The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1942, Page 4

Daily Alaska Emptre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junnn. Alssta. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - President R. L. BERNARD Vice- Prendms and Business Manager Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Douglas for $1.50 per month. ates: One vear, in advance, §15.00; six months, in advance, $7.60; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- fivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 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- L Freihed In this paper 408 Aleo the local news published erein. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. DISTURBING Soon after he took power as the chief of the Vichy Government Marshal Petain pledged his word that the French fleet would not be allowed to fall inte German hands. His subordinates have made the same commitment on numerous occasions since. Hit- ler, whose pledge is not worth the paper it is writ- ten on, to be sure, is committed not tc use the French fleet. This ought to be clear and final. But when he faces a definite choice, Pierre Laval shows his pro- Nazi hand. His refusal to authorize the transfer of the French warships now at Alexandria is a repudi- ation of his government’s pledge. It may be that Alexandria will not be lost. Unless General Rommel is reinforced swiftly and more strongly than in recent days, the danger to the | son, Take Care Of Yourself (Port Angeles News) More Americans will die this year, because of civ- ilian accidents, than were killed by the Geymans in the first World War. More will be injured than were in the biggest army we ever raised, the World War I army, includ- ‘mg front line fighters, Service of Supply workers and those who never got further than preliminary training camps in the United States. As many will be permanently incapacitated by injuries as the total of American soldiers wounded during the First World War. Individually, there is nothing | most accidents. The victim suffers. So do his wife, his children and his other relatives. His friends are sorry. Perhaps the community helps care for his dependents. It's too bad, we say, but he should have been more careful. In the aggregate the time has passed when we can take this dispassionate approach to accidents. The National Safety Council, with the expressed approval and support of President Roosevelt and Domald Nel- is trying to reduce the accident trend as a war measure. Last year four million workers were injured, three- fifths away from their jobs. Fifty thousand of them died. Another 170,000 were permanently disabled. The rest were kept from work for greater or lesser periods. This year, with employment up, the first five months’ experience forecasts 4,400,000 injuries, 52,000 deaths, 18,000 permanent injuries. From the war production standpoint this is mighty serious. putes, that we shall lose five hundred million man- days of labor, at a time when we are pressed to find enough workers to care for our miilitary needs. Half a billion man-days is equivalent approximately to two million men working fifty 40-hour weeks. Those two milion men are enough to provide the labor for building 71 battleships, or 625 destroyers, or 24,000 flying fortresses, or 120,000 fighter planes, or 312,500 light tanks. In time of war we can't evaluate lost labor in terms of man-days, or even in humanitarian terms. We have to think in terms of armament and muni- tions—the tools with which civilization, as we have come to know it, is to be saved from the Huns. It is up to every worker, and every worker's family, and every employer—and then to the public as a whole—to fight the mounting curve of accidents, both | within the factory and outside. { sensational about They Can’t Take A Joke (Bremerton News-Searchlight) great British naval base is not at all acute. Yet the possibiity remains. And there are warships enough at Alexandria, under the Prench flag, to represent an important addition to German sea | power. | Indeed, one can safely say that British command of the Eastern Mediterranean would be doomed if the Germans captured Alexandria and gained pos- session of the French warships now there. In con- sequence, the British, have but one realistic choice —to be prepared to destroy the Frnch vessels the moment the fall of Alexandria appears imminent, if it ever does. If it is practical to compel their removal to a secure port, that of course would be preferable. The American Government already has put pres- sure on Laval to permit the shift of these fighting ships to a safer port. There evidently is nothing more this country can do. So it is up to the British to take any necessary steps to prevent Axis seizure of the French squadron should Alexandria be en- dangered. A castor oil plant in a room is said to keep out flies, but we reckon the younger generation would rather have the flies than to have anything as sug- gestive as a castor oil plant in the room. We see where Joseph Goebbels says that the Rus- sians are “an animal race” and “lack real courage.” |it was related that a Danish fishmonger who still Ar fat man is commonly supposed to possess a merry soul and a jolly sense of humor, but not Hit- ler’s blimp, Reichsmarshal Goering. The other daf knows how to like a joke displayed some fish ‘with the sign: “Fine Mackerel—PFat As Goering.” Whereat Herr Goering, nearly exploding with rage, ordered the unhappy fisherman to serve 14 days in solitary confinement. When the shopkeeper came out he resumed business and changed his window sign: “Fine Mackerel—Just As Fat As They Were Two Weeks Ago.” And the Gestapo issued a stern warn- ing, with the threat of a concentration camp. Hit- ler also doesn't like a joke. He takes things ser- iousy and has fergotten how to smile. A bookstore in one of the little occupied countries put out a sign: “One Hundred Lessons In English,” with a foot- note: “Learn their language before our friends ar- rive.” The bookseller was quick to yield to Gestapo pressure and changed his sign to read: “One Hun- dred Lessons In German’ with the foot-note, “Learn their language before the strangers depart.” That was too subtle for the thick-skulled Gestapo who finally figured it was a slam, so the bookseller was bundled off to a concentration camp. The government figures it can save 11,000 tons of steel by substituting wood parts in baby carriages. Even the stork doesn’t seem to rate an A-1-A priority. Well, there's one comfort. The jokes about the He’s just sore because the Russian bear wasn't scared | off by his Nazi bull. I rubber shortage seem to be wearing out faster than the tires. SH-SH! DON'T SPEAK HAPPY BIRIHDAY Mrs, Glen Franklin Rex K. Early Carl Harris Charles Bland Mrs, Eugene Yarbrough Dave Mielke James Fullerton James D. Evanson Mrs. Harry Wilson ———————— THOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 Benefic aspects today are bal- anced to adverse planetary influ- ences. The stars encourage ag- gressive action and seem to prom- ise success for generals and ad- mirals, HEART AND HOME: Household tasks are most fortunate under this configuration which is promising While it is not an auspicious date for beginning apything it is lucky for pushing what is well started. There is a sign that presages en- joyment through vacations close to home. Bicycle corps and hiking parties are under promising direc- tion of the stars. It is a date on which to extend hospitalities to old friends. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: National | and personal finances may be af- fected by an international breach of faith. Exposure of perfidy in negotiations with a foreign power is prognosticated. Strategy of the Second World War will cause an- xiety as the nationa! debt rises in tidal waves of spending. De- spite gigantic outlays by the fed- eral Government there will be such | revelations of our national resour- ’ ces that the business machinery of | the United States will function with remarkable smoothness. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Generous | contributions in manpopwer a.nd‘ war organization as well as in| money by the Jewish people will | demonstrate their great value as. citizens of the United States. Heroes | will be recognized with supreme ¥ honors. Victory by the United Nations is to remove in the tuture | all sense of racial or religious dif- ferences among American cmaensr who will live up to the Constitu-| tion’s guarantees of liberty md\ freedom, Persons whose birthdate it Il have the augury of a year of good fortune to which romance -con- | tributes. Danger of strife over do- mestic spending is foretold for many families. Children born on this day prob- ably will be independent in their views, decided in character and em- | dowed with outstanding talents. Happy marriage is indicated. (Copyright, 1942) - e, - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received by W. R. Hanlon, Mayor, at the City Clerk's Office, Sitka, Alaska, until | 8:00 P. M., August 31, 1942, fo!i | winds. | ca Washinglon : A Merry- fo-Round (Continued from Page Ome) TO CONGRESSMEN! It hasn't leaked out yet, but John Lord O'Brian, chief legal mogul of the War Production Board, has is- sued a confidential memo forbid- ding members of the WPB to talk to Congressmen about legislative or investigational matters. Pacific War —commander of the|s The order seems aimed particu- U. S. Fleet around New Zealand. |larly at the Truman Committee, to st prevent WPB members, worried Senator Burnet Maybank of South{the construction of WATER DIS- Carolina. He conferred with Roose-| TRIBUTION SYSTEM for the velt just before he sent his veto| TOWN OF SITKA, ALASKA, and message to Congress turning{will then and there be opened and | thumbs down on the independent{publicy read aloud. Bids received agency to make rubber from alco-{after the time fixed for opening hol. will not be considered. “What do the folks in South Car-| Plans and specifications, and olina think ©of the gasoline situa-|form of contract documents, may tion, Burnet?” the President asked.|be obtained at the office of the “Well, to be frank, Mr. President,| City Clerk at Sitka, Alaska, at the a lot of them are right sore about|office of the Federal Works Ad- WASHINGTON’S TAJ MAHAL If the Nazis bomb Washington you will not, of course, see Chief Justice Stone standing in black robes in front of the Supreme Cpurt Building beckoning the Na- zis to come his way. Naturally he hopes Washington will not be bonfbed. But if it is, he tells friends, he hopes the Su-" preme Court building will not be gpared. In his opinion, it is too garish, too gaudy and too h of | & mecca for tourists. He liked the quiet peace and intimacy of the old Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol. Incidentally the older justices who sat there agree with him, RUBBER FROM RUSBIA? Some weeks ago, the Office of Petroleum Coordinator was study- ing the production of rubber from alcohol and decided that the na- tion which had had the most ex- perience with synthetic rubber was Russia. A 8o, Secretary Ickes decided to try to get information from the Soviet. He did not know then that the Russians had offered this infor- mation to Jesse Jones' Rubber Re- serve in February and had failed to get the courtesy of a reply The Oifice of Petroleum Coord- inator approached the Russian Em- bassy, which cabled Moscow. An immediate reply said Russia still would be glad to place all its in- formation at our disposal Becretary Ickes sent a letter to Donald Nelson, who by then was getting excited about the synthetic rupber mess. But as of this writ- ing, the Russian offer still rests| over war production inefficiencies, from tipping off the committee. It is true that the order pertains only to legislative and investigat- ive matters. But since the busi- ness of a Congressman is to legis- late and investigate, this bars most conversation, Under the O'Brian order it will still be possible for a WPB mem- ber to say: “Good evening Cong- ressman. Can't you do something to make it stop raining.” Or a WPB official could say: “Oh, by the way, Congressman, I see you spilled egg on your shirt.” But it might be dangerous to say: “I'm afraid, Congressman, the excessive rain will be hard on the wheat,” because that might involve the question of less wheat and thereby affect the subsidy on wheat, which is a legislative mat- | ter. Also it might be dangerous to say, “Do you spill eggs on your shirt every morning, Congressman?” because to the fine legalistic mind of Mr. O'Brian, shis might con- cern the depletion of the shirt market, and thereby involye such legislative problems as the price of cotton, wages in textile mils, scarcity of egegs, and the price of feed for chiekens. MORE GAS RATIONING One of the most frequent sub- Jjects of Congressional inguiry at the White House is gasoline ra- tioning. New England Congress- men are disturbed over the blow to summer tourist traffic. Plorida Congressmen are worried over what gas rationing will do to their state next winter. on the desk of Arthur Newhall, WPB rubber expert—unanswered, One of those who disccussed the "matter it,” Maybank replied. “My state and Georgia have a pipe line run- ning right through their back yard, S0 to speak, to North Carolina. And it’s hard for some folks to understand why they can't get some of that gasoline — especially when they see the people in Tennessee getting all they want.” The President explained that on the outcome of Bernie Baruch's survey of the rubber-gasoline situ- ation would depend whether Ten- nessee and points west would also face rationing. Note: Every indication is that gas rationing will be extended sooner or later to the entire coun- try—to save rubber. (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) W. PETERSON " FLIES IN FOR WIFE'S FUNERAL Wallace Peterson, of Tyee, was flown to Juneau today on a charter flight of Alaska Coastal Airlines, to make arrapgements with the ®harles W. Carter Mortuary for the ,funeral of his wife, who died in the hospital here on Monday. Two sisters, Moma Harris and Mrs. C. R. Hinkley, of Bellingham Washington, and a brother, Charles Harris of the U. 8. Army, besides Mr. Peterson, are survivors. Arrangements for the funeral are pending word from these sur- vivors. ————— To feed an army of 3% milion men, 20 milion pounds of food must daily be purchased, shipped, tabu- with the President was i lated gnd issued. ministration, 511 Alaska Buildi Seattle, Washington, and at tI office of the Federal Works Ad- ministration at Juneau, Alaskg, Baranof Hotel, upon a deposit of Five Dollars ($5.00). The full amount of deposit for one set of documents will be re- turned to each actual bidder with- in a reasonable time after receipt of bids. Other deposits will be re- funded with deduction not exceed- ing the actual cost of reproduction of the drawings, upon the return of wll documents in good conditign within thirty (30) days after the date of opening bids. Each bid shall be accompaniegd by a certified check, cashier’s chm or bid bond (with authorized surfi company as surety), made payabl to the Owner in amount not less than five pe» cent (5%) of the amount of bid. The Town of Sitka, Alaska, re- serves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive informalities. No bidder may withdraw his bid after the hour set for the opening thereof, or before award of con- tract, unless said award is delayed for a period exceeding thirty (30) days. TOWN OF SITKA, ALASKA. By: W. R. HANLON, Mayor. {First publication: August 21, 1042. Last publicatign: August 25, 1942 —————— SITKAN IS SENTENCED William A. Russell has been sén- tenced to serve 180 days in jail in Sitka when charged in U. S. Com- migsioner W. W. Knight's Court with being drunk and disorderly. Empir¢ Classifieds Pay! 20 YEARS AGO £%% eurize AUGUST 21, 1922 The Rev. C. E. Rice, Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, left Juneau on the Princess Louise for Seattle and Portland to attend the Brother- hood of St. Andrew and the triennial general convention of the Episcopal Church at Portland, which was to open September 6. He was accom- panied by his son, Jack. Surveyor General Karl Theile had arrived at Fort Yukon on an extensive trip through the Interior. He was leaving for the Chandelar and later was to visit the Livengood and Fairbanks districts. The engagement of Miss Klonda Olds, daughter of Mrs. A. J. Palmer, to Avery L. Mathews, of Denver, Colorado, was announced by Dr. and Mrs. Palmer. Mr. Mathews was to arrive on the Northwestern and the marriage was to take place immediately. Mr. Mathews was an officer on the U. S. S. Surveyor stationed at Ketchikan and had form- erly bheen stationed on the Explorer when that vessel was in Juneau. Following their marriage they were to leave for Denver where Mr. Mathews was to complete his law course and later practice law in Colorado. 2 The final match in the mens singles tournament of the Juneau Tennis Club was to be played at 5 o'clock in the afternoon between A. W. Henning 4nd Ned Hopkins, if weather conditions were not unfav- orable. Results of the match were unpredictable as both had shown excellent form in their previous games. N. O. Hardy, Deputy U. S. Marshal, was returning on the Queen It means, the National Safety Council com-|for the entertainment of friends.|from the south where he had been visiting for several weeks. Complimentary to a number of young people who were to be leaving Juneau soon to attend school, the Rev. and Mrs. David Waggoner enter- tained with a large party at their home on Gold Belt Avenue. Guests included Miss Marguerite Bone, Miss Jessie Mock, Miss Frances Nowell, Miss Kosseyla Beck, Ralph Waggoner, Thornton Penfield and Howard Case. Under the direction of Dr. S. Hall Young, an interesting program was given. Mrs. W. C. Freeburn, of Chichagof, and her daugbtcr. Minnie and son, Lawrence, arrived in Juneau on the mine tender Ambassador and were to leave on the Spokane for the South to spend the winter. Weather was unsettled with occasional light rain and gentle variable Maximum temperature was 55 and minimum was 54. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do net say, “Each of the boys have a Says, “Each of the boys HAS a car.” EACH is the singular subject. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hostage. Pronounce hos-tij, O as in OF (not as in HOST), I as in IT, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Miscellaneous. Observe the SC and the LL. SYNONYMS: Conquer, master, subdue, subjugate, surmount, win, vanquish. 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: DISCRETION; cautious and correct judgment. (Pronounce the E as in BET). “Discretion in speech is more than eloguence.”—Bacon. MODERN ETIQUETTE * roperra LEE Q. Should a girl ever send a gift to a man whom she likes? A. Not unless she is engaged to be married to this man, and then the only gifts necessary are at Christmas and on his birthday. Q. Isn’t an envious person unpopular? A. Yes, always. An old Latin proverb says, “He who envies an- {other admits his own inferiority.” And of course, it is difficult for an inferior persm to become popular. Q. Who usually acts as hostess when a woman's club gives a luncheon party? A .The president of the club. LOOK and LEARN % ¢ corpon 1. What is the approximate mean altitude of the United States? 2. How many times its own weight js an ant able to drag? 8. What disease causes more deaths between the ages of fifteen and { forty-five than any other? 4. Why are precious stones used in watches? 5. What old lady defied General “Stonewall” Jackson? ANSWERS: 1. 2,500 feet above set level. 2. A load about 60 times its own weight. 3. Tuberculosis. 4. Because of their hardness and resistance to wear. 5. Barbara Frietchie. JGH 'W'g RE] (=il'li'll)l!r=!ii[ul \ TIo] an 3. lymbolwt’sr ACROSS 1. Taks up Wea- 46. Brothe M.ol 41. Floor wvarln; 43. Mouth of a 1 I 5. Worthi 53. Creal er m repara- g 4 tion 3 ll. Pale 7. Mouna o hi. 0! 5. mllmfn paim 60. 'l'nvarn 61. Unaven 62, Flow Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzje 63, Merry oown B VBKQ- Pfl, '4' time 4 blue_ W A 64. OF later origin 1. Asiatic native L3 Mfffi‘ 6. Crafty 2 Corea) add/ dadad/ A II dER7/dn l//flfl 1 | 70" | AN am por Lol Al adid ANNE JNEN JuNi]3 29. ¥orm of musi- m éomposi- I n In- i BHOE atony 26, ce Ot lbll hrln, Dbllltrl(t Small branch Ganul of the FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1942 DIRECTORY itk Drs. 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