The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Emgtre Published every evening except Sunday by EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Matn treets, Juneau, yun HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered 18 the Post Otfice 1n Junean as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Iington Merry-Go-Round column clipped. The facts {which were written about in this particular column \'hwd been. printed several weeks before in The Em- pire after being transmitted over the Signal Corps ,u.,“misyetem The. same facts came' into the 'l‘erritory Vice-President and Business Manager Ipast the very same censors this week in Time maga- |zine. This article concerned charges of a San Delivered by carpler in Juneau and Dousias for §L5O per mopth. {Traniison Jukige sgainist Gen. Jolin. L ‘DeWlit, ATeRH By mail, postage paid. st the following ry |ing that the problem of evacuating San Francisco One vear i advarce, $16.00; six months, In advance, $10; ‘m case of a raid had not been looked into with care. sne month, in advance, $1.35. A s;bsgnbeno K-"llle co(nfer .1"1;"" it thiexv will :romvuy‘h:oub Thus, there seems to be no attempt being made e Busiuess of any faflure or irregularity in 4 ‘ N fivery of their papers. lat any standardization of policy with respect to, {v\hal can be sent to Alaska and what cannot be Telephones: NeWs Office, 602; Business Office, 374, sent, what may be printed and what may not. Moo MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED IRESS ! The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the wee for | ™ is @ known fact that the Navy Department has leared stories out of Alaska which haye been turned | " republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | herein i ‘do\nn by the Army. mission of news to Alaska which the postal censors | | have deleted. This business of censorship now seems to be a sort of six-headed Hydra. We aren't clear about |the duties of any of the heads which include the Office of Facts and Figures, the Office of War In- | formation, the Office of Censorship, the Postal Cen- “aux:slnp. the Army and the Navy. Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond recently ran the gauntlet in the course of registering a protest. 1 He started out with the Secretary of War, went | lon to his administrative assistant who referred him to the Chief Postal Censor who turned the letter| ‘u\'er to Byron Price of the Office of Censorship ‘who in turn steered him back at the Army Signal {Corps which should be under the Secretary of War.| ‘ This, says Delegate Dimond, is what “some people \cu]l passing the buck.” | At least that's one thing the various x-ensorsmpI |'bodies can get together on. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaskn Newspapers, 1011 American Building, Seattle, Wash, CENSORS’ NON We wonder how many Alaskan residents have been puzzling this week over the gaping holes madg‘ by the postal censors in their copies of Newsweek. | Probably no more than have been puzzling over Lhe: tattered pages of their Seattle newspapers. correspondent in Tokyo recently released by the Theoretically, the censors are supposed to be Japanese, a story printed in The Enquirer Saturday, working with one main objective in mind—to keep‘leué us a great deal about our Japanese enemy.| news that would give the enemy valuable informa- |Mr. Bellaire and other newspapermen were int,erned, tion, aid and comfort out of enemy *hands. |civilians in Japan, They were beaten, choked, and The Newsweek clippings collected by censors this tortured by Japanese police, in futile attempts to ex- week related not in the slightest to anything mili- |tract information or statements from them, in vln—i tary. One took in politics, the other sports. Both‘la“on of internntlonal law and muematlonal{ concerned: the racial problem of equal privileges | morality. for Negrogs. 1t is well that we should know what is happening. Said one item, in part: “Chief interest in the For there still are Americans who think this war is| Arkansas Democratic preferential primary centered | |a pushover. We bave got to understand the sort of about an effort of the Negro Democratic Association 'enemy we are dealing with. Japanese military and to test a party regulation barring Negroes from pri-‘ police officials are ruthless and cruel. They are cun- mary voting. Nothing much happened; those who ning and without conscience, They use brutality as tried to cast ballots July 28 obeyed their leaders’|a normal weapon of national policy. They have no instructions to ‘bow politely and leave without ado’ regard for treaty obligations, or for the code o(] when permission was refused, and a few—the small | decency which most civilized countries have usually | total was undetermined—succeeded in voting here observed in war as in peace. and there about the state . . .” | The conduct of Japanese officers and soldiers lnl The other item concerned racial diserimination | the sack of Nanking was a world scandal which will against Negroes in professional baseball, stand as a sordid black mark on the record of the The only earthly reason we can see for eliminat- | Japanese Empire as long as there are men in this ing such news from the magazine is the supposition | world who respect decency and homor. The conduct that its transmission would either tell the enemy |of Japanese officials toward American civilian pris- that people in the United States still discriminate oners is just another example of the callous bru-| against the colored race, This Is Qur Enemy (Cincinnati Enquirer) The personal story of Robert Bellaire, United Pre:Sr The Army. has allowed ?.nms-I | ness or, because Negro troops stationed read the stories and feel bad. As far as the first supposition is concerned, widely distributed news story that ers have decided to strike for higher costing the United States many would give the enemy much more comfort.. as far as the second one goes, every Negro in or from the Un(t.ed States knows the various forms of | cluding enemy spies. discrimination and should feel all the better to know that these examples are being aired, criticized. | Recently a copy of the Seattle came to The Emplre with Drew in Alaska mighll thus giving them comfort, | tality and uncivilized behavior of our enemy. | In contrast to this, we are treating eight Nazi sabo- | | teurs as if they were honored guests. ‘They are more the A considerately. aluminum work- wages, bombers a day, And [ i expeditiously. Post-Intelligencer | derstand that, Pearson’s Wash- | the ordinary Police Court, thus | traffic violations. The American army’s excesses on | the side of courtesy are almost as startling as the excesses of the Japanese on the side of brutality. We must of course respect the rights of all, in- | treated than most Americans ,are in when hailed there for But we can deal with them And we certainly can recognize the | cruel character of our enemies. The sooner we un- the sooner we shall buckle down to this war in the grim spirit needed Waslunolu Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page Oze) the Navy to be completely prepared at Midway and resulted in an overwhelming victory—from which the Japs have not yet recovered. Next day after publication of the Tribune story, Admiral Ernest King, commander of the U. S. Fleet, summoned Arthur Sears Henning, the Tribune’s Washington correspondent and grilled him at length. Later, King and Secretary of the Navy Knox went to the White House, and drastic action was demanded. Knox himself, who publishes the Chicago Daily News, was not so insistent as the Ad- mirals, some of whom demanded that the Tribune be shut down. But because the Tribune has been such a critic of the Admin- istration, Roosevelt wanted to lean over backward against prosecution. 8o he placed the matter in the hands of William D. Mitchell, at- torney general under Herbert Hoov- er. Mitchell recommended that there was a clear case against Johnston the author, and perhaps the Tri bune also. Johnston is an Australian, mar- ried to a naturalized Bavarian girl, and lived some years in Paris. For a tirne he was Amsterdam and Berne manager of Press Wireless, and American correspondents pay tribute to his efficiency, though the. Bn’t{sh kept a dossier on him. TAKEN ABOARD LEXINGTON Johnston was taken aboard the ill-fated Lexington, was treated like an officer aboard ship, and - dis- played great bravery when the glant cagrier sank. Later, his stories of the disaster, a scoop for the Tribune, were distributed to all newspapers by the Tribune, which fie knew by that time was in trouble, After the Lexington sank in the Battle of the Ceral Sea, Johnston | was taken aboard another U. 8., for home, is alleged to have ob- tained information on which he based his subsequent dispatch. The dispatch was written after he reached the United States, and therefore was subject to voluntary rather than naval censorship. High Administration officials have been reluctant to prosecute John- ston alone and permit the Tribune to go unscathed, in view of its Dec. 5 story on the plans of the U. S. Army. However, it has finally been decided to place the whole matter before a federal grand jury and let the jury decide whe-| ther Johnston or the Tribune, both | or neither, should be indicted. (See Associated Press dispatch | elsewhere in today’s Empire rela-| tive to this case.) CHILE'S PRESIDENT COMING A lot of Latin-American good- will statesmen have come to Wash- ington since Pearl Harbor —the' President of Peru, the President of Colombia, Venezuela, and many others. But by far the most im- portant of the visiting Latin-Am- rican diplomats will be President Rios of Chile. After considerable negotiation, in which President Roosevelt himself ook a hand, an official invitation s being sent to Rios and it is gnown that he will accept, prob- ibly arriving here in October. Importance of this lies in the fact that Chile is one of only two :ountries in the Western Hemis- phere which have not broken dip- lomatic relations with the Axis, President Rios’ forthcoming visit, therefore, indicates that Chile is veering toward a break, and that the break will probably come dur- ing his sojourn here. Should chi\u throw the Axis overboard, it will have a very important effect upon Argentina, whose Goyernment has leaned toward the Axis although the great mass of the Argentine people are definitely anti-Axis. The Chilean President’s plan to visit the U.S.A., is a real stroke for popular Chilean Ambassador Michels, as well as for the Good Neighbor policy of Sumner Welles and for FDR himself. Ambassador Michels last month visited Chile trip. On his return to Washipgton he called upon President Roosevelt for a scheduled five-minute confer- ence. The President keépt him for 35 minutes, impressing upon him the importance of Chilean-U.S. friendship and the further import- ance of severing Chilean-Axis rela- tions. The inyitation to President Rios followed soon thereafter. MERRY-GO-ROUND Army medicos gasped when, with the temperature 106 in the shade, a Ft. Bliss, Tex., soldier walked in with a frozen finger. The strange phenomenon was due to the sol- dier’s, carelessness handling of a shipment of dry ice . .. A friend met Lieut. Gen. Bill Knpdnn in | Detroit and asked how he was feel- |ing. “Fine, fine,” said Knudsen with }a grin, “I visited 27 plants this | week.” . . . Strait-laced Army and Navy Journal, which seldom delves |in politics, paid an unusual tribute to Representative Lane Powers, New Jersey Republican, in a recent editorial. It said: “So valuable are Mr. Powers' knowledge and act- ivities in connection with national defense that his continuance in Congress is the earnest desire of all those concerned with it, irre- spective of politics.” (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, In¢.) Paul Kegel Visifs Here Paul Kegel, one DI the wellknown oldtimers of Gastineau . channel, navigator and musician, is in Juneau on a visit. He arriyed on the Woodley plxnn late yester- day from Anchor: Kggel now in the Govemmm seryice, is on leave and is renew- ing acquaintances with his scores of friends. While here he is mak- ing his headquarters at the Bar- anof. B Many of our most useful items of military equipment have been de- vised and developed by civilians, says the National Inventors Coun- warship and while on it, heading Iflm.i laid the groundwork for the lcll, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mrs. T, J. McCaul * Henry Harmon Mrs, V. Moody Ove Hansen Bob Keaton Mrs. Orrin Edwards Mrs. L. C. Neiderbeltan Bernard Aikens Eske Eslkesen HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not com; FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 This is not an important day in planetary government. There is a sign promising support and ap- proyal for persons in power. For- funate for the President of the United States but he should safe- guard his health. HEART AND HOME: As house- holders look forward to the Aut- fumn, spacious mansions will be placed on sale and small cottages | or commodious apartments will be sought in their place. Wartime taxes and conditions Wwill affect incomes in ways that are . keenly felt. Homes of millionaires will he occupied by public institutions. The servant problem will contribute to| changes in the American way of {living. In the average homes and even in those belonging to wealthy | folk,” wives and daughters will do |all the work. This presages a tre- | mendous demand for electrical ap- pliances when it is again possible to manufacture them. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Economic | dislocations will be apparent in sur- veying the outlook for Autumn but adjustments will be fortunate and this month will make a record for {fair trade and general well-being | in' the United States. anus cycle the planet squaring the Sun and the Moon will affect busi- for the year. Industrial| changes, reorganization of pmduc“; tion schedules and improvements in airplanes will cause great progress in the far-flung campaigns of the | United Nations. Il NATIONAL ISSUES: Partisan bias may be apparent in certain coveted appointments made in! Washington where the nt)tlticult pot will boil furiously next month. {The fall elections will cause many | | CREDIBLE; capable or worth of being believed. | misjudgments. In Congress severe | criticism of the motives of sen- ators and representatives will be ! expressed. More conferences wuh' {envoys of foreign powers will be carried on. Danger of perfidy in a quarter believed to be friendly is ‘foreg:ast INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Arab leaders are to gain in power |and they will develop a special |problem next month. India be- | comes each day more important in the world conflict issues. British statesmen will continue to face complex problems that hamper the i progress of their grand scale plans in promoting the aggressive cam- {paign of the United Nations. Gath- ering momentum of our splendid forces will be apparent today, Persons whose birthdate it is| have the augwy of a year of gain in the Army or Navy if they are in the Service. Attempted double- dealing may cause temporary .con- cern. Children born on t.hl.s day .prob- ably will be popular and successful. ‘They should be talented in . the arts and well pojsed in character. (Copyright, 1942) BOB WEBSTER OF | "ORPHANS OF NORTH' Bob Wehmr, who was one aX the stars off “Orphans of the North” an independent motion pic- | ture produced at Taku Glacigr in 1938, is now in Juneau waiting for transportation to the south, Where 'he is to hire a cast for his lwwa venture, a’dramatic stock tent show which he will operate in Sitka. ‘Webster played the part of the sourdough in the film, which was produced here with Mary Joyce and} Ann . Louise Henning ql,qo part. Houston, Texas, but five months ago returned to visit in Sit cision 14 Hpstate's dosan %‘.& company there was brought' about by the need, he said, for more #|will . produce his shows | old land new. stock plays, under - vas tent. He expects to be in south for several months easting Juneau by airplane yesterday from Anchorage where she has: been sgvera] weeks on business for Krause Company. - Ty BUY DEFENSE BONDS | Lieut. Emmons was collecting material for stories and articles he expected !John Feusi. In the Ur- | 5 THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1942 AUGUST 20,1922 After spending two months in the States on a pleasure trip, S. Hellenhtal, gttorney, accompanied by Mrs. Hellenthal and their two chil- dren Mary and John, returned to Juneau on the steamer Princess Louise. They visited the cities of the Northwest and also spent some time in Michigan with Mr. Hellenthal's relatives. Judge T. M. Reed, who went to Skagway to meet his daughter, Mrs. Theodore Haller, of Seattle, was expected to return the following day accompanied by Mrs. Haller. Mrs. Haller had gone to Nome on the first boat of the season and crossed to St. Michael and went up the river to Dawson and Whitehorse. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Lieut. G. T. Emmons, retired naval officer, and Mrs. Emmons, re- 20TH CENTURY BUILDING turned to Juneau on the Estebeth from Sitka where they had been visiting Office Phone 469 for several weeks. Lieut. and Mrs. Emmons had lived in Sitka dUring DiS | ————— service in the navy and thought it the most beautiful place in the world. b Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to write about the Territory. J. W. Kehoe, attorney, returned to Juneau from a business trip to towns in the southern end of the First Division, In a farewell party for Mrs. Oak Olsop, Mrs. Mark Sabin enter; tanied the following guests at her home the preceding evening, Mrs. Olson, Mrs. W. W. Casey, Sr., Mrs. W. B. Kirk, Mrs. Willilam Reck, Mrs. F. E. Weston, Mrs. George Marshall, Mrs. George Mock, Mrs. Borges, |Mrs. Ray G. Day, Mrs. M. Murphy and Mrs. M. H. Sabin. ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Mrs. John Boedeker, wife of the commander of the U. S. Coast Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Guard cutter Unalga, arrived on the Princess Louise and was to make her home here. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 At a pretty home wedding, Miss Elizabeth Sauerman and Mr. Joe Kendler were married on August 19 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Commissioner Felix Gray performed the ceremony and the couple were attended by Miss Mamie Feusi and Anton Riess. The bride wore a lovely gown of white charmeuse and carried a bouquet of pom poms. The romance had begun when the couple met in Europe the previous winter. Later the couple returned to America on the same steamer. FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s Mt. Roberts Trail was completed the preceding day when the Forest Service crew under Foreman Frank Aldrich finished construction. It was to be known officially as the Mt. Roberts Trail. Weather was rainy with a maximum temperature of 55 and a mini- mum of 51 Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third Daily Lessons in English 3. ;.. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Between each row of bushes was a gravel walk.” Say, “Between every two rows of bushes was a gravel walk.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Amenable. Pronounce a-me-na-b’l, both A’s as in ASK unstressed, E as in ME, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Perspiration; PER, not PRE. SYNONYMS: Apology, excuse, plea, acknowledgment, confession. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vecabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: “The story does not JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona seem credible.” 20 YEARS AGO hm EMPIRE i DIRECT()“ Professional rmmnl Soclomu tineau Channel 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 2nd and 4th Wednes- days at 8 P, M, Visiting Brothers welcome. .~ ARTHUR . ADAMS, Exalted Ruler, M. H. SIUES, Secretary. —rrrrrossd PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists " BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. | TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—’Trimlg]e Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET ' \fmmmwmu' Since that time, been. living in- his hehW' entertainment facilities in Sitka, He . MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprra LEE i (s Q. What is really the purpose of a tuxedo, and what is the origin of the word? A. Tt is‘an evening dress for men’s wear on occasions not requiring a formal full-dress suit. It comes from the name of a country club at ';‘uxedo Park, in southeastern New York. Q- When a marriage engagement has béen broken, is a girl entitled to consider the gifts and engagemem. ring the man has given her as helpnging to her? A. No; she should return all of these. Q. What kind of .invitations are issued for a cocktail party? A. These invitations are usually extended over the telephone or by .personal contact. | 1. What has been estimated to be the cash value of a high school education? i 2. What character in Dickens’ novel “Oliver Twist” was a trainer {of thieves? 3...Is. Maine one of the original thirteen States? How many muscles does one use when speaking? What kind of acid is contained in lemons? ANSWERS: Fagin. No. Approximately 44 muscles. Citric. are -im pu-(di with el airp hth congress of th 5 eyl ‘; h League JUNEAU - YOUNG TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Custom RCA Vicior Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Sham@ency DR. H. 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