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PAGE FOUR | Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Bunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN - = = = . = R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Junea as SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Delivered By caivier ih Junca and Deuins for 61 Ml e month. By mail, postage paid, at the follo One vear, in advance, §15.00; six months, 1n advance, $7.50; 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- livery of their papers. President | Civilian Supply (Ketchikan Chronicle) Far-reaching changes in the lives and habits of every citizen during the next few months were fore- cast recently by Joseph L.- Weiner, deputy director of the Division of Civilian Supply. Food, clothing, transportation and housing, he pointed out, are the four principal fields in which changes have developed and in which even greater |changes may be expected. | America should be proud to find that although we are converting a huge amount of our resources and HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEPTEMBER 4 Florence Gregory 20 YEARS AGO ¥ supine e e e ettt ettt} SEPTEMBER 4, 1922 Felix Johnson, well known employee of the Alaska Gastineau Min- o s‘:.,.m;e"m i ing Company, accompanied by his wife and three children, was to leave 00 g on the Spokane for the south with the expectation of locating there. Robert Dalton b @ XPt g Harley Turner, Jr. Daniel R. Steele Clyde E. Gordon Charles Goldstein and a party pf guests returned on the Diana from a short hunting trip to Snettisham Inlet and Sum Dum after a most DIRECTORY - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1942 Professional raternal Societies Gastineaqu Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS MQUNT 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- Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. Blomgren Building - Phone 56 shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV. stry to war, the American people still have not joy: outin, airly s . in the trip with industry y G peop! x Gazaloff enjoyable g and fairly successful hunt. Included p ERS, Secretary. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS had to suffer to any great extent, make any grea _sa.m : Mr. Goldstein were Judge T. M. Reed, J. W. Mullen, Walter DeLong, tevubHioation of Sl nows disnaishes orediiod ta 1s or bt olnes; | Sacrifices. ; > B. A. Rosselle, Capt. Ed Jones, master of the Diana, and J. E. Pegues. wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | Americans st#ill have plenty to eat with much | === berein, variety. Weiner says that tHere is no danger that| ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER s e 0B ol L st i or that the American diet will lack any of its vital NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 ‘plrmr-nh We may have to cut down a little on American Buflding, Beattis, Wash. sugar, tea, coffee, bananas. But these commodities have yet reached no serious state of scarcity. As far as clothes go, Weiner states that it now appears that rationing of clothing will not be nec- :o[ these vital war materials are felt in other coun- {tries, Rubber is the most serious, and it may be | necessary to make gasoline rationing more strict in order to conserve rubber. If the American people turn in 2 sufficient amount of scrap rubber in the ‘cun'eni campaign, we may still be able to get a reas- |onable amount of this fuel for civilian use. Housing , restrictions have become necessary due to the demand for lumber by the military and war ‘\indusu'y. The bullding of non-essential homes js | MANPOWER RESERVOIR ‘cur'-ailed. This, according to Weiner, represents a general TE 0% DA’ iR that fha . Aatibh BlbEads. ik Su‘])!(‘lule of what the future holds for us, And it’s |rosy compared to the future other nations face. We 'haven’t begun to feel the pinch yet. pinched for fighting manpower that it will have to call up men with dependents by Christmas—a policy | definitely forecast by Major General Lewis B. Her- il Le Ay ¢ | shey, National Selective Service Director. But in a American Marksmen roundabout way, it is good news, for it indicates the P aady e tremendous pace at which this country is building an army for victory. (New York Times) | | From the results of contests held with widely dif- | ‘lm'lng weapons it is clear that the traditional keen- There have been all too many false alarms and con- | ness of eye and steadiness of hand that have. made fusing statements from selective service headquarters, |good shots of Americans since the days of Daniel in the course of two years. But for several months | Boone are still with us. These gualities, coupled with now the policy has been more coherent. And au‘excepuonal coordination and stability of nerves, are| draft boards have for their guidance today a clear- [Necessary to bring about such scoes as marked the cut definition of dependency. This gives the typical-r“e“‘ nath{mfl skeet tournament, in which Dr. Le- young man at least an approximate idea of when | W. Childs broke 250 straight targets with a| $36 Btin 91 come | twelve-gauge shotgun and a young private now. in Air Force training in Texas made an over-all score | |of 543 out of a possible 550. Although the weapon o into the reservoir of men'was very different, the same knack was abundantly It is impossible, of course, to determine with com- plete logic how far this country will lack a sufficient supply of s(aples,; !umn when the need of transporta- | In honor of the anniversary of their twenty-second wedding year, U. S. Marshal and Mrs. George D. Beaumont entertained with a dinner party the preceding evening. Guests were Hugh M. Caldwell, Capt. John Rex Thompson, Frank B. Lazier, officials, and Percy J. Perry, Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Nile Temple, Seattle. HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” AR | E. E. Coffin and Mrs. Coffin, Lieut. with their children were to SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 able planetary influences. 5 : . HEART AND HOME: Under this Gold production of Interior Alaska was expected to considerably configuration thé young will be exceed that of the year 1921, according to Col. J. C. Gotwals, Acting inclined to listen to the advice of |President of the Alaska Road Commission, who had returned the preced- parents and instructor. The stars ! ing Saturday from a trip covering Richardson Highway and the Alaska stimulate unity of feeling in the | Railroad. family circle where blood ties will | LB be especially strong. Among wage, J. L. McPherson, formerly Manager of the Alaska Bureau of the earners prosperity will be enjoyed | Seattle Chamber of Commerce. was at Hyder looking the country over through the combined earnings of |for a group of mining men. young and old. Despite warnings, generous spending will be wide-| Myg Alice Laughlin announced the marriage of her daughter, Luella spread and inflation may be UN-|rrene to Mr. John T. Egan of Seattle. Mrs. Egan was formerly a avoidable. Definite increase in the juneay girl having lived most of her life on Gastineau Channel. She 008t of Mying-will be -evident. ! had been living in Seattle for about three years. Mr. Egan was a Deputy BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Labor 10-|gpavict iy King County and well known in Seattle. qey s tmger, gaod. planétary direc. [ 7ate o e TR SEEES S TE T tion. Few, disputes or difficulties | are forecast as Americans break | all records in quantity production Weather was rainy with a maximum temperature of 48 and a mini- mum of 45. of war materials. Since 1942 IS | pewewrerrrrcrererrrrrees. dominated by the cycle caused by | E | h e e sopin, ot s | Daily bessons in English W, 1. gorpon in our banking system. Buying| this time &s prices rise. [ WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The ship sunk.” Say, “The NATIONAL ISSUES: Use of|ship SANK.” limited extent, will become a sub-|BIG, and accent first syllable, not the second. ject of intense concern this Aut-| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Seize; EI. Sieve; IE the spring conjunction of Sdrum power will be slightly reduced at| SBCIRERP TSRS 13 & & WOV g automobiles, restricted only to a| OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Brigand. Pronounce brig-and, I as in SYNONYMS: Acumen, acuteness, keenness, insight, discernment, pene- Dr.A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING . Office Phone 469 P. M. come. retary. Dr. John H. Geyer o Pl ) : . o the Spokane within a few days for the South where they essary this year. We may have to wear more cot-| penefic aspects rule strongly tO_Ilt‘ave on 3 ‘ ] 'y ton on account of the military demand for wool. day. The stars smile upon persom‘p'“"nw to put the boys in school. Lieut. and !}/Ir&. Coffin were then DENTIST PIGGLY WIGGL' | We are feeling the gasoline and rubber shortage |y “sithority. The President of the | (0 Proceed to Mexico where they were to spend their vacation.. He was Room 9—Valentine Bidg For BETTER G i to some extent, but not as severely as shortages| iy iteq States comes under favor- |t rejoin the Unalga following two months’ leave. PHONE 762 rocel Hours: § 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, PHONE 136 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—-MISSES’ READY-TO- WEAR Phone 13—84 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. | TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 Visiting Brothers wel- ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- alted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Sec- P e “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You’'ll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF with dependents before calling up men with skills |shown at the international police pistol tournament | tion extends under war -emergen- tration, clevern: hrewdness, sagacity. st R ‘, COFFEE SHGP useful in wartime. Tt is likewise impossible to make |at Teaneck. There Patrolman Arthur Fagan of the cies. Those who read the stars| WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ) an entirely logical choice as between married men |New York City Police Department shot a perfect 300, | predict that substitutes for rubber increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: over 20 and single men now under the age of mili- tary of 1,196 out of a possible 1,200, to equal the world's | service with wives and children 1 s : Public opinion also seems | ens Voluntary Services from Port Washington to to oppose taking men any younger than are Now | aArizona. while he and his team-mates made a winning scorc‘wm relieve the situation which ' NEXORABLE; not to be moved by entrea‘y each week becomes more alarming, |.yt wag the inexorable voice of necessity.” (Accent second syllable) it is impossible to | do without timesaving methods M‘ travel. MODERN ETIQUETTE * popgrra Les JAMES C. COOPER i Public opinion generally appears to favor taklx]g‘,;‘;z‘::'d;cmz‘s b:;hu:';":ie “:;‘:: ‘::i: lxrilfal:: ;‘:":Vbe’"; In tth%ewtest, wh;re_llon‘gu i!au;nces C.P.A. Wul{h and Jl‘w‘-"fil"rm;::n‘ ] ingle va i o - Eom s pr . musf raverses it wi e dem- at very reasonable raf | single men from war industries before taking men |,y o o varione groups of the American Wo- |onstrated that Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING e —— FINE Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET | conscripted. But public opinion cannot be the final | There is something very comforting during a state; INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: x“ - determining factor. Public opinion, as a matter of |of total war about the evidence that piles up in|gybj s revolts i 1 L. C. Smith d Co | jugated countries revolts against | 4 g 3 > . Smi any rona : fact, did not favor the conscription law in the first | shooting matches of all sorts not merely of high in- | authority will smolder as rebellion | & What should one do when food taken into the mouth proves too TYPEWRITERS RCA Vicior Radios place. But it was necessary, as events confirmed. |dividual skills but of remarkably fine averages by |gspr Setie, , despit brutal hot to swallow? { ) Py spreads secretly, . despite ruta 3 i tare b 4 the I Sold and Serviced by d RECORDS The government no longer issues any figures to |amateurs and civilians training for defense, as well|methods of enforcing power gained! A: Take a swallow of cold water, but on no account spit out the hot o ang eE reveal the size of our army. This is wise. But the |25 DY police officers and others whose duties nor-|through aggression. The seers £00d OF even remove it with the fork or napkin. J. B. Burford & Co. JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE | chances are that if the average citizen knew the |l include the ability to shoot straight. dimensions of the flow of fighting men from civilian 4 indicate gratifying skill with firearms. ] life to camps and then overseas, he would be pro- i s fylah, ekl wigh. fisearms, , Obvioualy, | | ammunition for the armed services has first call, but foundly impressed with the job the army is doing. every effort should be made to maintain the flow The drain on our manpower, indicated by the warn- of small bore and shotgun ammunition for the prac- ing to men with dependents, is clear proof of the |tice and training of civilians who may yet be called stupendous force being amassed in the army of the | |upon to join those services or make use of their skill | United States. |as marksmen in home defense. louse has intervened with Jona- than Daniels, forthright son of the former Secretary of the Navy, to persuade him not to resign from cause we are trying to get rub-; ber from the Amazon. Brazilian ships bound from Rio to the Amazon have been sunk. Washinglon Reports | available from the military services in training also| ounsel patience among the vic-| Q. Should a man and wife register at a hotel as “William A. Tilton tims of Nazis and Japanese, since and wife”? it is prophesied that deliverance A. No. The man should register, “Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tilton.” will not be delayed beyond 1943 Q. When the conversation among the guests is centered about one or 1944. While world peace may person who is present and is so complimentary that it is really embar- not be attained until 1947, certain |rassing, what should this person do? nations will be freed by early vic-| A. Turn the conversation towards someone else, or tories of the United Nations. | subject. Persons whose birthdate it is| LOOK and LEARN % A. C. GORDON some other have the augury of a year of fin-/| ancial gain. Deals with the Army,' real estate interests and engineer- ing enterprises should be success- “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfled Customers” Seward Street DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment,. Gasiineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 Next to Juneau Drug Co. Phone 65 INSURANCE ShamIAgency . [CALIFORNIA | 5 ) | e e e et ettt et} | 2. The Central Railway of Brazil js|the Office of Civilian Defense, | ful. Grocery At [ Y ! i ; oy and Meat Market | f Jo-nflmd running out of coal, usually pur-| Gunning for Daniels is Frances| Children born on this day prob- 1. How many times can electricity pass around the world in one 478 PHONES‘ 371 chased from the US.A. This!Knight, one of the lovely IT-girls|8bly will be successful all through |second? : g their careers. Keen minds and| “Say It With Flowers” but - : i BAE " 3 High Quality Foods at (Continued from Page One) has halted manganese shipments |of the OCD, who has influence with ¢ 2. What does the French phrase “coup de grace” mean, and how is E & from the interior, and mangan-|OCDadministrator Jim Landis, |Strong characters will assure rapid j¢ pronounced? "SAY IT WITH OURS!" Moderate Prices know we have plenty of transports| ese is vitally needed for U.S.|Chief point of contention has been |Progress for girls and boys. 3. What is the present-day name of the ancient country of Cathay? J Fl ist r and don't need cargo planes. steel production, whether minority groups should be {OopyRikhih 1112 4. For what trait does the bulldog commonly stand? uneau rlorisis A Whereupon Donald Nelson inter-|3. Venezuelan oil industry is crip- |represented on civilian defense 5. Who said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”? rupted with this remark: “Jerry, you may be interested in knowing that we're going after Kaiser. I just talked to Leon Hen- derson about it and we've caught him buying stee] in the black mar- pled by the sinking of tankers. Farm colonies are being set up to care for oil workes. 4. About 6,000 banana workers in Honduras are losing their jobs. Breadlines already have started councils in various localities, Dan- iels has contended that minority groups should be represented, but so far Landis has opposed. NEW WAR SPOT There have been reports of in- i KK A | ANSWERS: { 2. Pronounce koo- Seven times. | de-gras; 0O as in FOOD, E as in HER unstressed, A as in AH, principal A stroke of mercy; a decisive, finishing stroke. d \ accent on last syllable. 3. China. Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING - ket. Leon's decided to crack down | in Tegucigalpa, the capital. With Brazil's advent into the Heating — » on him.” 5. In Guatemala is a stockpile of | war, Hitler appears to be paying o 5 & g 5 & T-mam"v’ g Phone 34 Sheet Metal z 0 R ' (/' Note: Next day Leon Henderson's| chrome, vitally needed here for|more and more attention to the 5. Lincoln. . Cleveland office instituted _legal| steel, but so far no ships to move bulge of Africa opposite the bulge| s BERARM EL NG proceedings against the Kaiser| it of Brazil, T TIINEAT - YOIING | Pllfil‘le 15 company. Kaiser paid the penalty |6. The Cuban newspaper Luz was JIINEAII YOUNG (ST S -0 | Fammaa s vae | € o) | Nt for wanting to produce. SUBMARINE 2ND FRONT How badly we need Kaiser's car- 80 planes and how successful Hit- ler has been in establishing a sec- ond front at our front door is attested by 20 Latin-Amercan dip- lomats -who every day beat a well- | about to close for lack of news- print when rescue came from the Miami Herald, which sent an emergency shipment by Pan- American Airways. 7. Chile needs oil from the U.S.A. to help produce copper for us. Chilean Ambassador Michels has been so persistent in asking for oil that Chilean newspapers car- creased concentration of Spanish troops in Spanish Morocco, ob~ viously inspired by Hitler, While the Nazis haven't any troops to spare themselves, they have been sending officers and technical equip- ment. Also they have been maklng hurried preparations for something, New Methods and Devices Bringing Resulfs, De- clare Brifish LONDON, Sépt. 4—July and Aug- ust were the most syccessful Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition Alaska Laundry T e e e e e W] CAREBFUL COOKING wiLt, FLOAT A BATTLE SHIP worn path to the doors of the | and there is every indication. that|months of the entire war as re- Gu smlth Dru s DGET AND State Department asking for more icature Sumner Welles in night | this part of Africa from Casablanga {gards. the, numbers of Axis sub- ((Jlrelul Pmphonu“) UDGET AN war cooperation, cap and gown, distyrbed from|to the Spanish port of Rio de Oro|marines desiroyed according to A. NYAL Fauilly Reiniodics {SAVE . FOR WAR BEGEE or. tithen -sooumiries i ut] rest by his butler announcing the |will be in the center of a new|V. Alexander, First Lord of the HO! D. H OONDS AND STAMPS broken relations or even declareq| Chilean Ambassador. hotspot. British Admiralty. B{‘w ——— War on the Axis, but as a result| Meanwhile Nazi subs are sinking, (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea-| Alexander further told those as- 5 of war and the submarine they schooners as well as steamers. So|ture Syndicate, Inc.) sembled at today's war anniversary too find the second front now at their front door. Here are some of the effects| which the submarine campaign and lack of shipping and/or cargo planes have had on Pan-American war prosecution 1. The Amazon Valley is feeling the effects of a food shortage. This handicaps the United States be- many have been sunk in British West Indian waters that owners are reluctant to take out their vessels without war risk insurance, and that costs one-third the value of the vessel. JONATHAN DANIELS It hasn’t leaked out yet, but twice in recent weeks the White e e S S S S DOLLEY SILVA as a paid -up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA E.‘MP[RE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the- — CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “Ridin’ on a Rainbow"—"Flying Cadels” Federal Tax—Qc per Person WA’ICH THIS SPACE—Yoiir ame May Appear! o NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA FAIR ASSOCIATION A special meeting of the South- eastern Alaska Fair Association’s stockholders will be held, pursuant to Resolution of the Board of Di- rectors in the penthouse of the Al- aska Electric Light and Power, Coi- pany’s office building jin Juneau, Alaska, September 21, 1942, at 3:00 B. M., for the purpose of lmemllng the Articles of Incorporation to pro- vide that all property, in event of the Association’s dissolution, shall go to the City of Juneau, Alaska, and authorizing conversion of all prop- erty into money. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, Sep- tember 3, 1942, g JOHN F. MULLEN, President. W. 8. PULLEN, Secretary. First publication, Sept. 4, 1942 Last publication, Sept. 11, 1942, ——e— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS luncheon that “I think they. will |find it doubly dangerous now as the result of new methods devel- oped and also new devices.” Alexander also asserted that Bri- tish shipyards have practically made up Great Britains admittedly heavy warship losses and stated that in one or two categories new warship construction has exceeded the losses. Alexander also stated that the building amounts to a new fleet. of corvettes, gunboats and landing ‘cran of all descripuons WOMEN OF THE MOOSE Will meet Saturday at 8 p, m.,| in the Moose Club Rooms. ~Gertie Olson, Recorder. ————— Peter Duncan entered St. Ann's Hospita] yesterday for medical care. .Benlly crowned and robed, and with a regsl gesture, Que!n Oceants xxxn who in private life is Doris Smith, was snapped after her | eoronation at the annual Wildwood, N. J., bnby parade. Selection of the queen is the high spot of the event which nm an army of babies to the Jsrney resort every i Mrs. Dermott O'Toole has en- tered St. Ann’s Hospital for medi- cal treatment, lTh&re is no substitute for Newspaper Adverhsiig CALL AN qw;. Piibfie Stand Op.mll.e Coliseum Theatre TheB.M. Béhirends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL 1281—Hali # Geatary of Banking—1941 SAVINGS EVERY PAY DAY

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