The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1942, Page 4

Dad - Alaska Empzre Puhlhhed every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and ks Bieelhd; Feblnn, Kidika, HELEN TROY MONSEN - - R. L. BERNARD - - Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: President | er month. One year, in advence, $15,00; six months, in advanoe, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREFS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entftled to the use herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 Awerican Buflding, Seattle, Wash, : WAR BENEFITS ALASKA Senator Mon C. Waligren of Washington, who has always given Alaska so much representation in Con-' gress that he has become known umofficially as “Al- | aska's Senator,” ans can at least give the Japs credit for building up Alaska. He wasn't wrong. If present contemplated proj- ects and those in development are carried out, Alaska will have five-way connections with the Out- side and other parts of North America. Although the present Alaska highway is nothing more than a pioneer road which would connect air- JMlelds on the great circle rotite, both Congressmen and Army officials are in favor of a highway that would prove a real supply line to the territory. Another connection is the sea route which would grow even stronger with the development of the Territory. Transportation experts agree that with the addition of new means of transportation and the development of the region served, all means of transportation, including the old, established means, benefit. The air highway is receiving a good share of at- tention and the strategic location of Alaska means that in the future, the Outside wil be only a few hours’ flight from most parts of Alaska. The con- templated round-the-world flights of the future will make Alaska a stop. Plans also are being made to lay a pipeline from the MacKenzie River into the head of the Yukon to bring eil into the Territory for war needs now, peacetime needs later. And United States Army engineers already have surveyed some 400 miles of a contemplated 1,300~ mile railroad that would extend from Prince George in British Columbia to Fairbanks. The Army has announced that this survey is fol- lowing the so-called B route to Alaska. It stretches northward from Prince George up the Rocky Moun- tain trench to join the present highway route at Whitehorse. And in order to build this railroad, a service road would also have to be built. That might mean that Alaska will eventually have two high- ways and a railroad. Fruits Of Research (New York Times) Steadily during the war effort research is disclos- ing new things and new methods that will be avail- able to all of us when peace comes. In the labora- tories of large companies important strides have been made in chemical, mechanical and other fields. Many of them cannot he revea.led at present. In Vice-Predient and Bustness Manseer | tionally faithful in its reproduction of shade and | tor revublioation of all news dismatches ghedited 0 b oF Dot giher | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | now turned wholly to war research of a different said recently in Juneau that Alask- [nmrh all instances they will not be offered to ',hc | public until after the war. This is the case with two | fundamental advances having to do with photogra- ‘phlc film which have been achieved in the Agfa \Anmo division of the General Aniline and Film Cor- | poration. One of these is a new color film, excep- ‘lmt which can be developed by the amateur photo- |grapher in his home. The other is an application |of dyestuffs to ordinary cellophane which makes “pombln the photography of a sound track on com- | pact and very inexpensive but durable rolls. This will make it easy for the music lover to have almost indestructible recordings even of long symphonic and operatic works for household reproduction. i Within the framework of the great industrial plnnts Kind goes on apace. It might be termed empirncn.f | research. It is the application of the “know-how”! —developed in shop and at bench and lathe for | better, more efficient and more economical methods | of manufacture. Thus, the General Motors Corpor- | ation discloses that more than 15,000 “produce more |for victory” suggestions have been submitted by | workers in the first two months in which this plan | has been in operation. Suggestions adopted and re- | warded have run all the way from one involving the | simplification of the machining process on the vx-j "hrnflon damper drive gear of the Allison airplane engine to a worker’s plan of sandblasting discarded | files in such a way that they could be used again| in the manufacture of variable pitch propellers, Far| |from putting a check on the ingenuity of American }scienti.sm and workmen, the pressure of the war has| | supplied a new edge and keenness. i Japanese In The Aleutians [ (Wahington Evening Star) Senator Johnson of Colorade reflects public senti- |ment in his comment that 10,000 Japanese invaders lin the Aleutian Islands are 10,000 too many. And| | the only comfort that Alaskan Delegate Dimond can find in this Navy estimate of the number of Jap-| anese is that it is apout half what has been reported | |to him from other sources. Any Japanese in the | Aleutians are, of course, more than many of us feel ought to be there. For they are occupying a posi-| tion which increases in strategic importance as the time nears for the Japanese to begin their move, against Russia from the East—a move which some | | observers have regarded as inevitable. | 1t is natural that Americans in Alaska and along| the West Coast are restive under the threat implicit in Japanese landings in the Aleutians and in the failure so far to dislodge them. The longer they | remain, the easier it should be for them to consoli-| | date new positions and move forward. And with | the evident suecess of the Japanese in strengthening ' their hold in New Guinea, which seemed so precar- jous in the begimning, demands have increased for| some demonstration that the Japanese can be dis-| lodged, somewhere, and not permitted continually! | to dig new foetholds. | This pressure on the military from the civilian| | population is normal and healthy, so long as it does | not assume the force of a political movement which, | in spite of their professional judgment, cannot be; resisted by the military commanders. In most wars similar pressure has been applied, sometimes with }unfortunate results. The military leaders must weigh not merely the advantages to them of a successful | attempt to dislodge the Japanese from the Aleu- | tians, but the cost of that attempt in terms of| risks incurred. Is the presence of Japanese in the | ! Aleutians, for instance, more dangerous to us than the loss, or the severe crippling, of the forces neces- ' sary to dislodge them? Would the use of such forces against the Japanese in the Aleutians yield as much, | in a long-range estimate of things to come, as it might be expected to yield in some other quarter of the globe? Is it better to strike them in force! now, before they have consolidated, or to withhold | the counter blow for the larger movement of whlch‘ | occupation of the Aleutians is merely a part? | As time goes on, the public will learn to take for | granted that such considerations by the military | commanders are automatic; that victories in the lend depend to a large extent upon their wisdom of | cheice between the many alternatives presented. Only when repeated failure to choose the right course has been demonstrated is it time to demand | the action which military leadership has declined to take. altered by what happened at Midway, and in com- plaining about the presence of Japanese in the Aleu-| tians we are apt to forget the importance of our victory at Midway. i |ials. He lives and breathes the|Staf. | reverse of that old slogan —| shine for the boys.” | “Beware of imitations—Accept no| very | substitutes.” He spends twel | trying to find substitutes for the ., | things the Japanese have thieved|yonq eage, they included a lot |in the Far Bast, and trying to find | ¢ (hings which Co. Doriot says with enamel. “We've got to have a little “British Buttons” When the British sent samples lve hours a day| o thejr equipment to Washington, indicate requirements under | timism will aid in promoting am- { they have contributed to war needs. | 1in the tenth house of her horo- The threat in the Aleutians was materially |: THE DAILY ALASKA EMPRE—— HAPPY IIRTI'DAY Nick Bez Edmond 8. Westby Jack P. Pavlovich S. Tanaka Edith Storey Hazel Appleton S. T. Simonsen Kate DelLaney Comdr. Norman Leslie i L | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” e e saaesae s ] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 After the morning hours adverse aspects rule today. Under this con- figuration persons in positions of power may discover that their sup- porters and the public lose confi- d incline to severe criti- NS SR Ladies' Night at the EIks' Club brought out a good sized crowd the cism. 3 HEART AND HOME: Women;prevluus evening to try out the renovated bowling alleys. Willlam Fry will find each week that work be-!made high score for the evening when he rolled 255. comes of importance as a means of forgetting personai anxieties. In many hard tasks American girls will prove their efficiency and their devotion to duty. Many will prove | ability as airplane pilots. Demand for nurses will demonstrate that scores of sisters and daughters of men in uniform have unsuspected qualifications for hospital service. Chemists will develop extrmrdlnnryi talent in research as well as in routine tasks. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: With, Mars rising in Leo and Neptune in the house of money, trade and commerce should be greatly stimu- |lated. In a new trend in American commercial affairs vigor and op- 20 YEARS AGO £ sueins AUGUST 26, 1922 Efforts were being made to secure assignment of a Red Cross nurse to Juneau, according to a statement made by Dr. H. C. DeVighne, City Health Officer as well as Territorial Health Commissioner. Miss Madge Case had accepted a position as clerk and stenographer in the office of District Forester Charles H. Flory. She was to fill the lvta.cam:y left lgy the resignation of Miss Kilonda Olds, whose marriage had taken place earlier in the week. SREASE T Miss Dorothy Haley underwent an operation for the removal of her tonsils at St. Ann’s Hospital. Dr. DeVighne performed the operation. C. O. Prest, the aviator, who was visiting at Fairbanks and Nenana repeated his statement that it was his purpose to come to Alaska again the following year with Siberia as his ultimate destination. He said he had a lot of fun and valuable experience and thought he would bé |able to make the grade next year. Ppatients at St. Ann's Hospital were again given a musical treat when Mrs. Klondy Woofter, Mrs. L. L. Harding and Mrs. Mary Lionberger Scott entertained them. Mrs. Woofter gave several solos on the violin and Mrs. Scott sang. Mrs. Harding was accompanist. jat Haines, was visiting in Juneau. She was accompanied by Mrs, G. C. ‘Denwn. wife of the Presbyterian pastor at Haines. Garden Island, across the Chena from Fairbanks, was held to have been legally annexed to the Interior metropolis by a decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals which had upheld the validity of the Alaska |law permitting the extension of municipal limits. People of Juneau were entertained the previous evening by the Mooseheart Legion at their first social event of the season. The party was a great success. | Weather was rainy with a maximum temperature of 59 and a mini- mum of 56. DBHVI;SSGRSIR f;\'gfiSh bv?/' L. GORDON WORDS OPTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Come and see me some- bisious enterprises which will be of | great value in time of peace, a(ter‘ |An evil portent is seen in tenth time.” Say, “Come TO see me sometime.” house aspects which presage| OFTEN MISPRONOQUNCED: Profile. trouble for the President and his NO, I as in FILE, accent first syllable. Cabjnet. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Prophecy NATIONAL ISSUES: Although oy national prosperity advances at this time, there are aspects that seem | !to indicate that war conditions draw mearer to the United States. |Rising planets seem to warn ‘of anempced attacks by Japan but victory is indicated for the defense. iis a For Tokyo evil portents are many. \ With Uranus and Saturn near to ] the nadir of the chart for the city | | heavy losses are to be sustained | and new enemies acquired. An| Axis associate may prove txeuch- erous s INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: With Mars elevated and Neptune Pronounce pro-fil, O as in (noun); CY. Prophesy (verb); .SYNONYMS: Answer (noun), reply, response, retort, rejoinder, re- partee. WORD STUDY: “Use a word thfee times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: CIRCUMSPECTION; attention to all circumstances. “The truest courage Iways mixed with circumspection.”—Jones of Nayland. " ROBERTA LEE Q. When a man brings a guest to his home and introduces him to his wife, is “How do you do” a sufficient acknowledgment for the wife? A. No. In this instance the wife should be a little more cordial and add, “I am very glad to see you,” or some similar expression. Q. Should a bride have bridesmaids when she is to be married in a traveling dress? A. No, though she often has a maid of honor. Q. For what purposes should one use the dinner napkin? A. The napkin should be used to wipe the mouth before drinking from the watér glass, that the glass may not be smeared, and also to wipe the fingers. LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON e T e ] is 1. In what part of the United States do men average two inches taller than in other parts? 2. For how much did sugar sell during the first World War? likely to cause many perplexities. 3. How long does science claim is required for the average human Children born on this day prob- | body to recover completely from the effects of loss of sleep for two con- ably will be fortunate in careers |secutive nights? that are eventful and successful. 4. What is the last word of the proverb: They may travel widely. price of 29 (Copyright, 1842) { 5. In what month are common colds most prevalent? = | ANSWERS: Texas and the Pacific Coast. For as high as 25 cents a pound. 15 days. “Liberty.” scope Russia may expect a continu- ation of desperate fighting for war will spread to new territories. sl-} beria is to focus attention and an- xiety as the United Nations providef |all possible aid. Unexpected es and amendments in treaties and' alliances may arouse much specu- lation in the United States. Dlp-‘ lomacy takes on more puzzling fea- tures. Again peace negotiations will |’ be discussed secretly. Persons whose birthdate it have the augury of a year of some difficulties. War upheavals are “Eternal vigilance is the is supposed to be 4:15, and that's| when they lower the flag, but few | can get away so early. This flag ceremony is unique.: Nothing else like it in Washington. All day the flag, on @ wooden pole in the middle of the floor, flutters | Miss Edith Jackson, Superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission || s 2 2 UTTEENE The canteen which every soldier carries used to be made of alumi-| num. Now, the Quartermaster Gen- | eral has produced a plastic canteen of the same shape and size—whicn doesn’t burn your fingers when full of hot coffee, and which will take a lot of reugh treatment. The Colcnel invited us to lay this plas-| tic vessel on the floor and jump on it. We did—with both feet. We found the name to be a mis- nomer. Nothing plastic about it. Plastic as iron! (Believe it or not, this new canteen is made of cotton | linters and ethyl alcohol.) And now, if the Army had all| the aluminum in the world, wouldn’'t go back to it. “Accept No Substitutes!” Col. Doriot has a strong French accent and bright French eyes. they is ready to accept any challenge.| Bring him a rubber raincoat, a steel safety razor, a brass nozzle— anything ials, and he will produce the same | thing without the critical mnter- made of critical mater-| | them at such a weight that the U.| tleyll mever get. S. soldier, who earried a 77 pound pack on Bataan, will find himself on a par with the Jap soldier, whose jungle pack weighs only 26 pounds. If you are an enlisted man, look | at the buttons on your evercoat. Brass. Themr look at the buttons on the overcoat of the men just inducted last week. Plastic. The advantage is twofold—saving | of brass, which can be used for | shells; and a less of lustre, which One liitle item was intimately associated with this question of shiny huttons. In every British soldier’s kit is a so- called buttonboard, a bLrass plate with slits in it, which the soldier holds against his coat for protec- tion while polishing the brass but- tons. 3 Col. Doriot is eliminating both the brass buttons and the brass buttonboard —not to mention the! rubber boots and the steel whistle and the regulation ‘“housewife.” means that troops are not so easily | The boots can be made of syn- spotted by reflection of light. course, there is also a loss of shine and with it a possible loss of mor- ale. | of | thetic, the whistle of plastic, and the “housewife” sewing kit at least can forego the brass thimble, for It's tough to have dull colored thimbles are made of plastics these | buttons, but tougher to know that days—in Col. Doriot’s army. they are made of formaldehyde, the fluid. | QMC proposed plastic buttions | for the soldier’s blouse as well as | for his overcoat, but the General Staff overruled them. “It’s a mat- ter of, morale,” said the General as 3 paid-up subscriber to THE PAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon 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! Doriot disapproves vigorously of He same stuff that makes embalming brass in any form except in shells. He disapproves of brass buttons, brass nozzles, brass zippers, and Though this his second war, Do- «nally he disapproves of brass hats. riot normally is a civilian. He served as an artilleryman with the French Army in the first World War He was a Frenchman then. He is still Prench to his fingertips, but an American -citizen for many years. He has been Cnhairman of the Board of the National Can Co., and a professor at the Harvard Business School. Many of the men who sarround him i the barn he calls an office (Temporarv Building B) are former students from that school. They work for Doriot with the loyalty of zealots. The shop opens at 7:30 A. M., in a part of town miles removed from respectaple residential sections. Closing hour |in a breeze created by an electric fan perched on a file case. Promp- { tlyqat 4:15, the Star Spangled Ban- ner blares from a phonograph and everybody stands at attention or salute. The flag is solemnly low- ered by an officer, and the Col- onel's Secretary without pausing in her gum chewing, folds it to her| breast. The Colonel thought his force needed something to treak the af- ternoon, and to make them think of their country. Actualiy—Frenck.- born though he is—Doriot provides more American esprit de corps than' a'dozen flag ceremonies. All this is encouraging, but the true story must not omit the faet that the Quartermaser Corps is |one thing and the Army another. The QMC proposes and the Army disposes. If WPB asks QMC to] find a way to save brass in a | flexible nozzle for a gasoline can, |QMC will find the way. But if dpes not follow that the brass hat gentry will give up the brass. In {fact, this is a case in point. QMOC |did invent just such a mnozzle, but |struck a snag. The Army insists on having what it is accustomed |to have. This conservation program rolls into impressive totals. By chang- ing the specifications of field rang- es, canteens, meat cans, cups proximately 50,000,600 pounds -enough aluminum to supply pursuit planes or 1500 four- bombers. (Copyright, 1942, by Unitea Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc,) “ ‘. . length '51. Chinese 52. Spiinises ® 3¢ SBhparave 55, Fegl a deatro to 7. At Prgsart 25. TIS to 6 5 1o on pm o Bl mntor of the 3. Dispateh au. E‘ dml plant llbber tree y 31 People outside rofession ¢ gerants - 65. Sever 1. Eskimo canoe NIGIPAIL IVIOIYIAIGIE] [BIAISTI SIMRIT[A] [AIRICINAIPIAICIEN |FIS| (HIAYIRIAITIE[ORAIT]T] Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzls Went ug Fall behind Goddel.rdot Reach (3 Couplu Effort B 2 3. DOWN Part of certaln optical fu- struments lnl;rpre!er of Tear apart . Distress signal End Resound Prophet un Assumed name Right 7. Rounded con- vex moulding A smaller number Regale Ou(bufldln: . Send by public carrier Study 60. Room in & 50. 52. '{UESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1942 2l DIRECTORY ;. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 460 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bidg PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. 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