The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 14, 1942, Page 4

PACE F OUR , Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Malr Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN dong with little expense, and it was good work. | 'questicn. There will be a place for a similar organi- zation in the post-war world. President | Izauon which was difficult to criticize. Its work was Its valye to the youth of the nation s without HAPPY BIRTHDAY R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager 3 : JULY 14 Entered in the Post Office in Junean as Second Class Matter. | NEW GAM_E Jeanne M. Anderson SUBSCRIPTION RATES: -«T«—\*— l 2 Peggy Houk Delivered by carrier fn Juneau and Douglas for-$1.50 per month. | Congressmen and othe ig shots” in Washing- o R. Willard By mall, postage paid, at the wing rates: Hav feinated b whish ht b haney R. art One year, in advance. $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; | ton have originated a' new ga mig| e Fred Anderson one month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the livery of their papers. News Oftice, 602; Business Office, 374 'MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS |termed, “When will the War end?" { de- | | |slyly predicted the other day en the basis of a “mili- The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for |tary secret” that the war will.end “probably -in 1942, republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published Rherein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. unquestionably in 1943." Predictions like this are handed out, while, at |the same time, mpst governmental agencies are tell- NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspavers, 1011 | be a long, hard struggle. American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. We think the boys on Capitol Hill should learn tions.” The Medicai Decision B e o L8] (New York Times) How far may opganized physicians control the practice of medicing? That they alone are com- | petent to decide what diagnostic and therapeutic pro- cedures are right or wrong no one will deny. But | have they the right to prevent lay groups from set- | ting up their own medical organizations and devising | methods to reduce the cost of good medical care? |'This is the issue raised in the action brought by the | Federal Government under the Sherman law against the American Medical Association and the Medical | Society of the District of Columbia. In upholding the convietion of the two societies Curtailment of non-essential governmental spend- | the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia took ing, the reduetion in the number of unemployed, | judicial notice of the fact that “profound changes in these and other factors have brought about the liqui- | social and economic conditions have forced all pro- dation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the fessional groups to make readjustments,” Many law- earliest New Deal agencies—one of the most useful. yers, engineers, chemists are now salaried employes The CCC in Alaska has contributed much to the of industrial organizalions Cooperatives have sprung Territory since it was introduced here in 1933. At|up which have made it potsible for groups to. deal first, the establishment of the program was for the directly wuh» wholesalers and manufacturers. There purpose of alleviation of unemployment and the ac- | 1§ no scientific reason Wity meicine shotld reslst the . ¥ 2 trend, especially since there are salaried physicians complishment of needed work projects. q X i L : !enough in business houses, manufacturing companies In the States, camps were large, many §1 them and municipal hospitals containing In Alaska, l‘h(‘ situation was | Assuming that *he decicion is upheld by the Su- different. Small camps accomodating 30 to 65 en-| e Court, will the prvate physician disappear? rollees were constructed. The Forest Service under- |y js not likely. He still practices in medically “so- took supervision for the entire program. The War cjalized” Europe and New Zealand. And so should. it Department handled payment of accounts, only. |be in a democracy, which maintains a public educa- In 1937, the program was extended in Alaska | tional system without ‘ntertering with private schools. to include the Eskimos in the Arctic regions. In|The decision is important chiefly because it recog- spite of the difficulties of supervision, isolaton of nizes the dissatisfacticn of large groups of citizens crews, limitations of transportation, the program was With the present pattern of medical practice and s there, too. This portion of the program their right to organize their own medical agencies. ontinued in 1939 because of the danger of If the decision stands the mist formidable obstacle disrupting the Eskimo to _cxpenmenlntnon will be removed. perimentation under proper control that we need be- D OF A JOB 200 men a succe was dis regular economy You can see the work of the CCC all over the Territory. The needs of recreation were supplied in many projects—the construction of cabins, building of trails, docks, floats. In the last several years, specifically in the last year, most of CCC activity has been directed | toward the war effort | The news the world has been waiting for is here. An army airfield was constructed, strategic roads The women of America can now read (with the developed, trails and community gardens built, ¢caBmps | men peering over thelr shoulders) just what the were provided for armed men. But practically all of | members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps will the work done by the CCC in the Territory is now | wear under their uniforms. of real value to the National Defense. | But the Quartermaster Corps has made what we Air, sea and land transportation has been mater- | fear is a typical male mistake in choosing a standard ially Jenefited by the construction of emergency air- | type of girdle. plane landing fields in remote areas, the installation Regardless of whether the WAAC bulges here, or of docks, floats and breakwaters, and the construg- | there, she will get the same type. . No mention is tion. of low standard roads, trails, bridges, shelters]'made—our samen’s pages tell ug—of the: ynending and dog trails. controversy between using zippers vs. hooks, no dis- ot REdos 3 3 cussion of front lacing vs. side lacing, nothing to e pe _m“” Hewe bpfl_’ mndev an the ’m'lmdlcnte, in short, that the Quartermaster ever heard provement of sanitation and living facilities in e : 3 A | of the two-way stretch. Eskimo and Indian villages through the development We thought Leon Henderson was taking a chance of water systems, drainage ditches, sewage disposal when he tried to monkey with the price of women's systems, hydro-electric plants, mode! homes and clothes. street improvements. Similes fail us when we think of the job tackled The CCC was one of the many New Deal orgal ni- | by the Quartermaster Corps Washinglon Mery- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) monthly paychecks fit of the great number nf people who are normally unable to meet the heavy expense of medical care in catastrophic illness Squawks About WAAC (Philadelphia Record) S the the draft law has been in oper-‘sergeam-a(-lums of the Senate. ation nearly. two years, Selective Jurney not only has access to an Service still does not have the de- | unlimited gas supply, but he gets pendable statistical data on the na- the gas free. tion’s military manpower. ! Service js still issuing blanket quota on the Sepate payroll as a “jani- orders without detailed information tor”) in a sumptuous limousine, also on the manpower available in. the furnished free, : local draft districts. | Jurney defends this grand slam Latest participant is Rep. Anglrew J. May, chair- man of the House Military Affdirs Committee who ing us to prepare for a long war, that it is going to|, a game called, “How To Get Together on Predic- |, fore we undertake to legislate medically for the bene- | Further, he is fer-| Selectiye 'ried around by a chauffeur (listed | on the Pacific Coast and I have| That is why some draft boards seen them in battle. They are pret- | are compelled ta eall up married ty tough. One thing to remember|men and men with dependents, is that they have been preparing |while in other sections unencum- bered draft-age eligiblgs are. still awaiting induetion, Comprehensive . statistical data would avoid such inegyalities and make possible a uniform induction for this war 20 years. That's ap-| parent in their battle maneuvers. “They lay out a plan. It is us ually a good one, and they will go to thelr deaths to carry it out. But| in boodle on the ground that the| limousine is for “official business.” Just what constitutes “official busi- ness” in his case is anybody’s guess, for Jurney’s duties seldom take him away from the Capitol, and he lives directly across the street in the | Methodist building. | Kenneth Romney, House Ser- here is what is going to whip them If something goes wrong along the system. . That was the purpose of geant-at-Arms, who has far more the amendments passed by Can_irespunsxblmies than Jurney, must Mrs. H. F. Hopkins Cecil DeEverest Mrs. A. F. Gilchrist Steven S. Moulton HOROSCOPE WiTWe ‘stars incling - but do not compel” e WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 Adverse planetary aspects appear strong today. Mars is in threaten- ing. sway and war news may be a bit discouraging. HEART AND HOME: Under this sway - there may - be an inclination |for women to induige in depressing thoughts. It is a time to count blessings and to avoid borrowing trouble. The stars encourage the planning of home comforts that cost little and much will be accomplished in midsummer handicraft work of many sorts. It must be remem- bered, the seers emphasize, that the world is suffering the birth pings of a future order of civilization which will be much better than any that has preceded it. To this all- 1 lout war every living man, woman and child must contribute cour- ageously. i | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Prepar- ation and distribution.-of foods. to employ great numbers of Ameri- cans through coming weeks. Sci- ence is to improve on methods of condensing and preserving fr and vegetables. Exports of products | of the western hemisphere will in-| crease immeasurably as millions f | war victims in Europe and Asia fncv! starvation. Farming in the United| | States is to undergo great changes, | |it is forecast, as science introduces | novel methods to assure wholesale | production. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Democra’-| dent .in social and economic rela-| |tions among citizens of the United | States. The measure of a man or a woman will be the value of ser- | vice rendered the nation. The lei- }sure class will disappear as great | wealth vanishes. In the future, mil- lions that formerly would be spent !for pleasure will be devoted to hu-| man betterment, the seers prophesy. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:| | Mars has an aspect today that is‘ |read as indicating potential suecess | |for the United Nations, but there may be bad news from one of the | battle ironts. . The seers warn of | |the danger of too much optimism {and stress the need of fighting as if ! the odds were against us..Complete | success must be attained, they re- | peatedly declare, if lasting peace is | to be assured after the most dread- ful conflict in ‘all history. Persons whose birthdate it | is sified interests which include love affairs, travel and war activities. Children born on this day prob- ably will be strongly individual and independent. They should be tal- ented, but many of the Cancer sub- g (Copyright, 1842) Representative Fish " In for Tough Battle; Skids for FDR Baifer (Continued from Page One) studded 26th think this |year: (1) Fish, who for nine con- | secutive terms won his race hy majorities ranging from 20,000 up- |ward, had only about 9,000 mgre than his opponent in 1940; (2) Al- though always a vigorous Rosevelt- have the augury of a year of diver- | jects are temperamental and diffi- | | gress. But it won't be accomplished |5UPPly his awn car for official du-|paiter, Fish’s vigor in_the last few 20 YEARS AGO lf'i'}"E EMPIRE JULY 14, 1922 Honoring Major General Charles G. Morton, Commanding Officer of the Ninth Avmy Corps Area, with headguarters in San Franmcisco, his bride, Mrs. Morton, her daughter, Miss Edith Huff, and Brigadier Gen- eral George B. Duncan, Commanding Offieer at: Camp Lewis and Mrs. Duncan; Col. B. F. Cheatham, on General Morton’s staff; Col. O. J. Charles, Commanding' Officer at Fort Lawton, and Lieut. &I N. Tranimel, aide to General Morton, Governor and Mrs. Scott C. Bone entertained the previous evening with a public reception gt the Governei’s House. Major Lester D. Lampert, Commanding Officer at' Fort Seward, dccom- panied the party to Juneau and the visitors were dinner guests of Gov. and Mrs .Bone preceding the reception. Sixteen Girl Scouts who left Douglas on the Estebeth for Tenakee where they were to camp for the next ten days ‘were accompanied by Mrs. Felix Gray and Mrs, Robert Fraser as chaperones. Girls making the trip ‘were - Vivian Lindstrom, Helen Lindstrom, Beth Anderson, Marie Florence Swanson, Helen Rundquist, Ethel Rundquist, Rita Robertson, Roberta Fraser, May Fraser, Jessie Fraser, Marcelle DeMytt and Violet Lundell. Later more girls were to make the trip to the scout camp. Entertainment at Channel theatres included Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan at the Coliseum Theatre in “The Kid" and Douglas Fair- banks in “The Nut” at the Liberty Theatre in Douglas. ~ i Members and friends of the Methodist Church were invited to a public reception to be given in honor of the Rev. J. F. McQueen in the i parlors of the church. On the program was to be piano solo by Mrs. W. 8. George, introductory by Rev. W. A. Allen, address by Dr. §. T. McQueen; response, M. L. Merritt; reading, Miss Marguerite Bone; piaho {solo, Mrs. L. L. Harding; talk, M. L, .Stepp, and a talk by Prof. H. L. | Rowley. Refreshments and a social hour were to follow the program. Axel Kronquist had been awarded the contract of painting the i Douglas School Building and annex and was waiting for weather to clear before beginning the work. ! C. O. Prest, aviator who had put on an exhibition in Juneau on July Fourth, was in Dawson, Y. T., waiting for weather to be favorable before taking off for Eagle, on his way to Fairbanks. ¥ Rebekahs and Eagles were to hold a picnic at Auk Cove the fol- | lowing Sunday, leaving Juneau on the Alma in the morning and return- | 5 | ing in the evening. Weather was rainy with a maximum temperature of 56 and a mini- mum of 52. Daily Lessons in English % 1. cornon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He is in a bad fix.” Say, And it js ex-ic principles will be daily more evi- “He is in a bad CONDITION.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Decade. Pronounce dek-ad, E as in DECK, A as in AID, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Timbre (quality of tone). Distinguish from | TIMBER. ! SYNONYMS: Eminence, distinction, fame, renown, glory, repute, | reputation, celebrity. 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: ONEROUS; burdensome . oppressive; troublesome. “The country has been trying for years to. pay this onerous debt.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * gopgrra 1EE Q. TIsn't patience a virtue that every one should do his best to acquire, in order to get the most out of life? A. Yes. “He who has most patience best enjoys the world,” says an old proverb. : Q. Is there any difference in size between the married and the unmarried woman’s visiting card? A. No. Q. When dining in a public place, is one permitted to call to a waiter when something is desired? A. No. One should be patient until the waiter is nearby; then ask in a low tone. * LOOK and LEARN w C. GORDON | { | 1. How much air can the average man hold in his lungs in deep breathing? | | 2. What is the chief city of Nevada? ¥ t 3. Who was the most ill-fated of the queens of France? i 4. What is meant by the expression “Yankee dime’? | 5. Who was the greatest national poet of ancient Rome? ANSWERS: 1. About 10 pints. 2. Reno. 3. Marie Antoinette. 4. Payment in full by a kiss. 5. Vergil (70-19 BC.. {"Williamson, Elsie Edmiston, Emma Garn, Selma Aalto, Rica Niemi, | AL e TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1942 DIRECTORY TEP PO TPE TR E Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer BENTIST Room §—Valentine Bldg PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ROBERT SIMPSON, OFPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College nf Optometry and Opthalmology * Glasses Fitted Lenses Givand | The Charles W. Cartes Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts PHONE 136 First Aid Headquarters for Abused Hair Parker Herbex Treatments Wiy Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s ones-Stevens Shop ' LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third J 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 Satisfled 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 “Say It With Flowers" but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florisis Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing<=0il Burners 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- Blomgren Building Phone 56 | |shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. P i B.P. 0. ELKS | Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednes- days at 8 P, M. Visiting Brothers welcome. ARTHUR ADAMS, Exalted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Secretary. e PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone Lé—34 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharthacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. TIDE CALENDARS | FREE | ; Qace, Druggist| | ! i SAREN'S £70 Ivgia BN, 0 e PR | coFerz se Wawe ace )0y Repeanng #% Veoy Trasolliatse. rates 25 M 03 a4 ateanorn *RANKIAN STREET | S— and RECODRDS Juneay Ficludy House Next to Trarsde:l Gun Shop INSURANCE Shattuck Agency Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at super WHITE, rover TRUCKS and .BUSSES NASH CARS i RCA Viclor Radios . Second Stozet Phone 65 CALIFORNIA Moderate Prices Christensen Bros. Gurage Heating 809 WEST 12TH STREF1 Phone 34 Sheet Metal ———— “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Klavors Peppermint Candy, W¥udge 12:ppie, Rum Royal, Coccanui Grove, Lemon Custard, Diack Clreixs Caramel Pecan, Black Walnu Raspberry Ripple, New Yuork, m e 7 Gc‘il Smith-Drugs « ful Prescriptionisi NYAL Family Bemedies ! Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawhe:- ry and Vanilla— ¢ o way, if something unexpected oc-} % curs, or if something-happens that' until Selective Service bestirs itself |ties, but gets a small allowance roriyurs has carried him so far to nd secures statistical information. its upkeep. . Asked how it happened | the. isolationist- right that in spite is not in the book, they don’t know | what to do. With a few minor exceptions, the that Romney’s name was on the of his World War I record, he may at the GUY SMITH DRUG JUNEAU - YOUNG He Sank Axis Sub pi 4 ¥ . local draft boards are made up of “X” list, while his was omitted, have lost face with some of his : ’lhe: gonipE "“”1’]",1 ‘h“f‘?)“‘ ::1 | patriotic and. conscientious men?Jurnr_v replied cheerily: | voters who have felt that. the pres- Hatdware Company H s GRAVES o‘::;rtpl?n La?‘ufi?} ;’:d':!l‘l“lhd;dwfl\- | who work long hors without m'; “I didn't apply for the “X” card €Nt world situation calls for unitied PAINTS—OIL—GLASS By Qemonstrated that. What is going|PeRsation. Each month they are |under my own name. I got it for Suport of an anti-Axis foreign Shelf and Heavy Hardware #The Clothing Man” ; | confronted with a quota, set by Se- |the car itself, which is property of | POHEY. sl et iy SR to whip the Japs in the long run is good old-fashioned Yankee in- genuity.” amended the down clear-cut Congress draft law, recently laying principles regarding the previously confused question of dependency. The express purpose of the revised law is to delay the drafting of mar- ried men gnd men with dependents until all other categories have been exhausted Yet today many local draft boards continue to order married men and men with dependents to report for induction. This is not entirely the these boards They are monthly quotas to fill and are pres- sured to fill them promptly. A The fault is with the Selective Service administration in Washington, which has not yet taken measures to insure uniform application of the draft law throughout the coun- try. fault of given | lective Service, which they must the United States Sepate.” {fill in order to provide the Army (Distributed by United Feature | with the men it urgently needs. Syndicate, Ingc.) The draft boards labor earnestly e it to be fair in deciding who should be inducted. It is not their faul|, NOTICE I8 HEREBY GIVEN: {if they have to order married men| D2t OB July 14, 1842, i the Com- missioner’s Court for Juneau Pre- drafted to fill a quota while other Bt Kave an of unen. ¢InCt at Juneau, Alaska, Walter B. | cumbered eligibles It is the fault of Selective Ser- vice, and the time is long past due 'when it should put an end to such an inequitable system excess pointed executor of the estate of |Chester K. Tripp, deceased. | Al persons having claims against (sald estate are required to present |them, with veriffed vouchers as re- quired by law, to sald executor at | the office of his attorney Howard CARDS Forty-six senators and resentatives have been revealed as' neau, Alaska, within six months “X" card holders. The list in- from the date of the first publica- cluded such famed economy clam-|tion of this notice. orers as Senator Tydings of Mary- —~WALTER B. HEISEL, ‘lnnd and Representatives Rich of Executor. Pennsylvania, Crawford of Michi-/July 14-21-28 Aug. 4 gan and Cox of Georgia. Also, iso-| - lationist geperalissimo Senator Burt Wheeler. | However, oy s Al SONOTONE | —— one Capitol big-shot hearing aids for the hard of hear- Helsel of Juneau, Alaska, was ap-| 212 rep-|D. Stabler, Shattuck Bullding, Ju-| The election of any single cqn- {gressman isn't of nation-shaking importance. There is nothing {new in the coalition strategy. But |if this Fish story is true, then the | congressional election in Dutchess, {Orange and Putnam counties this {year is unique in the annals of United States politics. For the first time any one jaround here can remembper, it would present a picture of the great- est party leader of modern times, a third-term Demacratic President, iclosing his eyes, if not giving the nod, to the election of a Republi- can in HIS OWN congressional dis- ‘triet. H As for what Fish thinks cf it, {eyen his closest friends will swear that he won't comment at all, but they point out that all ithe talk hasn't put any deep furrows on the Congressman’s brow. —_————— High tide 2:46 am. 166 feet. Low. tide 9:14 am. -1.7 feet, { Axis estroyer Blakeley off Martinigue h? g:,.. Edward B. B;nnhg“;n New lg;x!'k City, bomtied. a ing te an official announcement, Binning, who terse words, “Sub sunk,” blasted the U- & MARX CLOTHING "ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry 189! —Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends Bank Qldest Bank in Alaska e &:t patrol about 10 mileg from the northern. fiyer's wife flashed a happy above, §90d news of her COMMERCIAL SAVINGS This failure of Selective Service who is in on the “X” card foray,|ing. Audiometer readings. Dr. Rae i duc primarily to one key de-|somehow escaped disclosure. He : ficlency — the fact that althougn!white-thatched Chesley W. Jumey,i Lillian Carlson, Blemgren Bldg,| High tide 3:37 pm., 154 feet. Phone 636, Low. tide 9:24 pamn., 28 feet.