menths ago, so that any kinks in the system '© 2 close S s haan e i by aoe Appraisers appointed by the two Governments have agreed on a valuation of $24,000,000. This fig- | T ST RN ure, nearly three times as much offered by Mexico “UNDISCLOSED” BASE under the Cardenas regime, is between one-eighth g = and cne-sixth of what the companies asked Residents of a well Alaska town (the cen- While the American oil companies are not bound ors wouldn't like us to which town), opened the to accept the decision, 1t is believed certain they will pages of latest issue of the Saturday Evening |not contest the figure reached by the two govern- Post the other day to find that their supposedly se- | ments cure hamlet was “an undisclosed Alaskan base,” and President Roosevelt and President Avila Camacho that “an attack on Japan may start from Rere” | have exchanged messages of congratulation on set- | Th ks b was as familiar to anye | tling the oil question, and the Mexican press has gen- cne who has lived in Alaska for a few years as Jim- | €T@/y hailed the agreement 2 my Durante’s profile. The landmarks and the marks | The eppratsers; Morpls Lianalluo SCRORD s DI Dt errinetrs e ds It that plate delphia engineer. acting for the United States, and g | Manuel J. Zebada, (for Mexico, deserve the thanks The idea that this certain town entered the military picture from which attack on launched was as unfamiliar an Japan to the was an undisclosed base which hasn't yet | o otn nations All Latin America watches closely our relations is about to be | with our nearest Latin-American neighbor. residents of the Our refusal to force on Mexico claims she con- s harbor ) the peaceful village Jaunching an attack on Japan was wspapers, 1011 | pa e the S. E. P. feit that they were doing no harm since most of the subscribers would be willingly | fooled, and if the Japs chose to attack the supposed base, they wouldn't destroy anything of military value anyhow | 't But we don't think the residents of this cer- tain town enjoy the same feeling. We think that many of the residents instead have the feeling that 20 YEARS AGO fiHE EMPIRE i MAY 19, 1922 On his annual trip to Interior Alaska, George A. Parks, Chief of the Alaska Field Division, General Land Office, was to leave the following day on the Alameda. He was to go to Anchorage and from there over the new Alaska Railroad direct to Fairbanks. He expected to return to Juneau about July 1. | MAY 19 | Mrs. T. J. Pyle Mary Ellen Spain Dale M. Roff Mrs. T. H. Hislop Trancis F. Davis Mrs. T. W. Hempelmann Irenc McCauley - - { HoROSCOPE Everyone proclaimed the B. P. O. Elks railroad dance held the prev- ious evening a huge success. Ed Drake's orchestra furnished the music for the novel affair. All passengers had their “tickets” punched by Con- ductor Patrick and others who centributed to the fun of the affair were Eugene McCloskey, Brakeman Bathe, Fireman Davis and Porter “The stars incline Fred Sorrl. H. R. Shepard and Toya served “coffee and” at all way but do not compel" s::}ll;l:h and altogether the four-hour “journey” was a pronounced success. Ve e e s, . | | | Henry Roden had presented to President Charles E. Bunnell, of the WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 x | Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, the nistory of Capt. enefic aspes werfully “ "ogf\‘,u1:1,",‘],x,(::;ul:iu](;)e p?onumtc Charles Francis Hall's two last polar expedilions. The work was pub- ‘md‘m‘(l ,m.‘ many persons on me~lmhed more than 40 years previously under the authority of the U. S. |planet Earth, It is a lucky day Government. |for the Navy and the Air forces ; HEART AND HOME: Under this | Members of the Fish and Game Club were to meet the following ‘Lnnuv uration hearts should be 11;.1\11111;;11( for the purpose of electing officers and reviving interest in the and work pleasant. Girls will find |club activity. The meeting was to take place in the office of the curator this an auspicious date for meeting |of the Alaska Museum in the A. B. Hall. young men. The stars encourage ——— | friendship rather than romance. Dr. Wallace E. Peterson, of Ketchikan, was appointed as a member |This is a promising rule of the|or (he Territorial Board of Dental Examiners, by Gov. Scott C. Bone to | stars for women who seek emplo\-!m, the vacancy that had existed for several months. 1"‘"‘“ Workers in shops and fac-|y,.1q 5 meeting early in July in Juneau. | tories are well directed. Labor un-| ions are subject to planetary influ- ences which are most favorable for | mothers, wives and daughters who | | age in highly technical tasks. The board was to H. L. Simonds, Alaska Manager and Vice-President of the Pacific American Pisheries, arrived in Juneau the previous day from Hoonah “md was to leave the following day for Cordova on the Alameda. He planned to spend some time at the cannery at Katalla and go from there eng | | i INESS AFFAIRS: Govern-!| meBnliS cooperation will aid many Ho the canneries on the Alaska Peninsula. lines of business. Stringent IlllL\‘ Three teachers in the Douglas Schools, Miss Mirian Hayner, Miss i.vhunv to readjustments will be | enforced if the stars are rightly ‘(zl-xd s Peterson and Miss Frances Peterson, were to leave for the | read, but there will be bitter criti- | Westward on a vacation trip. cism of Washington statesmen. ——— | Heavy losses of valuable merchan- Col. Frederick Mears, F. A. Hanson, Sumner Smith and other | dise shipped to foreign ports will|officials, went from Anchorage to Nenana to observe the spring break-up | cause great anxiety but the United 1(7( the ice. Nations will benefit immensely | gh el | through our supplies which now| Miss Helen Smith, who had been teaching in the Thane School move regularly in great quantities.| gyuing the last term, was to leave on the Spokane for the South. NATIONAL ISSUES: Prohibition | facooates ol Tl Lty SRS ."\ Oscar E. Olson and R. 8. Graves, with the Bureau of Public Roads, ‘255 dr;\kmg fl(l]m:;:" [:l;fl m;‘:l “:‘“wv'u‘ in town from Lheir camp on a business trip. rmy, avy ans r orees e | Becond World War than there was rted in 1917. Voluntary abstin Weather for the Juneau area was “occasional light showers” with epO! abstin- :‘"I:f. :: indicated as more general|moderate southeast winds. Maximum temperature was 58 and minimum than in previous mobilizations of | Was 50 armed men. The stars seem to in- te that there will be no sump- P e ——— | tuary legislation this year. Self- D 'l l H E I' h by | discipline is one of the evidences ! al y essons ln ng Is W. L. GORDON |of character development in the! younger generation. R iR TR reaererrneawamend | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “In so far as I know, Le In the horoscope cf Australia, Jupi- | told the truth.” Omit IN. Say, “So far as I know.” ter rising in trine aspeet to the; OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Prescription. Pronounce first syllable |Moon appears to presage for the PRE, not PER. last three months of this. year a OFTEN MISSPELLED: Tray (receptacle). Trey (three at cards, happy issue from war perils. There etc ), is also a fortunate aspect for fin-| gyNONYMS: Authentic, authoritative, genuine, real, true. lances. Many heroes will receive| \woRD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us recognition for valiant fighting ab 0 eae ur vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: {home and abroad. In the HtANic|pppTENSION; a claim put forward, whether true or false; affectation. eonflict Australia 1s to gain last- “The mark of a man of the world is absence of pretension.”—Emerson. ing prestige that will result most MODERN ETIQUETTE * poprrra LEE when peace is (mally i | exchanges will prove profitable. Q. Is it correct to cut fish with the knife? } fortunately | attained | Persons whose birthdate it Is| have the augury of a year of good | fortune to which pleasant surprises | contribute a great deal. Property | Children born on this day prob- A. No; it should never be necessary to cut fish with the knife. The ably will enjoy happy, sheltered, | fork is used for this. However, it may be necessary at times to use the town as the battleship in the foreground of the phum sidered exorbitant will help to prove that the United | successful lives. They should be|knife to slip back of a piece of refractory skin. was. How the editors of Saturday Evening Post man- ! States has given up dollar diplomacy for good. "mlented and magnetic, kindly and‘ Q. When a woman is introducing her husbhand to a person of equal — e — T | iselt{sht | social position, should she call her husband “Mr. Martin"? washm lofl HULL vs. WALL/ it is the American public, not the (Copyright, 1942) | A. No; it is better to say, “my husband.” fl The Black List feud is just a|bureaucrats, which suffers. And|— e i Q. Is thirty minutes a long enough period for a guest to remain Me"'_ small part of the most unfortunate|the result of the Wallace-Hull jur- | Axis abroad, particularly in South at a reception? jurisdictional row of all—between|isdictional row may be that the!america. | A. Yes. GO'RO“H‘ Sceretary of State Hull and his| public will have less Brazilian rub-| Secretary Hull at that time was career diplomats on one side, and ber, less Bolivian tin, less of other |wrgthful that the job was given | Vice President Wallace, pius his Latin American materials. to Wallace, and referred to the Vice | [ (Continued from Page One) Bureau of Economic Warfare, on' The row dates back to last sum-|President in strong and picturesque ' I_O OK a nd LEA R N ?( C GORDON the other. Two weeks ago the mer when the White House cre-|language. Hull also blamed Under- . the State Department said, was its | President himself finally stepped in ated the Bureau of Economic Wal'-3secretarv Welles and Lawrence &==—= job, and could not be delegated to|to settle this. fare to use the power of Amvricnn'Duggan, his Latin American ad- 1. Who was Sir Henry Irving? the Rockefeller Committee or any-| Tragedy of these feuds is that , trade, and loans to hit the|viser, for letting Wallace get the 2. What is a penchant? - one else s jcb while he, Hull, was on vaca-' 3. What major professional baseball team played an entire season ut later, when the Donovan | tion. without losing a game? Combibies _gputed to send ghosk Then came Pearl Harbor and the| 4 What is the difference between direct current and alternating ‘\\)u\v S!JLX-‘:uuugw ;) ‘xk‘,nx(.;:‘m ?‘H;H 1;.\: | need for rubbet, tin, quinine, hemb, | current? e State Department and e ! ;. i - pg . vegetable oils. Something was sup: 5. What sea’s waters are five times saltier than those of the Rockefeller Committee suddenly got 4 M:[CLR;S: 3 U'EIAY“C:"‘;' - i Al posed to be done about filling some | oooano together. They u'mul-;x :lu.nn.\t the - Mari. g 45, puVonderiand : si B | of these needs at the Rio de Jan-| AR common enemy, the Donovan Com- Votio i v e & s :: ::j;,lx.»‘nl‘ ios 41 Ac{ffil‘:u’.fim““' = Ei ; eiro Conference h;)eJan:ml’Yt ::: 1. Noted English actor who lived from 1838 to 1905, and who was Gratih AnlSisar dald Both ook | 3% Cautas g:g;:f;;ith“ &n <Hs /5 !tk:(]:f: l:‘l)e zi&; l::;e;“e:t R0, | the first of his profession to be knighted. efeller and the diplomats in effect R g the o3 Elaying card G OlP|EINIS no‘:hmg happened. Three meonths| ~ 2 A strong mental leaning or pitraction; strong inclinatian. “is our stamping ground. Keep Poker term Adjective suffix S|CIEIN|LICIMEIR|I[S passed. And not a single pound 3. Cincinnati Red Stockings, in 1869. out!” | f{fiu::’\’_jwu (TIAIRIONEAIDIVIAINICIEIS| | o rub‘ber reached us from Rio. 4. Direct current flows in one direction only; alternating current Then there was the guarrel be- ) A ;s'p'ikue of flowers AlR[A[RIMTolo/TIMOIL]A] | G0 ab T oiat Wallacke Bur- | reverses its direction at intervals. 2 )y | Garden plots tween Justice and the Treaswry as n Telgg,,,,,!fl 5 afma'ln !;\fl&;% 5;;2 :‘é ] \Uu of Economic Warfare stepped 5. Dead Sea. to which should handle alien prop- L Basboiing peatie i lin with a plan for doing what the{— erty, Ihe argument lasted 50 long e Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle | American Chicle Company has done|ing, the President backed up Lh:n that it delayed seizure of certain Melonk siance important German patents, and fin- ally was settled when Rooseyelt ap- pointed Leo Crowley to be Alien Property Custodian, independent of both pariments WEST POINT vs. ANNAPOLIS Probably the oldest jurisdictional row, at times more harm | than labor union squabbles, has been between the Army and Navy. The Army claimed that air rivalry over patrolling the Pacific | partly responsicle for Pearl Harbor; | while part of the current .\ubmux-i causing AS ine disasters along the Atlantic Coast is said to result lack of cooperation between Army and Navy Another jurisdictional undecided is among the partment, Bureau Warfare and the ment as to who should prosecute violators of the Black List. And because the row has not been de- cided, there have been no prose- cutions, and some companies are beginning to thumb their noses at the Black list from the fight still State De- Economic Justice Depart- of Trick < DOWN 2. Light boat 5t S0 much, 1. Administer cor- 3. Lowest timber poral punish- 4 of a ship ment, - . Afresh . Accustoms . Saluted with night muslc Female sheep 17. Spanish hero Satisfied . Encourage Greek portico . Grafted: her- aldry . Walked lame . Attitude African tree cellings or walls . Plece of baked clay . Shelter Ornamented lower part of a wall . Houses for beasts Football téim . Mohammedan nobles Compass point Pronauin . Postofa stalrcase Lopsided fligh nirt: Insect . Regret archale Woman s Club Sets Program Tonight| Installation ceremonies for the Juneau Woman's Club will be held tonight following a dinner set for 7 o'clock in Percy’s Cafe. An interesting program has been planped under the direction of Mrs. J. P. Williams, who will act as toast- mistress for the dinner. E. L. Keith- |in Central America—send U. 8. ex- I perts into the jungle, set up camps, | transportaticn, and rush out the | goods—by airplane if necessary. | Wallace’s men pointed out that to tap rubber trees in the Amazon jungles required steamboat trans- portation, barracks, quinine, food, and organization. They planned to |use American Chicle men to do it, {in cooperation with Brazil. career boys. So today, the State Department can refuse a passport to any man i Wallace wants to send to Brazil if it so chooses. And all negotiations must be carried on through the| very charming but prim young gen- tlemen who sit in the rarified at- mm‘phere of U. S. Embassies in Latin America. Actually there is something to be said for the State Department’s 'ATE DEPARTMENT SAYS NO 15 idea that you cannot offend the abn, Curator of the Territorial | But the State Department sald| o vereign sensibilities of a Good | Museum, will be the speaker of the |no. They objected that this would Neighbor. Also there is a lot to|evening. 2 |offend Brazil, that it would be in-|p."Ciq fo Wallace's idea of send.| All members of the Federation of |vading that nation's sovereign ms go-getters to the Brazilian jun- | Woman’s Clubs on Gastineau Chan- | rights, would hurt the Good Neigh-lojeq "to bring out the rubber. nel are especially invited to the| | bor policy. |” But the tragedy is that two or-|meeting. The Bureau of Economic Warfare equally interested in R o e e ganizations, defeating Hitler, cannot sit down and work out a commonsense agree- | ment without getting into a jurls- dictional row as bad as any CIO- brawl—and just as harmful the War effort. (Copyright, 1942, by United | countered that they would wol'k‘r | closely with Brazilians, would do i nothing to interfere with Brazilian sovereignty. But the State Department con- tinued to say no. Foreign relations, |y, it argued, were the traditional per- | METHODIST WOMEN TQ MEET TOMORROW Methodjst women will meet to- ‘morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the home Mrs. James Boyle, Ninth and Gold Belt Streets. The women will finish sewing for the ‘oflsuve of the Secretary of State. Peature Syndicate, Inc..) bazaar. |And after the question was sub- —_—— e — | B S = ks jeeted to much hemming and haw=' Empire Classificds Pay! | BUY DEFENSE STAMPS B e i o Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 n . 2 Chiropractic Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths r. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. 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