The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOLR. 7 Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junesu, Alaska, HELEN TROY MONSEN - = R L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Entered in the Post Office in Juneau SUBSCRIPTION RAT! Delivered by carrier in Ju By mail, posthge pi One vear, in advance, 1 one month, 1n advance, $1.25 and Douglas for $1.50 per month. , at the following rates: Subscribers will confer a fayor if they will promptly notify the Bustness Office of any fallure or {rregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Bus Office, 374 K iR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ME The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited fn this paper and also the local news published herein "TALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. VATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Build attle, Wash. AMERICANS AT WORK The American people are busier than ever before, according to the statistics now at hand. But they working nearly as long hours, even under wartime pressure, as they did quite some years age The average work week today is 46.7 hours. A year ago it was 45.7 hours. Four-fifths of the people at work in America are working more than 40 hour a week, the theoretical maximum and the actual maximum without overtime in occupations covered by the Wage-Hour Act All told, there are 53,300,000 persons at work. This compares with a figure of 40,000,000 which used tc be regarded, a few years ago, as a standard of our Some of them are working ex- tremely more than the ideal for maxi- mum efficiency. But the average worker, putting in 46.7 hours a week, somewhat less than hc could without risk to health or efficiency. British experts have decided that 52 holirs is about the maxmum for full efficiency. American govern- ment officials, who naturally do not take the war as seriously as the British do, have set 48 hours fs the standard maximum. One interesting feature of the survey recently made is the revelation that it is not industrial workers whose hours of labor have been increased sharply. On the contrary, it is farm workers who have pitched in and expanded their work week. Only a very small proportion of industrial workers are working longer hours than a year ago. In part this is ex- plained by the fact that the average work week in key industries was stepped up before we were actu- ally at war. In time we shall have to search earnestly for great- er man power. Some of it can be found among the 9,000,000 men and women now working less than 40 hours a week. Some of it can be found among per- sons not now working. But eventually we must shift men and women from nonessential industries to vital war production, and also lengthen the working week of those already in useful production. are not working population long hours is doing President Manager | 00; six months, fn sdvance, $7.50; Why Real American: (The Daily Olympian) What happened to Don Mario, a singing band leader, in Providence, Rhode Island, a few days ago s those incidents that make real Mario was is another one of Americans get hot under their neckwear. cond Class Matter. | fi;0q $500 by a labor union executive board for join- . |ing a patriotic gathering in singing The Star Span- |gled Banner at a time when his country is fighting the most desperate war in its history. The issue is clearcut. The Providence Citizens Sunday Recreation Committee sponsored three park entertainments and paid union rates for professional |bands to play the music. Mario, whose orchestra was entertaining at a night club, offered to give its services—as an added feature, not to displace the paid union m ians. The Provi- dence local of the American Federation of Musicians | refused permission, and suggested that Mario him- self should speak out of town for the day rather |than go to any of the affairs. Instead, Maro accepted membership in the official party, which consisted of the mayor, the actress Sylvia Sidney, and four others. When the paid union band played The Star Span- gled Banner everybody began singing. Mario, stand- ing between the mayor and Miss Sydney, joined in. Subsequently he was notified “fraternally” of the $500 fine by the executive board, which held that by singing the national anthem he had made a per- mal appearance forbidden by the union, Mario was ordered to pay the fine by September 5. Otherwise he ean be suspended from union member- ship and deprived of the means of livelihood. He can, of course, appeal. The international union is headed by that upstanding citizen, James Caesar Petrillo, who has forbidden the making of records or transcriptions; whose New York local forbade the soldier band of the military show, This Is the Army, to play at the opening of a service men's social center. When a private organization can fine any man $500 for singing the national anthem in public or in rivate, free or for pay, in wartime or in peace, it is, me helluva situation. If that isn't un-American, what is? Does Congress, does the President, ever fret about such things? Wake Up, Ketchikan (Ketchikan Chronicle) Last month, money flowed around Ketchikan as it seldom has before. But very, very little of it found its way into war bonds and stamps. In fact, Letchikan's showing last month is ground for dis- ppointment and shame. The figures show very conclusively that a lot of people aren’t buying nearly as many war bonds as they could and should be buying. Countless individuals here are making more money than they ever made before, more money by far than they need for a decent living. It is up to those people te realize that this is war, that the war isn’t going to be won except by sacrifice, and that the investment of spare cash in war bonds is about the least sacrifice we're being asked to make. We don't give the money away. We just save it, simply use it now to help beat the, Axis so we’ll have something m which to live when it's all over. There can’t be plain speaking enough to those in- dividuals who are shirking their duty in the matter of buying war bonds. Certainly the record of these ‘ecent prosperous months indicates that some people are shirking. All this doesn't mean that a lot of people aren’t buying war bonds to the hilt. They are. But they an’t do it alone. Ketchikan's Rotarians have decided to open a booth or two where war bonds can be conveniently bought; so there won’t be the excuse that there's no place to buy bonds after hours, SENATOR CARAWAY'S “SIN” spite the blockade, Germany was Washinglon » Merry- fio-Round (Continued from Page One) this war you may have to junk an| airplane model overnight and build a different one to beat the latest Nazi invention. On the other hand, little business is like a rab- bit. It starts faster and can hop in any direction.” Mr. Williams does not say so, but perhaps one reason for de- ficiencies in U. S. fighjer planes has been the fact that U. S. fac- tories tooled up for one model, then were unable to change in a hurry, British mistakes which Williams believes the United States might profit from include: 1. Pirating labor. British law now forbids a factory worker to change his job without the consent of the government. This is to prevent big firms from hiring men away from little firms. 2. Priorities. When a manufacturer gets a war order, an order fogy raw materials is at- tached to the contract. This is automatic, and there is no worry about priorities. 3. Drafting men from industry to the army. Britain did this at first, British | Quiet, dignified Hattie Caraway, the Senate’s only feminine member, is chairman of a Senate sub-com- mittee on rivers and harbors. She presided at hearings on oil trans- portation, Appearing before that commit- tee was Haroldson Hunt, Mississ- ippi independent oil producer, who was so delighted with Mrs. Cara- way’s conduct of the hearings that he declared to a friend: “She de- serves a reward; I'm going to buy her a bottle of perfume.” Next day Mrs. Caraway received a gift package and opened it. She found a dainty bottle of perfume named, “My Sin.” ELMER DAVIS' TOUGH JOB Government friends of Elmer Davis are both sympathetic and skeptical over his decision ta go on the air once a week to report to the nation. They figure that this is a case of a shoemaker reaching for his last. Davis, none too happy with the difficult job of running the Office of War Information, and hantstrung on a lot of ideas, has now decided to back to the radio broadcasting which made him fa- mous. This time he will speak not for a sponsor but for the govern- ment Unquestionably his broadcasts will be a hit—at first. But the job of originating news which moulds | the destiny of a nation, tather than commenting on news which | already has been ariginated, may | be a tough assignment. then had to send them back. There | is no use having a big army in| the field, says Williams, if there| are not enough men at home 1o/ keep it properly equipped. Meanwhile, 70 percent of Brit-| ain’s ammunition is turned out by factories employing 50 workers or less. ARGENTINE TRADE WITH NAZIS Diplomatic reports from Argen- tina reveal that this neutral South American country is still maintain- | g commerce with Germany, De- e e et ettt ettt CHARLES BLOXHAM ag a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE itheg tax on pari-mutuels. |claim this should be intra-state, able to send goods valued at 5,- 000,00 pesos to Argentina during the first half of 1942. When U. S, Embassy officials heard of this traffic, they asked the Argentine Government how it was being maintained. An official of the Central Bank of Argentina said he was “unable to answer.” But the answer is that about 80 percent of this material consisted of military equipment purchased by Argentina from Germany be- fore the war began, and which is just now being delivered, with Bri- tish consent. Of the remainder, part came on a blockade runner from Europe via Brazil, and part came from Japan to Chile before Japan was a belligerent, then was sent overland to Argentina. MERRY-GO-ROUND Julius Ochs Adler, one of the few brigadier generals to come up from the reserve, hitch-hiked an air ride with Undersecretary of War Patterson from Rolla, Mo, to New York the other day . .. Pat- terson was much impressed with the job Gen. Ben Lear has done at Fort Leonard Wood, which he inspected recently . . . One Repub- lican reappointment regarding which Roosevelt didn’t hesitate was that of forthright Col. Charles March to the Federal Trade Com- mission. FDR has had a high re- gard for March’s long record of trust-busting . . . Ten state gov- ernors (N. Y., Mass, N. H.,, Mich,, N.J, Md, R. I, Ill, W. Va, Fla.) have gone on record before the Senate Finance Committee against They not inter-state taxation . .. Capt. Leland Lovette, new chief of Navy press relations, is getting praise from the newspaper world for his excellent job. (Copyright, 1942, by United Pea- ture Syndicate, Ing.) ————,————— 9 ~ | HAPPY BIRTHDAY || 20 YEARS AGO /2% supins il i ) R R AT R Y ST R | M e, e e mamectedi SEPTEMBER 12, 1922 George A. Parks, Chief of the Field Division, General Land Office, was due on the Alameda from the Westward where he had been on official business. SEPTEMBER 12 -+ Edith Lavold Evert Martinson Mrs. Carl Erickson Mrs. E. 8. Ellett Daniel W. Pederson A card party was scheduled by the Mooseheart Legion to start at |8 o'clock with refreshments to be served at the end of play by Moose women. SEPTEMBER 13 Mrs. Arthur Adams Marilyn Jewett David Brown Samson Bakke Magnus Hansen Hazel T. Tibbitts Mrs. R. E. Morgan Casey Riley Flo Stephenson The Juneau Parent-Teacher Association was to hold a meeting on this night at which time the teachers of the public schools were to be officially greeted. Community singing was to be led by Mrs. H. L. Faulk- ner and Mrs. L. D. Henderson. R. J. Sommers, proprietor of the Gastineau Hotel, was to arrive on Mrs. the Alameda. He had been to Bristol Bay on a business trip. poder | The previous night, the Douglas P.-T. A. had held a reception for Musical numbers included Rica Niemi and | the Douglas school teachers. 0 R 0 S c 0 P E Mamie Feusi, on violin and piano, and vocal selections by Mrs. W. E. “The stars ineli Cahill. e stars incline Pt ) ‘ but do not compel” || Steamer Northwestern was due from the south at 6 pm. and the | Admiral Watson at 2 a.m. i) | J. A. Smith, of Sitka, was advertising the “best restaurant in Al- aska” for sale. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 i This is a day of contradictory planetary influences, but benefic aspects rule the churches and the clergy. The date is favorable for pursuing themes in religious teach- ings which have not provoked con- | troversies. HEART AND HOME: Christian- ity that is applied in the daily 3 thought and activity Wil DIOVe| gouug gieet petween Fifth and Sixth, was closed to tratfic pending helpful to many families bermwd“em“s by war. Spiritual illumination due % to sorrow will inspire many splen-w‘ did deeds of kindness. Plans for| repuilding civilization on strong foundations will gradually take Lois Nordling, Secretary, was running a notice in The Empire stating the Order of Eastern Star was to meet in the Odd Fellows' Hall for a business session. Charles Goldstein was to leave on the Alameda on a business trip to the States. He intended to go East before returning. J. H. Cann, from the El Nido Mine, was registered at the Gastineau. The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, in the Fair- form and promise of social bem,,-_'banlm district, the educational institution being the 13th and last land men will gncourage enthusiastic Igrant for a college, was to be opened the next day, September 13, wit.h preparation for better living when the 13th Governor of Alaska, Gov. Scott C. gone, delivering the dedi- | peace br}ngs healing to prostrated |catory address. There was to be a big celebration and four trains and 200 ! millions of men and' women. ‘aulus were to be required to carry the people to the college grounds, ' BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Ameri- three miles from Fairbanks. “Potlatch Bill” Thompson was in charge cans who possess foresight will plan |of the celebration and the motto was, “Ain’t God good to Alaska, ain’t improyement in many lines of busi- | he though?” ness when international commercial — relations are readjusted. Many les- The soldiers’ bonus bill had passed Congress and it was reported sons will be taught by the exegencies | president Harding would not veto it. of the war. Justice and honesty | fades o0 4250 . must rule in trade and commerce Gowey Shepard had returned to Juneau from a prospecting trip in if peace is to be lasting, astrol- this vioinit,v. ogers point out. Greed and op-| pression must be forever eliminated as the United States takes the postwar helm of trade and com- | merce. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Because the stars presage the exercise of spe- | cial privilege in certain polmcal} policies there will be much dissat- | |isfaction in various states where | e party machinery is well oiled. Elec-‘i Daily lessons in English Qg. L. GORDON |tion plans may interfere seriously | P R e e e o o e ] e Dr. S. Hall Young was 75 years old on this date and the head of the Presbyterian Missions in Alaska was receiving congratulatory tele- grams and letters, also being visited at his home by scores of well- wishers. Weather report: 55, high; 50, low; cloudy. with the duties of many 1égislators | |who must exercise caution inathe|" ™ y | support they give to war meas.? WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The chlldl:.en were pro- |ures. There is a configuration read | hibited in playing.” Say, “were prohibited FROM playing. |as conducive to caution wheréver OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Deprecatory. Pronounce dep-re-ka- self-interest is involved. Patrio- ; to-ri, first E as in SET, second E as in ME unstressed, A as in ASK |tism that absorbs all the people unstressed, O as in NO, I as in IT, principal accent on first syllable. iwm be rare until after it is less| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Enclose and inclose. Both spellings are cor- (needed than at present. In other|yect. | words, the seers explain that when| SyNONYMS: Delay, defer, suspend; postpone, protract, procrastinate, victories become the rule unity otlpm '0“4’ y aims will prevail. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: AS i, 10n5e our yocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1942 Professional nmECmRY Fraternal Societies ~ Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W, Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469- Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 8—Valentine Bidg PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 p.m. ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthaimology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground I The Charles W. Carter Mortuary - Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P. A, Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING ( A 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 §; Gastineau Channel ] MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 137 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. R. W. COWLING, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. | B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at Visiting Brothers wel- ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- P M. come. alted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Sec- retary. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 18—34 "“The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. -— | TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service Mere Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP Watch and Jewelry Repairing at 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 | Shattuck Agency 3 ) k8% upon which enemy ships sail, the| £ ” | United States will have the great- consonant with their inclinations. est opportunity to demonstrate IullI e e e e e e the Axis powers, astrologers predict. MODERN HIOUE"E ROBERTA LEE This year, which has been desig- nated as decisive in its trend, to- i blic. sions. Final victory will be gained! A. No; such warm affection should not be displayed in pul when our strength is fully musuud: Q. When a young woman is introducing herself socially, should she but months may intervene before say, “I am Miss Gibson,” or, “I am Edna Gibson"? have the augury of & year of per-: A. It is considered effeminate for him to do so. plexities in which it is obligatory to avoid litigation or any form of g o : LOOK and LEARN ORDON Children borm on this day prob-|{ A. €. GOR {ahly widl be fortunate for they will} & - ba. caubiens, 3. What is the highest point in the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains? MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 3. What is a holographic will? many constructive and progressive | the Panama Canal? activities. The week is likely to be ANSWERS: most eventful. i James Garfield. ences which should urge them to 13 to 14 years. prepare for widening fields of work. | s 10 years, and 3 months. Astrologers forecast tremendous ex=|/ the only nation with two OCeAns | NeONANT; being in agreement or harmony. “His sentiments were will multiply as desperation grips tions, may record attempted inva- |ing or taking leave? Persons whose birthdate it h‘ Q. Is it permissible for a man to use perfume? eted recognition will come to a few. acters. Tn love affairs they should |)er handed? which should be auspiclous for 5. How long did it take for the actual digging and construction of under stimulating planetary influ- One written wholly in the h.lm'lwrltlng of the testator. bl ot R 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 CALIFORNIA X 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 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Rice & Ahlers Co. nou: wcxrcnlno e 4 Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal ZORIC BYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 JoL - LA Alaska Laundry Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS J " BuoceT ano SAVE FOR WAR 8 QNDS AND STAMPS e . Guy Smith-Drugs (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HOR{‘gf 'S. DANISH strength. This means that pcflll‘ ward victory for the United Na- Q. Ts it good etiquette for two women to kiss in public, when meet- the Axis is finally defeated. A. She should say, “I am Edna Gibson.” extravagance. Benefits and cov- have good brains and strong char- 1. Who was the only President, so far as known, to have been Benefic aspects’ rule on this day 4. What is the average life of a horse? HEART AND HOME: Women are Mount Mitchell, North Carolina; 6,911 feet. pansion for public seryice into machinery must be simplified, the seers foretell, if taxpayers are to be propitiated. Overlapping depart- ments in the govesmment of cities, counties and states, as well as the meny located in Washington, must he aholished, it is prophiesied. The nation which support millions of men under arms must regulate its which American wives, mothers and daughters will he enrolled. The fact that in postwar times there will be a majority of women in the nation has been emphasized by economists who advise inten- sive training for girls. In the fu- ture there will be little leisure or hap-hazard existence for American civilian as expertly gs it women. ‘;’w"" . BUSINESS AFFAIRS: , aesod sidjers will profit through the Autumn. In| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: looking foward to the Spring ofjpne suil Moon of this manth Sep- 1943, labor problems will encourage 4 ¥ fluences which should especially ald the United States. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of hap- pipess in the family. Unity of effort will encourage domestic wel- fare, Children born on this day prob- ably will be talented*in music or literary work. Chemists and nurses also belong to this sign. E (Copyright, 1942) CALL AN OWL Phone 63 ig invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the-— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO “South of Tahiti" and “The Stark Pays 0ff" Federal Tax—>5¢ per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! TICKETS to see: agriculture on a great scale that INDIAN OFFICE 'I‘EAbnl C permits wholesale mechanical meth- HERE ON WAY TO NORTH tember 24, will bring to 'Brfllin harmonizing planetary influences, Willlam M. Rogers, teacher for the Alaska Office of Indian Af- fairs, now is in Juneau awaiting transportation to the Westward where he will teach vocational 8g- rigulture and farm and dairy herd management at Ekluthg this year. ———— BUY DEFENSE BONDS , the end of the yeam. Gaw ods. Much will be learned from{according to astrology. Peaceful Russia’s experiments in combining |settiement of differences that con- vast areas of land for sciemtific|tribute to war difficulties is indi- cultivation of the soil. Those who|cated. This may mean that India read the stgrs foretell the negd of is placated by sweeping concessions. Goyvernment direction of food gfifie Canada is under a configuration duction for a long period. - |promising to the financial cendi- NATIONAL ISSUES: New lessons [tion of the Dominjon. The stars in economy will be learned before presage for the Western Hemis- t phere stimulating and helpful in- 29 a.m., ! . 3:36 p.m., 178 feet . 9:56 pm., -0.6 feet ’ 1881—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M. Behrends Bank _ Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS