The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1942, Page 4

Dazly Alaska Empn'e Published every evening except Sutiday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - - President R. L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager | Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATI Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dourlas for $1.50 ge paid, at the following raf 3 $15.00; six months, in ad ce, $7. sne month, 1 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly nnuh the Business Office of any fatlure or irregularity in livers 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- ;n-elrredned in this paper and also the local news published erein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Building, Seattle, Wash. GRAVE DANGER the All-India Congress party, in of nationalism, have pre- | which is ominous in the of their own nation and all The leaders of their all-too-blind spirit precipitated a situation extreme to the welfare of the United Nations. Axis experts at promoting strife and disorder un- doubtedly find the fishing good in the troubled waters of the so-called mass disobedience campaign. | The siguation is'not out of hand—not yet at least— thanks to the British hnd American forces which are available to cope with any organized violence.| But that is about the most that can be said for the situation. It entails the gravest danger of bloody civil strife—a possible portent of which al- ready may be noted in the stoning of Moslem shops by bands of Hindus. tion of India between the two war fronts of the world. And, further, it entails a dangerous weaken- ing of India's defenses against an aggressor stand- ing at her eastern gate already. Thus, however admirable, however theoretically right may have been Mohandas K. Ghandi and Ja- vaharlal Nehru in their insistence upon Indian in- iependence, it is abundantly clear that they acted only to call into play a set of forces and circum- stances which are something very much different. By heading the situation into a hopeless impasse— which the British may or may not have helped the orders for their arrest—Gandhi and his associ- ates have given rein to the most disorderly elements of Indian society. They have facilitated and pro- vided " tools for the work of men interested not the least in Indian independence—Nazi and Japanese agents and provocateurs whose fondest desire is to make it possible for the rich subcontinent to be- come enslaved forever to their fancied master races. And the Indian Nationalists are either woefully ig- norant or criminally stupid if they imagine that this would be better than the situation they have known. It is not impossible that out of this turmoil and bloodshed may come, in time, Indian independence. But if so it will come the hard way, at a tremend- ous price in blood and effort, with no likelihood of permanence or stability unless it is shaped and sup- ported by the Anglo-American interests against whom the All-India Congress party now has un- leashed its opposition. [ Approved With Proviso | R | r month. | It entails also the frustration | and wasting of India's war effort—a thing none too vigorous but quite helpful thanks to the key posi-; . (Cincinnati Enquirer) | When the “flying battleship” Mars completed lts | first test flight last month, its designer, Glenn L. ‘Marun forecast that seaplanes of this type might revolutionize the character of modern war. But |he indicated that it would require two years to achieve quantity production of the huge craft. It is good héws indeed, therefore, that the War | Production Board has tentatively agreed to permit le- | Henry J. Kaiser, West Coast shipbuilder and all- |around construction “miracle man,” to have a go |at building big cargo eraft of the Mars type. Don- {ald M. Nelson announces thdt Kdiser has been given the board’s approval to construct 500 of the seventy- |ton flying vessels, with an initial order for 100 toj {be forthcoming from the Navy soon. THhe approval has one imposing condition, how- lever. Mr. Nelson says it is “all contingent upon the construction not interfering with our combat-plane |production.” And that is a condition which “will !need rather careful definition before it can be as- |sumed that Mr. Kaiser will have a real chance to imake good on his boast that he can build the big ‘[1‘ ing freighters on a mass production basis in his |shipyards. The contractor already has said that |he can build the aircraft without Mterfering with “the construction of merchant ships. The matter of possible interference with the spro- {duction of combat aircraft is something else, how- |ever. If this provision should be adhered to strictly, it is extremely doubtful if Mr. Kaiser will have a| |chance to undertake the construction of big cargo plancs because there are many critical shortages to ‘he reckoned with. Only a few days ago, the wWPB {de(‘lared that every aireraft engine was scheduled for |a particular application in the building program |more than a year #head. But it is difficult to believe that Mr. Nelson will not permit the Kaiser program to proceed if it in-| | volves only a minor competition with combat-) plane' construction. Our greatest need is for fighters and | | bombers, cértainly, but if the construction of a fleét |of air freightrs can be integrated with the combat- | plane output, so' much the better. Air transport has {come to play a role in modern war almost as vital |as that of the fighter plane and the bomber. And /we do not want a program lopsided or inadequate | We want completely compre- | lin vital particulars. hensive air-power—and from the looks of things Henry J. Kaiser can help us to achieve it, if they'll ;Dermit him. { | Meéeting The Challenge (Bremerton News-Searchlight) The major part of the conversion of America’s peace-time industries to an all-out war production basis has been accomplished. Schedules set for the| manufacture of planes, tanks, guns, ships, rifles, | shells have been met and passed. The main load formerly carried by the larger units is now beingi shouldered to a greater extent by smaller plants through sub-contracting and through outright chang- es from so-called luxuries to implements of war. ! certain financiers may be alarmed. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Allne Maloney Jeanne Butts Mrs. Joseph Wehrén Mrs, Matt Warden Gerald Bodding Dr. Taylor J. Pyle Daniel J. Kelley ————— e e e s HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” DU e ) TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 This is not an important day in planetary direction. Routine | matters should occupy attention. Planning is under good aspects. HEART AND HOME: As the Bummer draws to a close the in- clination to indulge in apprehen- siohs and anhxieties regarding com- ing months may be strong. Heads of households may be inclined to dread coming months for many will fail to realize how fortunate | they Mave been in wartime. Those who hasten in providing for Autumn ‘contingerncies By expecting the bést while preparing for the| worst will benefit greatly. Cheer- ful and determined tfiental atti- tudes are most helpful, the seers declare. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: There should be much to encourage mer- chants and manufacturers at this time. Daring aggression by the Allied forceés will prove successful and will stimulate enterprise but setbacks may affect the stock mar- ket at this time. The cost of the| war is to be even greater than es- timated by the Unied Nations and Tax 'returns from the nation may | be disappointing to the Adminis- tration but the country’s resources | will strain of several years, it is fore- | cast. NATIONAL ISSUES: erfimer care of children will command spe- cial attention and proper nutrition will be taught as school days nre} near. Stress will be placed on prac- | { tical education and time will turn backward as the three R's are again emphasized. Clashes between advo-\ cates of academic study and sup- | porters of vocational training will Typical is the fact that small machine gun parts, gun sights and gun mounts on through heavy tank parts, are now beihg manufactured by plants which | formerly made home laundering appliances. Over- night, the face of American industry has changeg| almost beyond recognition. from peacetime to wartime production, said: A fac- tory that made orange squeezers before Pearl Har- bor is now turhing out bullet pouches. A pencetlme“ manufacturer of roller coasters is now producing 'signal towers for the -Army. make brassiers is fabricating mosquito netting for is filling incendiary bombs. A plant that made foot- | balls is today producing gas masks. Yes, industry with typical American ingenuity is meeting the chal- lenge. Lock, stock and barrel, American industrisl and business management has moved to the firing line, to turn out the wherewithal of warfare. It is proving its world leadership not only with techniques and ingenuity that blaze new trails but with record- shattering output. In making decisions, industrial executives use only one yardstick: Will it help win the war? A recent magazine ar-fically extinct, the seers prophesy.| ticle describing the all-out conversion of industry‘ A firm that used to| of ships stirring up the mud on the bottom. On the other hand, the Atlantic Coast drops abruptly off shore to a depth of a mile or so. It provides a vast hiding place for submarines. Another factor which makes sub- marine detection so difficult is that they stay below water by day and come to the surface chiefly at night. This is what makes airplane patrols ineffective. A sub merely stays far encugh below the surface not to be seen from the air—which is easy in the deep waters of the Atlantic. Despite all of these difficult fac- tors, the Navy probably does deserve criticism on the fact that it never has accepted the many British of- fers to send submarine experts here to give us the benefit of their ad- vice. One British expert came to this country many months ago, and that was all. JACKSONVILLE SEETHES ‘Unquestionably also, the Navy has failed — at times inexcusably — to coordinate the air activities of the | Army and Navy. For instance, resi- dents of the vicinity of Jacksonyille, | Fla., still are seething over the manner in which a Nazi submarine came brazenly close to shore one night, torpedoéd a tanker, then shelled it (apparently to avoid using more torpedoes)—and then moved liesurely away. Shore lights blazed for 40 minutes after the attack be- cause the Civilian Defense organi- zation could not order a blackout without Army auhorization. The sub would have been an easy target for a patrol plane, but none appeared. In fact none appeared for four hours. And yet there is an Army base at Jacksonville, and a Navy air base only a few miles away. Yet there was no system of communication or cooperation be- tween them. ¢ The Navy also has been criticized for failure to use the many small boats placed at its disposal by the Maritime Commission. Something over a thousand of these boats layi idle for several months last winter with almost no attempt to use them. Regarding this, the Navy pdints out that most of these boats are not big enough to carry depth charges. A depth carge weighs 600 pounds and it takes at least four of them to operate successfully against a submarine. Also it takes consid- erable equipment to drop them. And | finally it takes a very fast ship to ! get away from a depth charge. Even destroyers have been known to have | their plates sprung by being too close to their own depth charges. It has also been urged that these ! small civilian boats might patrol the ' Atlantic Coast, looking for submar- ines. However, it is almost impos- E. G. NELSON a5 8 paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREY: is invited to present this‘¢oupon this evening : at the box office of the-— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE" Federal Tax—5c per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! sible to sight a submarine any more because they don’t keep their peri- scopes up. The modern Nazi submarine is far different from the lumbering U- boat of the Kaiser’s day. Almost never does its periscope appear above water, not because it is easily seen—it isn’'t—but because it causes a wake which can be seen. There- fore a good submarine commander can lift his periscope for only six seconds and in that brief moment, take aim. Or in many cases he can fire without raising his periscope at all. His own listéning devices tell him accurately where the enemy target is. Furthermore, the ‘modern Nazi U- boat has eliminated its old storage batteries. These took up about one- third of the ship’s weight diid Space, which is now used for extra ‘fuel, and this is one reason why Nazi subs are able to travel such lohg distances. Elimination of storage batteries, also permits a sub to dive at a much steeper angle. For in the old days the water in the batteriés tilted and exposed the plates if the ship dived too sharply. Storage batteries have been elim- inatéd as the result of ‘a new Nazi invention which ‘takes care of ex- haust under watér. ‘In'the old type of submarine, storage batteries were uséd for undérwater propulsion be- cause the engine exhaust would foul the air. There is Orie othér arguiient ‘for the use of small civilian vessels for patrol work, namely, that they could use sonic or listening devices. How- ever, the Navy does not have enough of thede instruments to spare. Those that it has are neéded in destroyers or for regular ‘escort vessels. Finally it takes a ‘trained ear to operate the sonic ‘devices, and the Navy does not have enough men trained for this work. These are just some of the many obstacles the Navy faées in counter- ing our most serious defeat so far— a defeat which actually places the Second Front at our front'ddor. ' (Later, Drew Pearson will have another column on submarines.) (Copyright, 1842, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) | tul, be far-reaching. In the new order that must follow peace negotiations | wage earning for both girls andn boys will be recognized as heces- | sary. The leisure class will be prac-f INTERNATIONAL AFFARRS: |Alaska will continue to be imuch | in the news. Air and sea battles| will be numerous along the Pacific coast. Again warning is given of | surprising treacheries ‘from inside the United States. Babotage of | tempted, the seers prophesy, A center of the United States is prob- | able. Our.victory is to be attained ! at terrible cost. Persons whose birthdate it xs have the augury of a year of un- usual good fortune. Romance will affect young and old, in many ct.ses causing family disagreements, Children born on this day prob- ably will be staunch in charactér and brillfant in talents. They will| be generous, prudent and success- Snceeroasag o NOTICE TO CREDITORS ALL CONCERNED are hereby notified that ALASKA PERSONAL SERVICE AGENTS, a corporation, was on August 8th, 1942, duly ap- pointed administrator of the estate of PETE MAGOFTF, Deceased. ALL 'PERSONS having claims agdinst said eéstate are hereby re- Quired to ‘présent the same, with proper vouchers, within six (6) months 'from the date of this notice, to the office of sdid administrator at 200 Seward Building, Junéau, Al- aska. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 10th day of August, 1942. ALASKA PERSONAL SERVICE AGENTS, Administrator. t First publication, August 10, 1942. Last publication, August 31, 1942. l — et — i NOTICE NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be héld béfove' the undersigned probate Judge on August 31, 1942, at 10:00 o’clock A. M, ‘in ‘the offiée of the United Statés Commissioner and EX-Of- ficio Probate Court. for the Juneau, Alaska, ‘Commissioner's Precinct, up- on the petition of L. W. KILBURN for his appointment as adminis- trator of ‘the ‘estate 6f ANTUN 'SI- MIN, deceased, and for the issu-" ance of Lettérs of Administration to him. All persons in interest are hereby required at said time ‘and place to appéar or show cause, 'If any tHey have, why said petition should not be granted as pi‘nyed for. Witness my hand and Official Seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 20th; day of August, 1942, Ex-Officio Probate Judge for Juneau, ‘Alaska, Commissionet’s Précinct. Aug. 20 to 29 incusive. —_———r———— BUY DEFENSE BONDS business. of ‘Wales Island. Be inexhaustible through a . AUGUST 24, 1922 Announcement of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Stéwart on August 20 in San Francisco, was made by Mr. Stewart who was a southbound passenger on the Alameda from the Westward. Mr. Stewart ,Distiict Supervising Engineer for the Bureau of Mines, was on his way to San Francisco. He had completed a trip of inspection to all mines to the Westward and Interior. The stage was sét for the opening of winter festivitiés of Moose- remainder of the affair. heart Legion the following night when a dancing and card party was to be held. Cards were to be played during the early parft of the évening and following supper, dancing was to be the entertainment for the F. A. Metcalf, mineral surveyor, retirned to Juneau on the Spokane from Sitka where he had spent several weeks in the Silver Bay district. Mrs. George Geétchell returned from Hogue Island, near Sitka, where she had been visiting Mrs. E. Sholin for the past {wo weeks. Accompany- ing Mrs. Getchell were Miss Mildred Benson and Miss Magdelene Mag- nasen. Miss Harriet Sey left on the Jefferson for Ketchikan where she was to attend the teachers’ institute. Following the institute she was to go to Ward's Cove where she had been elected to teach during the fol- lowing year. Dr. Roy Dawes, brother of Dr. L. P Dawes, had won the golf tourna- ment held by dentists in Seattle recently. He won a club and the Pat- terson cup from 42 startérs. He had formerly lived in Jungau and during his residence was a popular member of the baseball team, holding th position of pitcher. E. W. Allen, attorney from Seattle, was visiting in town on legal Prior to coming to Juneau he visited the West Coast of Prince The Sanity League was to Hold a mass meeting in Elks’ Hall the fol- lowing Monday at 8 o'clock, it was announced. Fred L. Walker, special represéntative of the league, stated that capable speakers were to present arugents in favor of modifying the Volstead Act so as to permit the use of light wines and beer. Weather was fair with a maximum temperature of 57 and a mini- mum temperature of 54. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Us girls are going.” Say,|' “WE girls are going.” » OFTEN MISPRONONCED: Gondola. Pronounce gon-do-la, first O as in ON, second O as in OBEY, A as in ASK unstressed, accent first syllable, not the second. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Miner (smaller; also a person under age). (one who works in a mine). Minor SYNONYMS: Yet, still, besides, further, thus far. WORD STUDY: increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. | PROCLIVITY; natural disposition or tendency. | clivity to steal.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Today's word: “The boy had a pro- ROBERTA LEE Q. What jewéls, if any, should the bride wear for the ceremony? A. Only the gift from the bridegroom. Q Shculd a man, in these modern times, when calling on a girl, ask permission to smoke? A. Yes; our soldiers in the tropics. A wallpaper compnnv‘ extraordinary cunning will be Bl'!people Q. When entertaining a few friends in the home, and there is no major disaster in a great industrial | servant, shoulds the husband or the wife pour the wine? A. The husband should do this. LO‘OK and LEARN % for even in these days smoke is disagreeable to some . C. GORDON Which State of the Union is the farthest north? ‘What does the Latin phrase “semper fidelis” mean? What is a mulatto? Who is the author of Proverbs? What is the cube rToot of 729? ANSWERS: ‘Minnesota. “Always faithful.” ’ A person with ohe-half negro blood . Solomon. Nine. Crossword Pazzle ACROSS ‘1. -Inséct 4 By t Wy =" ‘o ‘ronaa ghtly i Bou wodlen Tabrie RA;.L’ e |,74 ldel‘l!lnd 18. 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Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 460 PUSSUUSUBY PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 13—34 Dr. John H. Ceyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bidg PHONE 762 ¢ gol;lq:v! am. to 6 p.m, ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College , of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground "“The Rexall Store” ‘Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. [ | TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Tridangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP Jones-Stevens Sllop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third k FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very rcasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET 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 Satistied Customers” RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency 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 CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company r - *Guy Smith-Drugs” (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ‘ICE CREAM CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opnosite Coliseum Theatre H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” BYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Lauadry A s e Ay 4 S0 S, cmm. 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