The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 9, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Lights Up or Dow Daily Alaska Empire ' s Published every evening except Sunday by the (Philadelphia - Record) No country has so far found just the right de- EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Matn Streets, Juneau, Alaska. fense against night bombing ~ ¥ v 3| - - - - i . | e ey o But we wish officials on the Eastern seaboard R.L BERNARD - - Vice- President and Bustness Manager would do a little more experimenting with different hpes of blackout, before enemy bombers arrive. 'i A year ago a British air expert, Noel Pemberton- Billing, suggested “lights up” instead of blackout, with Matter. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Cla. SUBSCRIPTION RATZIS: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per By mail, postage paid, at the following zates: One year, in advance, £12.00; six months, in adyance, $6.00; one month, in adyance, $1.25 Subscribers will confér a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers ‘Telephones: New blinded by the lights of an approaching car at night. Some experiments were made by U. S. Army Engin- eers at Cleveland, and they were reported successful. Now comes word of a barrage of light tried by | the Germans defending Warnemuende, near ruined Rostock. As many as 50 ‘powerful searchlights were played on British bombers, while at the same time a light spread horizontally across the tar- Office, 602; Business Office; 37T4. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news$published hereir ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION, curtain of get The British reported that this “blackout in re- verse” forced their planes as low as 500 feet to get be- low the curtain’ of light. While the bombers believe | they hit their targets, 19 aircraft were lost at Warne- muende and other operations the same night. In spite of these experiments, our Eastern cities have been sticking to the standard form of blackout, with the exception of a “patchwork blackout” tried in the New York area. Let's put our American inventiveness to work We can find lho plution. ‘Alaska Newspapers, 1011 n Build Not Too Early It (Cincinnati Enquirer) Now and again it is said that we must not talk of the peace and of postwar problems. All we must i do now, it fs argued, is to fight the war and win it, the action of both houses of Congress on allowing no ‘other aim to divert our energies. ~ All this | bill to increase the size of a service sounds very well-intentioned. but it does not stand can be interpreted in no other way but 'serutiny. ‘There would be little point in making all {the sacrifices this war will entail if we wefe fighting! |only for survival. ‘We ought to define and plan for "the postwar settlement, and the postwar adjustment here at home, because that will give meaning to the effort and the sacrifices we are making from day to day | It is often said that we won the last war, and then lost the peace. This is not quite true. We helped immensely to win the last war, and then in especially the boys in uniform. 11919 we did not lose the peace but thi But when the bill reached the House, a rider was ' And we shall throw it away again, by retreating into ! asking that the basic rate be $50. This a pretended isolation after the victory, unless now | | | | | | A CL Surely the proposed man’s pay that of a downright stall on the part of the legis- | lators of both the House and the Senate When the bill was introduced in the Senate, it called for a basic pay rate of $42 a month, as com- pared with the old rate, now existing, of $21. Most service men would have been glad to get that extra $21. The House could have approved the bill at the same figure and everyone would have been happy, slapped on move, on the face, looked like the boys in the House | were all in earnest, in favor of a nice pay raise. But to support a courageous, enhghtened foreign poli in effect, this rider started the bill on a ride that has There can be enduring peace, after the Fascis ! dictatorships are vanguished, cnly if the' United States takes its rightful role as one of the leaders in the We do not seeck world hegemony but a proper share in the caused more than a month’s delay The Senate absolutely refused to approve the bill at the $50 figure, they were in on the world community. proving that for the postwar epoch, stall, also. So a compromise committee, made up of orderly governance of the world, so that it may be n?rmbw.s from both houses, got together and sent the peaceful and increasingly prosperous. bill back to the House with the $42 figure as the " wwu v b thinking also of the postwar prob- “compromise,” putting the bill on the same footing jeng closer to home. There is the task of liquidating that it had walked out of the Senate on when it was first introduced. Another stall Finally the committee did reach a compromise at $46, halfway between $50 and $42. We thought the thing was settled once and for all. But yesterday, the Senate comes forth with a proposal that the basic rate be $50. | Tracing your ancestry back to the start might The next move will be for the House to come be a more difficult business than you bargained for, back and insist on the $46 figure | because geologists recognize four great eras of world Usually a man’s pay is commensurate according | evolution: The Proterozoic (about 1,335,000,000 yea | to the risk he's exposed to. That isn't so with the | g0) the Paleozoic (about 317,000,000 years ago), the American soldier. While defense workers, snugly Mesozoic (about 105,000,000 years ago), and the Ceno- tucked away behind the front Jines, have been making . which started 53,000,000 years ago and has con- as much in a day as the soldier makes in a month, | | tinued to the present. you haven't heard any talk of strikes in an army | > X camp | According to a balloonist of the Army Air Corps, all branches of the service. Other nations beat the | ' = " - S A By Y | appearance. We sure are glad to hear it. Apparent- IRETRALL P By pome e, | Iy at least one thing we learned in geography is stay- Fifty dollars a month is not too much for our {ing put men. But even if it had to be $46 or $42 let's puxs‘ this bill without any more delay vast government enterprises, needed in’ war but too closely akin to ‘dictatorship for us to permit in peace- time. We must be planning the transition from war production to the pursuits of peace, so that we may escape the horrors of economic collapse A domestic ence expert suggests that a good Let's pass it, and then, Cong might be able to jdea in the home is to have a different color wash- devote some of its time to other questions, such as a yag and towel for each member of the family. The ceiling on wages to even up the cost of this war a'small boys will have a fight to sée which one gets the little bit. I black one, we betcha. beginning at a poiny wesi of Vilna very much to join the organization umiflfl'ofl and following a line south through 'but is barred by age. “m_' | Lwow is a veteran of war work. P 3 All of Bessarabia, Moldavia MWI‘ and Bucovina, the three big Ru- in World War I Leading 1 manian provinces which formerly | gues at a Zionist banquet in were Russian. | Washington were ardent isolation- (Continued Irom Page One) Fhis British-Russian agreement | ists Representative 'Ham ' Fish and was then put before the United | Senators Nye, States—tand fireworks were expect- ed. that the presence of the U. 8. Le- gation in Finland gave us an excel- lent military listening post and al- s0 helped to influence large groups of the Finnish people who basically are much more with the United Nations than with Hitler, The Russians agreed. | indignant at their FDR ON THE SPOT Roosevelt was in a tough spot. He | underway. could not enter into a secret deal|Milo Perkins | regarding the boundaries of Europe | College—for insight into' what we without risking all sorts of politi- |face during and after the war. cal fireworks in the Senate. yet he did mot want to offend ‘our ,mrectm General of the Army Spe- Worth reading: RUSSIA’S FUTURE BOUNDARIES The question of post-war boun- most potent ally—Russla. ,cmlist Corps and former Secretaty daries was much harder. Actually.| So very firmly, but politely, he|of War, takes his bicycling yery ser- this question was raised about two took the position that the United |lously. He bikes daily fo and from months ago when Stalin sent a pro- posal to Lomdon whereby the Brit- ish were to agree to restore Rus- regarding Europe, that Europe was reserved for his official auto, States could make no commitmem.s’his work, parks his bike in the space not cur bailiwick, and furthermore fhe doesn’t use. (Copyright, 1942, by United sia’s pre-World War boundaries— that it would only create dissension to include Lithuania, Latvia, Es- among the United Nations to begin | Feature Syndicule, Inc.) tonia, part of Poland, and a large any parcelling up of 'territory be- slice of Rumania fore the peace conference. The British, however, remembered | Russlan diplomacy has a habit the criticism heaped upon Lloyd of pressing for every possible ad- George, Clemenceau and the Allies vantage, if they see any sign of for pledging Italy certain territory weakening on the part of the gov- under the Secret Agreement of ernment across the table. But in 1015. So Churchill, stalling for this case there was no sign of [ Roosevelt weakening, and the Rus- time, sent the agreement to Wash- ington by Ambassador Winant to'slans accepted the American posi- Annouiwemedt was made’ toddy get our reaction, {tion with good grace. by Dr. W. W. Council, Territorial OQur reaction was negative. We| Other questions discussed includ-| commissioner of Health, of the indicated to the Russians, as diplo-|{ed a second f{ront against Hitler rhatically as possible, that such an by England and the Uniteéd States: agreement would be in violation of |also a second front against Japan Dr. and Mrs. Smith and their the Atlantic Charter. Whereupon from Siberia. 'Information regard- daughter, Courlyne, left several the Ruw ians came back with the g this phase of the negotiations | weeks ago for the south on vaca- reminder that these territories—Es- cannot be disclosed except to s :"uon According to a letter re- tonia, Latvia, Lithuania, part of that American conferees were high- lLeived here by Dr. Council, Dr. Poland and Rumania—were in Rus- ly pleased with the results. | Smith is planning to go into Civ-|e sian hands when the Atlantic Char- Note:— It probably was no co-|jlian Defense work on the coast tér was signed, so it did not apply |incidence that Japan’s rald on Al-|ynder Dr. Pred Foard, of Civilian resignation of Dr. Courtney Smith, Assistant ' Commissioner. | the idea of blinding aviators, the way motorists are| | w it away. | while the war is waged we build the ptiblic sentiment | Mrs. Rogers She served overseas with the Red Cros! C. Worth Clark of lowa and Ed Johnson of Colorado. One prominent AFL leader was so presence he ( whlked out before the dinner got peech at Swarthmore ‘| proval ‘of the “Council last ‘And | Rich, dignified Dwight F. Davls.:g-,,m cost of opérating the ::«::1‘ & which | 10 them. |aska was staged at a time whan|pefense Headquarters in San Fran- Here the matter rested until a|closer cooperation between the U. 8. | cisco, couple of weeks ago, wihen a Rus- and the USSR regarding Al.uln‘ A successor has yet to be namad sian emissary in London secured a British agreement that Russia’s pre- 1914 borders would be reinstated Roughly, the Soviet was to get (1) The three Baltic states. (2) An eastern strip of Poland | seemed just around the corner MERRY-GO-ROUND 1 Representative Edith Nourse Rog- | lers of Massachusetts, “mother” of | the bill creating the WAAC's, wants |to the position of Assistant Com- | missioner of Health. A e R AL The Daily Alaska Empire has the ll:u-go;t paid eirculation of any Al- ska ‘newspaper. | HAPPY BIRTHDAY At 20 YEARS AGO THe EMPIRE JUNE 9, 1922 Percy G. Charles, pioneer Alaskan, former Chief Deputy U. S. Mar- {shal for the Fourth Division, and later accountant for the Tongass | Trading Company at Ketchikan, and Herman B. Joseph had purchased the Ketchikan Real Estate and Insurance Company. raind ~-4 JUNE 9 | J. J. Meherin Gene Lundstrom Richard Bennett I's Clyde Burns | Mrs. F. C. Sandstrom Mrs. Ralph Martinson Mrs. Paul Avery Thomas C. Snyder Harold T. Sawyér James L. McCloskey, Dr. Robert Simpson and O. Iverson were to ileave Juneau the following day at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon in a small gasboat owned by Iverson, for St. James Bay to hunt bear. They expected to be gone for several days. o . | 5 A number of Juneau people left on the fishing boat Bol II, for Cape H 0 R OS c 0 P E Fanshaw, where they were to be employed in the herring plant there. Those who left were Mrs. A. Lundstrom, Della, Dora and Allred Lund- [ X The 3!(17‘8 t"Chfie strom, Mrs. A. Koskey, Florence Koskey and Lena Korhonen. ; but do not compel” | — Sl Mrs. Lester Eddy, who had been teaching in the school at Anchor- | lage arrived on the Admiral Evans to visit with Mrs. Anna Webster. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 i She was accompanied by little Miss Verna Hurley, granddaughter of Mrs | This should be a fairly fortun-|webster. |ate day since Venus is in benefic b, |aspect. Adverse planetary influ-“ Dr. W. A. Borland, of Hoonah, who had been in New York during ences may undermine confidence. |(he past winter doing post graduate work at the New York General Hos- The configuration is unfavorable l"‘plml left the East for Tacoma. 'mmame HEART AND HOME: Womz-n\ ‘:?S:x);l‘:li::‘:::le\?:n:s m';':i::“i ::;Z:;Lmsm Creek on Douglas Island the previous day. | auspicious for girls who will u-coiw“’“"uy epigved: Sundm School class for a picnic to The afternoon was Miss Mamie Feusi took her adulation from patriotic young | . men but they should not acce))fl The Juneau Ferry and Navigation Cpmpnny was to run an excursion flattery as truth. Under this con- to Eagle River the coming Sunday, using the boat Alma for the trip. float at 8 o'clock in the morning, It was to arrive at Eagle | tiguration the inclination to dodge The Alma was Lo leave the fer !(ho truth may be strong and m"_,cnllmg at Douglas, Treadwell zmd Thane | deception prevalént. As a Mddmn»mvm at 0 and would return to Juneau about 9 o'clock in the eve- {day this should be most f()xu]";][p‘n,ng Coffee was to be served on the boat. “The Taku excursion the | because love rules and mercenary | week before was such a success and we desire to give Gastineau Chan- considerations are absent. Inel people trips to nearby places of interest as often as possible during | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: In"u'ws(n(he summer,” company officials stated. |m operating costs will reduce pml-‘ — |its in many corporations and stock- | June 12, 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. was proclaimed as a holiday by Mayor holders will face reduced returns on |R. E. Robertson so that all local residents could unite in cleaning up substantial nvestments. The stock | ang getting in shape the city playgrounds acquired in the Casey-Shattuck jmarket will fluctuate sharply as | Addition by the Juneau Fire Department, for presentation to the city. fommadifies - Shoy, "h" effects of |y gag planned to have all citizens congregate at the corner of Front i Sudden recoveries and rapid |, " ceward Streets between 12:30 and 1 p. m. and form a regular eclines will mark many securitie: i the ‘Diromneten of. fie Ga. con wverall parade. Line of march was' to be headed by the City Band, Jack ayes was to act as parade marshal and foreman at the grounds. Wheel- | flict’ changes. For securities pr A vicusly profitable there row races were to be staged with prizes for the winners. | p; | S promise in the future. in | United Nations victory will prevent ! John Reck, President of the First National Bank, left Juneau on sacrifices, {the gashoat Earl M for Tenakee for a vacation on which he expected NATIONAL ISSUES: The rela-|{o be gone until July 1. tion between age and efficiency ' {among department heads in Wash- Weather for Jun ington will be widely discussed as and a minimum of 61. changes in the President’s Cabinet |(Il'9 advocated by persons who plac e, {Jittle value upon experience, ’rln {stars seem to forecast several H.s- ignations after the fall elmllo-:y but it is improbable that, there will | |be any conspicuous retirement this | ‘s:mnu-r. the scers declare. The fact | yhe quthor.” . “I maintain.” ;“:‘0;“2::"“;““:;"3;‘[;:"] :"’ ‘l‘“‘““ OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Placer (a place | ower house | 10y, Pronounce the A as in AT, not as in PLACE must seek votes is significant. > . Shei INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: \ OFTEN MISSPELLED: Shlblfl, Il‘.. Sheik; ET SYNONYMS: Firm, fixed, solid, rigid, secure, steady According to astrologers the r’lllurp. |of India to accept the peace terms | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us h day. Today's word: lc”med by the British government | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word last April was due partly to Lhc‘PROPRIETY quality of being proper; fitness, “Never do an act of ’mg(u,mng transit of Mars last au- | Which you doubt the justice or propriety. From the Latin. MODERN ETIQUETTE b”ROBERTA LEE Gandhi's Sun, moung to his s fair with a maximum temperature of 72 | 7 Daily Lessons in English % ;. corbon S ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I claim that Emerson was where gold is ob- |gressed Moon. The last quauter of this year, however, may bring about ! the much desired agreement be- | tween India and the London states- men. Danger to the life of Gandhi | is indicated. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good 3 Q. Should a girl secretary rise when her employer’s wife enters his {privmn office? A. Yes, and leave the office if she thinks the wife wishes to talk i ot : o l|')u\nu‘]v with her husband, unless she is requested to remain. | e Ppy love “affairs are; Q. Should a close friend rush in to kiss the bride at the conclusion OiiliRven ‘Hom od this® da3 jprob- :nI the ceremony, before her parents have done so? OB "he sensitive ard: thighted, | A. Never; this reveals extreme lack of consideration. J6af 17 Bin® And tond of ‘a1l that ) Q. Is it necessary for a hostess to rise when greeting a guest who 1 Beatrtitul, Mahy mvsiclans be- has just arrived, and other guests are present? long to this sign, A. Yes, always. A hostess is very discourteous who does not rise ¥ [to greet every guest, and also when taking leave of each departing guest. st e 1. Between what two candidates for the Presidency of the United States was the vote tied and the election decided by the House of Rep- resentatives? SCHOOL BUDGET ! * ‘Involving "4 ‘total expenditure of | $4619 as the city’s portion of the - 2. What is the capacity of the human stomach? cosc to run Dougla: 1 glas Public &hm"s\ 3. What does “power of attorney” mean? for'the 1942-43 term the Bchool| ° o : - ! v 4 Board's annual budget received ap- | hmd'.") hat famous American poet is called the l‘-"oet Laureate of Child- The female of what animal is called a vixen? ANSWERS: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Four to five pints, depending upon the size of the person. Authorizing a person to act as nno'.her‘s agent or attorney. Eugene Field (1850-95). Fox. will ‘be $17,259, of which $12,640 will be paid by the Térritory. The | expense items include a ‘kinder- garten department. The Council also voted in favor |of installing a stand pipe at Pifth | and F Streets for fire protection in that section. Plans were made | ! lo place signs at ~street corners. S ! FOURTH JULY MEETING Mayor Erwin Hachmeister has {called a meeting of all persons in- | terested for Friday evening, June 12 for the purposé of reorganizing | the Fourth of July Assoclation. The ‘meetlng is called for 7:30 o’clock to be held in the City Hall. o oa e PR FLY TO TENAKEE Mrs. Mark Jensen accompanied by her son John left yestérday by plane for Tenakee Springs ‘where she will spend her vacation. } ——r e SUMMER LIBRARY HOURS During the cnsuing months the Douglas Public Library will be op- en on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9 oclock as usual but will be closed Saturday afternoons. —e CANNERY CREW IN TOWN The cannery tender Hyak with Jack Warter, captain, Arthur Ladd and Joe Riedi as crew was in port yéesterday in interest of the Deep Sea Food Cannery for supplies. They Treturned (o Tenakee this morning. " il Y—oriental Camp Fire Girls work- ing on a Red Cross blanket at Sacramento, Calif, are: (left to right) Eleanor Gorre, Filipino; Miyoko Y; Barbara §3 Kl“llch‘. llflm’ ud eanette - 74 8 byt i E Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 T A Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. ROB}IT SIMPSON, OPT. D. " Graduate Los Angeles Colltge of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. i PHONE 136 First Aid Headquarters for Abused Hair Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES' READY-TO-WFAR 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 Arclue B. Betis ml;w AOCOUNTANT Andits Taxes Systems Bookkeeping Rm. 8, Valentine Bldg. Phgne 676 — “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plambing—0il Burners | Heating Sheet Metal Phone 34 "'‘Guy Smith-Drugs" Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remediés TONEAT - YOUNG | Hardware Company { PAINTS—OIL- GLASS | Shelf and Iicavy ifardware Guns und Ammunition I "7 BUY DEFENSE BONDS TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1942 DIRECTORY MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV-, ERS, Secretary. B.P.0 ELKS || COFEFE SHOP Professional { Fraternal Societies ! Gastineau Channel i > SECOND and FOURTH . Monday of each month; in Scottish Rite Templeg | beginning at 7:30 p. m. R. W. COWLING, Wor-2 Mects 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 DRUG CO. 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 FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET l.qs anc Juneau Next to T . uun Shop Secand Street Phone 65 | INSURANCE | Shattuck Agency ; CALIFORNIA Gracery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—171 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices swper WHITE, rower TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Iee Cream Fiavors 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 ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundr- T -9 NS X Fox-—s =, ¢l COMMERCIAL 8"1—!!3!! a Cenhu'y ofi Bankmg— '[he B.M.Behrends Oldest Bank in Alaska Lo € oealh et