The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1942, Page 4

_PAGE FOUR D(ll’\ Alaska Emplro (Cincinnati Enquirer) | Sluughler ()f lnnocenh | é\]nlhv by the : Published every evening except EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Once more the mass executions so typical of Nazi Second and M policy in conquered countries have reached a new HELEN TROY MONBEN kg ’;;l"“"”" peak. Germany is attempting to enslave the popu- e - Vice-President and Business Manager 1, tions of a dozen countries of Europe, to make them Entered in the Post Office in Juneau Sccond Class Matter. f\\m-k for a bare subsistence to provide the foodstuffs SUBSCRIPTION RAT | . y ! Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douslas for $1.25 per month. | and armaments for the Reich. Having failed to 1, e paid. at the following rates: | persua P F: reciable number of 5 e $12:00, aix moAiner In wivance, peve; | PrSuRde any appreciable [ [ersins fupt $1.25 they should join forces with Germany, Hitler's only favor if they will promptly notify ailure or frregularity in the de- of any recourse is to the bludgeon—and the firing squad. In recent days more than 125 Hollanders and Frenchmen have heen executed. In most instances they were not men found “guil of terrorism, but men selected at random as “hostages.” Nazi policy papers News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ted Press s exclusively entitled to the use for of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | js the deliberately cruel one of murdering innocent — persons as a warning to their neighbors to toil un- ALASKA CT LATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER remittingly for the triumph of German arms. THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. From the military standpoint the significance of | this rise in executions is momentous. It indicates that the wave of sabotage and resistance is mount- ling in all the conquered nations of Western Europe This means that Hitler will have to keep more of his | own troops in garrison service, reducing the effective | forces he can send to the battlefronts. It means also | that public opinion in the conquered countries is turning more and more openly to support of the | § 'Unnod Nations. We cannot expect helpless civilian populations without arms to overthrow their conquerors. It would be wishful thinking of the worst sort to expect the French and Dutch and Norwegians to win our war for us. But we can count on an ever-greater friend- !liness in the civilian populations, wherever the v.roops\ \0( the United Nations may land on the continent. | And that is a military advantage of real importance. / ATIONAL REPR Alaska Newspapers, 1011 can Buildin ESENTATIY ES Wash G/ \\ W \Rl' ARE ixit The Gadget i war machine recently was its Russian campaign, it | such a violation had been ‘When accused of wasn't the first time the using German gas (New York Times) The commonest material sign of our | has been the gadget, and the commonest gadget has | HBeen made at least partly of iron or steel. In about three months, under WPB's 'atest order, there will be no new gadgets of this kind.. Unless we have in that attributed to an Axis nation civilization | Japan used gas in its China campaign, Conclusive proof of this latter ex-| ample reached the United States in pictures, Colonel Alden JH. Waitt, of the Chemical War<11)rcviou'~ly provided ourselves we will get up in the fare Corps of the United States Army, in a recent |[momning and try to shave—no razor blade stropper, article in Flying Magazine, gives a very sensible ac- | take a shower—no shower stall; look for a clean the effectiveness of gas warfare. shirt—no drawer pulls; try to clean our shoes—no| count of Many writers would have us believe that large bembing planes carrying chemical agents may cover shoe-cleaning outfits; sit down to breakfast—no sugar | tongs, and not too much sugar, either. At the office we can't have new cash registers, new erasing knives, cities and towns with gas and literally blot out en- . “ new fountain pens, automatic pencils or pen holders. tire populations. Others say that chemicals wll{ not W can't even ba vilgar and get a new spitoon: Homm‘ be used against cities and towns because of ml‘[-'ngam for dinner, we can't have any new cocktail fectiyencss | sets or shakers of metal, no crumb trays, no napkin | Col. Waitt sys that “in a gas war, the chemical | yings, no metal pic plates. We aren’t even allowed a | weapon will find wide uses as an important auxiliary | feed trough—not a new one, anyhow. to high explosives. It will not wipe out populations, | Every phase of life is invaded. We can’t have| nor will it entirely supplant cxplosives. But it will| new bleachers and grandstands: new bridge splash | weapon.” guards, new corn poppers and croquet sets; new cul-| used gas in their waffare,|verts, door chimes or dummy police; new grilles, themselves especially '.ulu:-x'x\hlv to gas in their|either ornamental or for sewers; new pail clasps, populated island cities. They realize this and | portable bath tubs, dinner bells or sign posts; no new s have held repeated gas defense exercises in |starter shingle strips, no new statues, tanks, voting | cities and have a well-developed civil de- { machines, or B-B shot for air rifles, no new wagon | bodies and no new gutters for single-family dwellings. We must just make the old ones do, or go without. | a most effective The who have be Japs are thi for y their large fense scheme, | Our Office of Civilian Defense also is cunmdvnnu‘ the chance of gas attacks and Alaska cities soon will | W€ “"“‘l“ ;/‘l"‘ :‘” ‘°‘;°“;‘J;‘;el S:: ’Z:C::ll)‘i)e;fllw:l]iu:]:‘ have gas masks and protective clothing which they {€9ual If Mr. .A on s 2 | egg slicer, hair curler or rotary door bell, neither can will learn to use just in case |Mr. B on Z Street. Our ancestors did without most | local civilian defense boards whic ?\ lof these things. Geoge Washington did. Daniel utilized members /poone gid. . So can we. Let us cheerfully dispense of their fire departments, medical nurses, | with the new parking meter we wanted, the new | and others, appointing special anti-gas wardens and | gocr handles for which we longed, the new manicure | supervisors to educate the population in the methods | jmplements and the new marine hardware we had | of protection planned to buy. Tet us cultivate our gardens, using In most cases, have considered this problem have se The members of the civilian defense units through- | last year’s shevel and hoe. 1 | United States and its Territories as well fl%i out the the entire population all will be equipped with gas masks as soon as possible, according to the presenm of the OCD. | Seven women have lived to see their sons be- | come President. All other women content themselves ; B g eir sons could have been | gas masks as well as protective clothing |with the thought that th | hey the breaks. and other has been or- Pleslflcnt had they gotten ' dered and soon will be received here. Other Alaska | cities also have requisitioned such equipment. l The Jap who has left his strawberry patch (by This is a necessary precaution to be taken in any |request) is kin of other Japs who will leave a patch Let's hope that we never have to use the gas‘on our pants for a long time after we are finished But let's learn how to use them. ]pmmg for their war. Washinglon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) policy Juneau’s civilian defense equipment war masks. “Do you know of any contract | that has been voided for that rea- she inquired. Smith “offhand” he knew of none. | quick glance, and then both grabbed for the check. Wickard ‘won out. ‘ “But I invited you,” prutesled mn° | Leavy. “I insist on paying.” | that : “Not at all, Charlie” replied| “Are you ready to assure this Wickard. “I'm delighted to buy yuu‘cumxmu.ne that a contract .would a drink. You know, I had no idea | be voided if it could be shown that you were going to stay in cOan\,\om of'thusc brokers had collected |to consider our appropriations.|® fee?” persisted Miss Sumner. That's great news.” | “The Army would have no other s | choice,” said Smith, “It is a legal! Later Ickes brought hg\;l;lwhfn requirement. They must vold it.” as toastmaster, he relat he n-‘ e However, the guests who com- ‘rulvnl “It’s not surprising to me, ]Lo x:", rict";iz:]nsmrs‘;rys::‘tgxsfia‘f mand most attention were Secre-|he said, . “that Claude got that e 'cvery g i el tary of Interior Harold Ickes .md‘,),"k He's an expert at grabbing Tadls kit e RGN Rl Secretary of Agriculture Claude | off things.” Saota: AR it certgnin oo art Wickard. Because Ickes and Wick-| wickard shot back: “That's the| \ 1 getting 5 percent of large contracts, | wrd have differed over who should | first time me Agriculture Depart-|o, 4 ciin 1o contracts are void 1., Federal Judge, included many Cap- itol notables. have jurisdiction over the FuxLM o [,(-”rl yx < i ERArume : b where that has been done, where | if there would be any [m»\\mka came to Wabhlngton. the contract has not been voided?” ! Leavy is a good friend of both, : § | but he loves an argument, so he broke in Represeritative Wright: grabbed them as they entered the] THE OLD GRAVY TRAIN P‘f,‘g}f“ zfi "T::jx;tc L hotel and insisted they all have a| Miss Jessie Sumner is serving| o » A 185 . BIImHeK soft drink together. only her second term in Congress,S%eetly, "bul lon’t care to give, |the name of the person mvulved' because he happens to be a consti-| tuent of mine. Everybody else has | gotten theirs. Why should I sac- rifice a constituent?” “I'm thirsty ald Leavs, with a }l:ut the blond. effusive Tllinois Rep- mischievous grin, “and 1 know you | Yésentative can give some of her | veteran colleagues a bizarre lesson when it comes to protecting the in- !terests of constitutents. fellows enjoy each other’s company | Vi much. We have plenty of] Al a hearing of the House Bank- ipping his drink, Leavyijng Committee on a bill to, aid { | | WAR FLASHES | conflict in the {from Elfin Cove where Mr. time. that he did not plan to While revealed quit Congress until the Appropria- small business, Miss Sumner closely questioned Major George C. Smith Belgian anti-Axis saboteurs have blown up one of the largest syn- \ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY | | MAY 25 Mrs. Charles Sey Dr. W. W. Council Eva DeLeon Robert Sommers, Jr, Evid Jarvis Mrs. Herb C. Redman Willilam Maier H. M. Stephenson. - HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” g LIt TUESDAY, MAY 26 —_— should be used with caution. In- itiative should be postponed for disturbing news may be expected. HEART AND HOME: Simple liv- ing will be planned by all who have foresight. As in England, large homes in this country will be abandoned for homes that can be maintained at moderate cost. Post- war customs will be different from those followed in previous years. Women will study artistic decora- tion and furnishing at low costs and will find solace in days of anxiety by changing their environ- ity and comfort as well as sweep- ing economies. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Discov- in the industries is nosticated for the coming summer when prospectors will find rare | ores, formerly supplied by impor ation from foreign countries. W quired materials formerly ignored in times of uninterrupted commerce. usual fluctuations of the stock mar- ket may be expected next month. NATIONAZ expressed as labor leaders’ demands again cause ccnsciousness oOf difference between high wages ry and the low pay of men arms. Great differences in encies of war will inspire heated dis- cussions among the people on whom heavy tax burdens rest. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRF Jupiter on the don presages better conditions for Britain as spring intensifies the Anglo-American cooperation prove most effective in menths, Jupiter culminating ut will receive aid that tunate at this time. The stars seem to promise progress toward victory for the democracies. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a busy year in which social contacts are fortunate. should be on guard against all forms of impulsiveness. Children born on this day prob- ably will have high ideals and dis- tinctive talents. Their esthetic sense will cause them to love ar- tistic things, but exotic tendencies sheuld be eradicated. (Copyright, 1942) {ELLIOTT FREMMING replied ] AND FAMILY HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS '’ Mr. and Mrs, Elliott Frrmmlng and their young son, David, ar- jrived in Juneau on the Elfin ming is employed by E. O. $wan- scn who operates a store in that place. They expect to remaif in Juneau for several days on busi- ness. To obtain . identification from the U. 8. Coast Guard, twelve ! trollers from Elfin Cove also made the trip to Juneau. The salmon run is just begin- Mr. Fremming said. Ten thousand pounds of kings have been brought to Juneau -for sale here to date, he stated. SERVICES TOMORROW FOR FRED W. FORD, FATALLY [INJURED Adverse aspects rule today which | ment in ways that will assure beau- | eries of much-needed metals re-| prog- is to develop many supplies of raw | Un- | ISSUES: Discontent | |among men in the armed forces vf the United States will be definitely | the | in' the sacrifices entailed by the exig- | ascendant at Lon-| Second World War. | will! cgming | Nanking should benefit China, who| is most for-| They | 1| Frem- | passes | ning in the Elfin Cove district,! 20 YEARS AGO 7% empire B e e MAY 25, 1922 Lord Byng, Governor General of «Canada, was to visit Whitehorse during the summer according to officials on the Princess Louise, in town the previous Saturday evening. He was also to visit the Atlin Plans called for departure from Vancouver on July 26 on the s Louise and the return trip on the Princess Alice. i Making her maiden voyage to the North, the Princéss Louise, crack new liner of the Canadian Pacific Railway, arrived in Juneau the previous Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The new vessel was greeted by one of the largest crowds that ever met an incoming steamer and the Admiral Line Dock was packed. Shortly after docking, the steamer was thrown open to visitors and hundreds of people took advantage of the oppor- tunity to inspect every part of the fine ship. A six-piece orchestra, a regular feature of the ship during the tourist season, and supper, served in the dining saloon were among the features of the entertainment. Charles Otteson, of the Alaska Dano Mining Company, was to leave | during the day on the gasboat Ruth L for the mine at Funter Bay. Mrs. Ofteson was accompanying him and planned to spend the summer at the mine. Mr. Otteson was taking out a load of supplies and was to rem&_fln for a week Mrs. Grover C. Winn and Mrs. Elmer A. Friend had issued invita- tions to a bridge party on Friday afternoon and Saturday evening at | the home of Mrs. Winn on Fifth and East Streets. Staff of the Juneau Public School for the following year, selected |at a meeting of the School Board held at the office of Dr. H. C. De- ]v:ghne President, included the following: Superintendent of Schools, {John E. Lanz; Principal of senior high school, Mrs. John E. Janz; | Principal of junior high school, Mrs. Grace V. Bishop; second grade, Miss Violet Bourgette; first grade, Mrs. Iva A. Tildren. W. A. Garster, Deputy U. S. Marshal, was returning to Juneau on | the Jefferson which had left bcaul(‘ in the morning. He had made a ‘.Lrlp to Seattle on official business E. P. Walker, Chief of the Biological Survey for Alaska, was to leave for Wrangell on the Regal to chcose an island in the vicinity of Wrangell | to be converted into an experimentag fur farm for the government. The | only experimental fur farm conducted by the government at the time was lat Keeyesville, N. Y. Weather for the Juneau area was unsettled with moderate winds, mostly southeasterly. The maximum temperature was 63 and the mini- | mum was 45. | At least 25 people from Douglas Island in addition to the baseball team were planning a trip to Whitehorse which was to be made by the Alma leaving Gastineau Channel at 7:15 o'clock in the morning. Upon their arrival at Skagway the excursionists were to be guests at a big dance and early the following morning they were to take the train for Whitehorse where the King's birthday celebration was being held. Be- sides the teamn those going included Mesdames Wilmer Edwins, W. E. Cahill, Weschenfelder, Frank Pettygrove, Jr., Mr. and Mi Cashen, Misses Esther Cashen, Sadie Conley, Helen Lyons and Nelma Niemela. | e Daily Lessons in English % ;. corbon U WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, rubbish.” Omit UP. | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Galaxy. Pronounce gal-ak-si, {A's as.in AT, second A unstressed, I as in IT, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Hereditary: observe the I and the ARY. SYNONYMS: Emergency, necessity, extremity, exigency, crisis. 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: |GRANDEUR; grandness; eminence; sublimity. “Many men owe the | grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.”—Spurgeon. | ,We should burn up this both { MODERN ETIQUETTE * :opgrra Lee Q. When should the clergyman be consulted about a wedding? A. He should be consulted as soon as the plans for the wedding {are discussed. Q. Should decorations be used when giving a musicale? A. Use as few decbrations as possible. Palms and ferns may be used but never flowers, as the heavy scent annoys the artists. i Q. Is asparagus ever eaten with the fingers? | A. No. It is ill-bred to take up this dripping vegetable with the. flngers It should be taken with the fork, the tip being cut off wnh blunt edge of the fork, and so conveyed to the mouth. —— S STV US| 1. Which State’s land is more than 95 per cent in farms? | 2. What is the most abundant element in our atmosphere? 3. Who wrote, “A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke"? How far does a greyhound leap when traveling at full speed? What is the oldest known fruit? ANSWERS: Towa. Nitrogen. Rudyard Kipling. About 18 feet, when necessary to clear a hurdle. The olive. | | They Fly Through the Air— MONDAY, MAY 25, 1942 DIRECT‘)RY Fraternal S-ocielics Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A.W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 "Chiropractic” Physio Electro Theropeutics DIETETICS—REDUCING Soap Lake Mineral and Steam Baths Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. L — Dr.J o}m H. Geyer Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 p.m. —m—m— ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. ‘Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter 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 TYPEWRITERS 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 Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 Archie B. Belis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Taxes Systems Bookkeeping Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phone 676 L “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—O0il Burners Heating Phone 3¢ Sheet Metal "Guy Smith-Drugs” (anmn ‘Prescriptionists) ‘NYAL Family Remegies | HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM | | } > \ Gastineau Channel 2 -3 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 143 . 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. Professional ———a 1 | PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Gfoceries Phone 16—24 ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. T RS s M5 N R 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 | FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET RCA Victor Radios . and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Sl‘mp Second Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices serer WHITE, rover TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET —_— “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors Peppermint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Caramel 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 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR tions subcommittees, of which he ¢ tpa Army and Navy Munitions thetic fertilizer plants in their| PARVFR HERBEX TREATMENTS WILL is a member, had acted on the Boirq about a regulation against | country. This is a serious blow to| Funeral services for Fred W. (_ORRECT HAIR PROBLEMS Interior and Agriculture budgets. the payment*of brokerage fees on:Llle Nazis, who have been using m,_,\l"ord, 55, whé died last Saturday. , : Ickes and Wickard exchanged a war contracts {output of this plant for food pro- MOnIng after a fall, will be held Si d’ at 2 pm. tomorrow in the Chapel 'gri s of the Charies W. Carter Mortu- ¥ ary. The Rev. W. H. Matthews, Jr. will give the eulogy and inter-, ment will be in the Evergreen Auction .in Gesmany. . . . For.more than a month .there havc been no jcereals of any kind on the Sofia| | market. Also the lack of feed, com-| imaudecred by the Nazis, is so sev- lere that thousands of horses have|Cemetery. |died of starvation. Mr. Ford is survived by his wid-, | Four small Buffalo concerns are|ow, who resides here in the Bond demonstrating that where there is| Apartments at Fourth and ‘Harris, la will there is a way to aid war|Streets. | production. Three of them tomb-| Born in New York State on Jan- one manufacturers, have obtained 'yary 7, 1887, Mr. Ford has'lived L“'::;fi‘; to sandblast castings for|in the Territory for the lagh five |battleships and machine - gun mounts. The fourth, which formerly {z:?'a:a:fga::;fl:?pcfiifi;: a;:; COMING! coMmt! couc: Paramount Presents BOB HOPE - DOROTHY LAMOUR ‘Cauent.DRAFY wm Lynne Overman « Eddie Bracken 1231—Hall a Century of Banking—1841 TheB.M. Behrends Bank produces vy B. 6. DeSylva made wig-wag turn signals for & the school and recently he has been ank in A Dicacted 2 trucks, is now making armaments| irected by DAVID -uun arte: o Ml civilian guard for the U. §. Sig- OIdeSl B k laSka Mk COMMFJEIAL "’"’ (Copyright, 1942, by United Fen.‘"“‘ Corps at Mile 7. | A i hCentllry Theatr | Fummage Sae ot the Luern e . | Church Parlor Thursday, May 28, BUY DEFENSE BONDS |beginning at 10 am. = {rom the 107th C: .dunh-lqnit. are havi lots nfhl:'n' putfix a jeep th:o'l:“? lt:a{:::.c Fort Ord, Cal U:an' € bucking horses, they don’t mind a bit four tizes off &filmund SAVINGS