The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empir Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered in the Post Office In Jun As Mmfld Class "l"lf ‘SUBSCRIPTION RATES President Vice-President and Business Manager Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $L.60 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; vne 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 de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRER The Associated Press is exclusively entitled m the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- Jrive credited 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. DARK PICTURE has been amazing in the last few weeks to| emphasis which has been given to the( various plans for a Utopian peace. Obviously, it is never too early to start planning for the post-war | world. But on the other hand, all of the eggs in‘ the nest don't always hatch. The world picture today is far from bright for the United Nations. Considerable emphasis has been laid on the fact that Americans, with probably a large loss of lives, are forcing the Japs from the Tu- | lagi area in the Solomons. True, a victory in the Solomons would go a long way toward making our | approaches to Australia more secure in connection with supply lines, and Australia may eventually prove to be one of the starting points for a general offensive against Japan. A victory in the Solomons is not large when one It notice the ‘vmen any Czarist leader’s name was a blot on history, | | ment, the purpose of the raid was undoubtedly to Thev \re Rnsslans Still (Cincinnati Enquiren Are the Russian people fighting for Communism, or for their native Russia? That is a question re- peatedly asked and never fully answered. But the | evidence points to increasing emphasis on Russian | nationalism, rather than Communist ideology. The Russlans have always been good soldiers, And the | Russian people have always been intensely attached to their native soil. They fight with little spirit when sent outside Russia against foreign enemies. They | fight with desperate fury when defending their | homeland. A year ago Joseph Stalin produced a sensation '\uhon he appealed to his people to, recall the heroic example of Peter the Great, an imperial ruler whom {the Communist leaders had taught the people of | ===~ Russia to despise. Stalin was attempting to restore| | Russian pride in the great history of the Russian Empire of old. Only last week Stalin spoke again of the heroes jof the old Ru: in urging his people to measure up to the heroic stature of traditional Russian bravery. He referred in glowing terms to Alexander Navsky, a Duke of Novgorod in the thirteenth century, who waged war against the Swedes, Germans, and Lithu- anians. He spoke of Dmitry Donsky, a Duke of Mos-| cow, who defeated the Tartars in 1388. Stalin also recalled Minnin and Pojarsky, a butcher shop proprietor and a military man respectively of the seventeenth century, who saved Russia from an- archy and defeat and were chiefly responsible for the establishment of the Romanov dynasty. Premier Stalin has come a long way from the days| a long way from the ideas of the 1920's, when the aim of Bolshevik leaders was to erase the history of Russia prior to 1917 from the memory of the Rus- sian people. The national spirit of the Russian and kindred peoples has revived, at first slowly, but now, under the impact of alien invasion, with startling! rapidity. | i Task Force At Kiska (New York Times) Though the Navy describes the recent surface at- tacks on the Japanese at Kiska as a heavy bombard- The | obtain information as well as to inflict damage. i Aleutian fogs prevent satisfactory reconnaissance from the air, but our command ought now to have! a fairly accurate idea of the strength and location of enemy batteries around the harbor. Moreover, the success of this attack seems to indicate that| enemy airfields are not yet functioning. Land-based planes would have provided a hotter reception. remembers Bataan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya, the East Indies, the uncontested occupation of the Aleutians. A victory in the Solomons is especially tiny when one looks at the situation in Russia. Then it is easier to realize that the great issues which bear directly upon the final outcome of the world conflict now are being decided on the battlefields of South- ern Russia. Stalingrad, namesake of Russia’s great leader, is in flames and Russians are fighting desperately to save the city. There is a faint chance that the Russians still may be able to turn Hitler's advance into stalemate. But that is improbable. Meanwhile, the potential crushing weight of British and Ameri- can power seems to have been too long idle in es- | tablishing any decisive action against the Germans in Western Europe. Hitler is waging an effective war in Europe and also seems to have enough power left over to keep a large AEF and the air might of Brit- ain and America from forming a second front. It is obvious that if the Germans smash their way | through the rich area in the Caucasus and are al- lowed to use the resources, the difficulties in the way of a final, smashing victory by the United Na- | tions will be increased many times. Buch information is essential if we are to drive the Japanese out of the Aleutians. Our harassing tactics have now become systematic. These blows have proved costly to the enemy. He has already lost twenty-one ships sunk or put out of action.! But he is now too firmly entrenched to be oustedl by hit-and-run raids, either by air or by sea. Our | task force may have destroyed the Japanese troop | | barracks and assured a bleak Winter for the invad- ers. But neither exposure nor hardship will get them off these islands. Our offensive in the Solomons, however, raises a new question for the Japanese forces in Alaska. The Solomons and the Aleutians represent extreme wings | of a single front, and Tokyo will find it significant that both were attacked simultaneously. The Jap-| anese must think twice before diverting any naval! force reserved for the defense of Kiska and its ad- joining islands to the battle area in the South Seas. Meanwhile the Russians in Siberia will also be| speculating about the new American offensive in the! Pacific. The Japanese will hardly dare to concen- trate their full force, especially in the air, along the | Manchurian border if active fronts begin to develop | ;It the far ends of the Pacific Ocean. Close as the| Western Aleutians are to the American continent,; they also occupy a key position on the global chess- | board. smelling flowers. demanded the antidote of sweet- |send over to King and ask for some | naval news on the Solomon Islands | from the Unitea | beginning of {they have been in the past and ! sequent profit will be reached. (Continued trom Page One) some within a few miles of over- flowing refineries, why it is neces- sary for them to save rubber, and to that end give up gasoline. This educational campaign Will attempt to show that for the time being at least, a citizen’s tires cant be regarded as his own, but are' a part of the nation’s rubber stock- pile. For when an automobile owner wears out his tires he turns to public conveyances. And when this is done by millions of people in 1943 and 1944, the transportion system of the United States may break down com- pletly. That, plus the unpalatable fact that Jesse Jones's rubber factories | won't turn out rubber even to fill | military needs until around 1944, is why universal gasoline rationing is; necessary. ALWAY AN ENGLAND British dignitaries recently went through the ceremony of inaugurat- ing a new sheriff of London. Such | @ ceremony in Britain normally is embellished with the ritual of the | ages. People wondered, however, how it would be in the midst of war— Guildhall was gutted, and fight- ing planes were flying overhead, but this British ceremony retained its form and spirit. There will always be an England. NOTE: It has been suggested that September 16 be set aside as “There will always be an England Day” in commemoration of the terrific bom- bardment England withstood on that day. AIRPLANES TO CHINA After some of the toughest, most | persistent pleading any nation ever has made for arms, the Chinese last week were given more airplanes. The number remains a military secret. But though it was small, the Chin- ese seemed vastly pleased. Real fact is that the Chinese- American bombing attacks against the Japs, though headlined in the | press, have been accomplished with a far too inadequate force. To increase that force, General- | issimo Chiang Kai-shek has pleaded, cajoled, and even threatened. And his Foreign Minister in Washington, T. V. Soong, has even dropped hints Lhat China could not go on fighting | forever—unless she got something to. fight with. So last week's fresh supply of air- | planes relieved a tense, almost nasty situation. NAVAL CENSORSHIP especially since the Guildball, set- ting for the ceremony, had been | gutted by bombs and fire. | But the ceremony was the same as usual. The dignitaries wore the same robes, and carried the same paraphernalia—even including the little bouquet of posies in a white Nobody is advertising it yet, but Elmer Davis and his Office of War | Information have their toughest job | in prying news out of the Navy. Stacks of reports are cabled every the Fleet. But nobody outside the President and one or two top Ad- ruff, a vistige of the old days when the foul smell of Guildhall mirals ever sees them. Every few days, Elmer Davis will day to Admiral King, Commander of or Alaska, and the Navy, in reply, will issue a teerse ten-line com- munique, Once Davis demanded that the Navy publish the complete story of what had happened in Alaska. Ad- miral Hepburn, then chief of the press section, grumbled that there was no news, but finally scratched together a summary which gave & fairly broad picture of the Alaskan situation. But most of the time naval news stacks up for weeks and months, while in contrast the British per- mitted reporters to get quickly al- most every detail of the Commando raid on Dieppe. MERKY-GO-ROUNP Tennessee mountaineer Cordell Hull never forgets. Recently he re- fused a job to a prominent New York publisher because some years ago he had signed a petition de- manding that the State Department stop sending scrap iron to Japan . . . Good sport Evie Robert, after loslng a $1,000 bet that Senator Jim Mead would get the Democratic nomina- tion for Governor of New York, tele- graphed triumphant Jim Plrley:! “You sure were right — and how!"” . U. S. Army officials suggest that hendlinu on American participation in the Dieppe Commando raid were misleading. Our part was insigni- ficant . . . The Navy now has on file 36,000 applications for “Cello- phane Commissions”—the kind you can see through, though they pro- tect from the draft . .. Various Am- erican citizens of Japanese descent are urging a second front now and volunteering for fromt line duty . . .| Latest wise-crack about the Navy: “It's too Knoxy.” (Copyright; 1942, by United Feature Syndicate,, Inc.) EUNICE LOGAN a8 » paid-vp subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE i8 invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the- — CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWG TICKETS to see: “SMILIN' THROUGH" Federal Tax—S5c per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name e The current needed to make the amount of magnesium which gdes intp a magnesium bamb—20 kilo- watt hours—could be saved by an average American home willing to cut its use of electricity by just. 2 percent of the amount used in a whole year. TIDES TOMORROW High tide ......... 6:00 am., 134 |Low tide 11:58 am., 39 feet High' tide . .. 6:05 p.m., 14.6 feet THE DAlLY ALASKA EMPle—’UNEAU ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUUGST 31 Jegnne VanderLeest ;- V. W. Mulvihill Margie Godding Raymond Hegstad Eileen MacSpadden W. E. Peero Douglas Wahto Joe Petrie Vera Giligan HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 Benefic aspects rule strongly to- day. Good news may be expected Nations' naval activities. HEART AND HOME: With the this month there should be a marked lnt‘mny of | feeling regarding all that pertains to the Second World War. Fami- {lies will be more concerned regard- | ing their duty to the nation than more alert in seeking ways of aid- ing the struggle for liberty. After vacations, more or less curtailed but nevertheless conductive to oblivion where public affairs are involved, extreme consciousness of perils as! well as progress will be widespread. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The out-| look for the Autumn is good for | continued prosperity although evi- | dence of inflation may be noted.| While financiers find causes for anxiety, the people of the United States will enjoy the sense of se- curity that good wages impart to them. Many persons will acquire | sizeable bank accounts and increas- ing numbers of Government bonds. In’certam lines of manufacturing new highs in production and con- | NATIONAL ISSUES: Congress will be more and more affected by | political preoccupation as election draws near. The American public will be critical. The stars seem to indicate procrastination in legis-! lative activties conducive to op- posing points of view. This is read as a fortunate date for signing im- portant public documents or pre- | paring compacts of far-reaching | influence. Loss of statesmen, Brit- ish and American, is forecast for this month. Deaths from overwork | and mental strain may be many im coming weeks, | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Since the eclipse of the Moon, Aug- ust 26, which was read as of threat- | ening portent to Russia, the séers forecast possible disagreements af- fecting the Soviet government. In the Balkan area increase of trou- bles affecting Turkey, Rumania and Bulgaria is Indicated. Settlement of certain international disputes should ease the British situation. War expenditures will surpass even the most amazing estimates. | Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury, of a year of fair success. It will be wise to heed hunches regarding business ven- tures, Children born on this dny may have brilliant minds that should be carefully developed. A few will be endowed with psychic powers. | (Copyrlgm 1942) DOUGLAS NEWS | NEW SUPT. GOV’I‘. SCHOOL NOW RESIDENT, DOUGLAS George Norlander, who trans- ferred here from Klawack to be superintendent of the government school during the coming term has artived and is how established in the school residence quarters. Mrs, Norlander is expected to arrive during the presenf week. Their school term will officially begin on the eighth, it was re- ported. ————— LADD BRINGS IN CANNERY womu:lzs4 Bringing in most of the channel residents who were employed in the’] Salt Season Fisheries cannery at Tenakee Springs during the sum-| 2 mer, Arthur Ladd arrived in town last night aboard his boat Chee- | chako. Clayton Fleek was among his passengers for Douglas. Speaking of his plans for the coming winter, Mr. Ladd stated they were yet more or less indef- inite but he idea of a vacatidn from steady employment has a definite appea] to #iim, he said. e WATCHMAN IN J. G. Jahnson arrived heme Sat- wday from Tenakee on the Hyuy the Springs where he is cannery: watchman. His graniddaughter, Ale-i} da Warnper, accompanied him to, {town tb receive health ¢clearance. preparatory te starting school et Tenakee. ——— MRS, AALTO IMPROVING . After several weeks illness Mrs. August Aalto is reported to be definitely galning In Hhealth, | planned to move into their new home as soon as it was vacated. | you the worst way.” ‘lncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: 20 YEARS AGO &z EMPIRE AUGUST 381, 1922 The United States Senate passed the $4,000,000,000 soldiers’ bonus bill which was to go into conference. The vote was 47 to 22 with party lines abolished. Treasury Department officials seemed confident that President Harding would veto the measure if enacted as it stdod when passed. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Bullding Phone 56 An inquiry as to the propriety of keeping American troops on the Rhine had been reopened. Reason for the American attitude given was that Germany had paid nothing for the maintenance of the American troops, though desiring them to remain to preserve order. French Bel- gian and British troops formed the greater part of the army of occupa- tion. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Mrs. R. E. Henry. wife of Capt. Henry, Post Physician, and Mrs. Office Phone 469 Charles A. Hoss, wife of Capt. Hoss of Fort William H. Seward, arrived in Juneau and were house guests of Mrs. G. Clay Jones, Whose husband was Executive Officer of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ship Explorer. They planned to remain a week. Mrs. S. Heisel, who had been visiting her son and daughter-in-law, was to leave for the South on the Princess Louise. Experiments in cold water thawing in gold mining in frozen ground had been demonstrated with success, according to Charles Janin, Con- sulting Engineer, whose views on this process were published by the U. 8. Bureau of Mines. Dr. Jéhn H. Geyer DENTIST _!clfl'l: 9 am. to 6 pm. ROBERT SIMPSON,0pt.D. Graduate Los Angeles of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground [ The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lynch expected to leave for the south the fol- lowing month. They were to go to Los Angeles where Mr. Lynch was to study vocal training. In honor of Mrs. Theodore N. Haller, daughter of Judge T. M. Reed, and Mrs. John Boedeker, wife of the Captain of the Unalga, Mrs. A. G. Shoup and Mrs. George D. Beaumont were hostesses at a tea the preped- ing day. J. H. Kline, local agent for the Pacific Steamship Company, re- turned to Juneau on the Queen from Haines where he had closed the company office for the winter, Joe Kendler, Douglas dairyman, had purchased the furnished resi- dence of John Hull, who planned to leave for the States. The Kendlers FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s Weather was fair and colder with frost. Maximum temperature was 53 and minimum was 46. Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—~MISSES" READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Thl:rd Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I have been wishing to see Say, “wishing to see you VERY MUCH.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Dairy. Pronounce dar-i, A as in CARE, or da-ri, A as in DAY. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Solder; tion. SYNONYMS: Bind, restrict. WORD STUDY: the L is silent in the pronuncia- JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING tie, fasten, fetter, secure, shackle, restrain, “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us | EPITOMIZE; to abridge; summarize. (Accent follows the T). “These things have been epitomized into a formula for our convenience.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * posrrra Lee Q. Is it permissible to send typewritten informal social notes? A. Yes; but formal social correspondence or invitations should never be typewritten. Q. Should a woman ever wear a beautiful gown when it is not ap- propiate for the occasion? A. Never; it always makes her very ‘conspicuous, and calls forth unkind comments among her friends. Q. 1Is it correct to say, “My residence is in the suburbs"? A. No. Say “my house” or “my home.” LOOK and LEARN % How many feet are there in a statute mile, and in a nautical L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied 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 S§t. Phone 177 - C. GORDON “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists ‘What is the largest cavern in the world? Phone 311 What is the entomological name of “white ants”? What is an Eskimo’s dweHing called? What month was named after a great Roman general? ANSWERS: Statute mile, 5280 feet; nautical mile, 6,077.84 feet. Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Termites. An igloo. July, after Julius Caesar. Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition ACROSS 1. Restaurant 6. Low gaiter %m opera 1w lwlu.rlnd o mo-lmuud . Bnufl.-n ‘bira EEEE W Fer PIE RN INIA N HIATTIRCINIATS 46. R::brueh‘eg 4. Dwol'fl:nl‘ places 51 NV“ agms o 'Guy Smith%gs" , (Careful Prescriptionists) Rem DANISH NYAL Solutlon Of lfiqrdly’c Puzzle Beverage . Connefiatlon * ¥y & Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliscum Theatre Ilflfi filfl Al ll.flfl.l ‘l . 36 Petas ships of war a e alone Il. ?th’ teeth -‘ii‘?fi COMMERCIAL ‘ehicle on MONDAY AlLUST 3| DIRECTORY :c-i 1942 e, - Professional Societies Gastinequ 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 m JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers wel- come. ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- alted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Sec- retary. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries ' Phone 13—94 “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO t DRUG CO. | TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist “The Store for Men” SARBIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewclry Repairing al very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET RCA Vicior Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shatllm—gency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 473—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” nou: or nfnw scn.t::um ORIC BYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry 8 i:gm.}:m ING WILL <] DGET A‘D ok ISAVE PONDS AND STAMPS EVERY PAY DAY % % BOND DAY 1891 —Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends Oldest Bank in Alaska SAVINGS