The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1942, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD « e = = = President Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Junean and Doulas for $1.50 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, in advance, $15.00; s, in advance, $7.50; one month, In advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- | livery 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- wise credited fn this paper and also the local news published UARANTEED TO BE LARGER OTHER PUBLICATIOR. A CIRCULATION THAN THAT OF AN NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 | New Yor \merican Bullding, Seattle, Wash, ELECTIVE SERVICE Thanks to some of the lessons learned in the first World War and to the head start gained before the United States was attacked this time, the present selective is undoubtedly the most It could of faint praise, because draft programs are notoriously far from pefect in their operation. It was just a few generations ago that any well-to-do young man could avoid service by paying the stipulated bounty to someone else. We have progressed a long way in- deed in the direction of equality of sacrifice, what basis still exists for criticism is the exception rather than the rule. Today, as a rule, the rich man’s son is a little more likely to be called for ser- vice than the poor man's son The selective service program still is being experi- mented with, and various improvements have been made in the plan in the light of experience. This is commendable, even if char and improvements have in some cases effected at the price of widespread confusion The program suffered from the outset, of course, by the lack of a consistent universal policy governing such major points as types of dependency " Almost every time the program director made a speech there was a new interpretation of the select- ive service policy. And, usually, these interpreta- tions were entirely pointless, because the state and local boards often had their own ideas in interpret- ing the directives and providing the necessary man power for the Army. Then, too, the differently com- posed draft board districts made difficult the opera- tion of a uniform policy. Some districts had single men to spare for quotas, other quickly were compelled to turn to married men. Only now has the selective service program been revised to equalize such differ- ences on a wide basis. This particular reform comes at a late date indeed. serv program effective and fairest in the nation’s history described, in the nature be so of course, and been has Service Bem the Scenes (New York Times) Not long ago a transport airplane which had flown nearly two million miles on a commercial American oute before it entered the Middle East war ferry ser- vice came down with one engine burned out on a |sand bar at the mouth of the Nyanga River on the | west coast of Africa. From a distance of 3,000 miles |one undamaged engine of a similar airplane which |had crashed elsewhere was flown to the sandbar, Vice-President and Business Manager | ferrjed ashore in native war canoes and installed by | the American pilot with the aid of local inhabitants | turned “mechani overnight. Bamboo poles lashed | together by a French gold prospector and a gang of | recruited helpers were made into a runway 1,200 feet |long and 50 feet wide. With the new engine in place, the plane took off and resumed its service of ‘supply. Had not the engines and engine mountings been | such to permit interchangeability, the service would have been short two planes instead of one. The scene of this emergency job was West Africa, but the repairs had been made possible years before by aeronautical engineers who argued around So- ciety of Automotive Engineers conference tables in k, Detroit, San Francisco and a score of other cities. Similar conferences, in almost continu- ous session since before even a limited emergency was declared by the President, have been going on and presently continue. Out of them have come many agreements with ‘the Army, the Navy and in- dustry on standards, on codes of practice, on shop drawings and nomenclature, all tending to simplify and channelize the huge effort of America engaged in total war. The S. A. E. committees have definitely and by policy refrained from giving counsel on matters which might be termed either tactical or strategical. They have simply served to put the best technical brains wailable to work on the hundreds of problems which maintenance of mechanized force. They have asked to credit and for the most part have offered new suggestions only on the contingent basis that the particular service in question might wish them. But their quiet, patient and patriotic work has served mormously to speed the war machine. It deserves he gratitude of the nation. War On The Submarines (New York Times) The sudden outburst of submarine sinkings in the South Atlantic which has driven Brazil to the verge of war with the Axis and the decline of U-boat act- Vity off our own coast are two phases of a single :ampaign. German and Italian undersea boats have apparently been driven into less perilous waters, with the result that Brazilian shipping is now suf- ering the same destruction which we seemed help- less to stop: even a month ago. It is no comfort to Brazil to know that the Axis annot hope to equal in. her waters the record of levastation which it achieved off the coasts of the United States. The sea lanes there are emptier. Why Germany courts war with Brazil it is not easy o see, for war will bring to Brazil the same meth- | ods of- proteetion against the submarine which have begun to give us a measure of relief. In every ocean this war has proved that the U-boat can neither meet nor master a well-developed convoy system Fresh proof of this is provided by the latest fig- ures. In the week gnding Aug. 15 only seven Allied ships were sunk in the Atlantic, none of them off our Atlantic coast or in the Caribbean. The con- voy system is now in operation. Around the British Isles and in the naval channels between this coun- try and England is highly effective. It was estab- lished on our Atlantic coast on May 14. Between that date and the end of July only four ships out of 1800 convoyed were sunk. Now the system has been extended to the Caribbean with good results. The patrol is not yet perfect. We still have far too few blimps, planes and destroyers for the immense commerce involved. But wherever the convoy system is functioning in full efficiency the U-boat simply cannot live. It will always be possible for a sub- marine pack to break into a convoy, but the risk |soon becomes prohibitive. The farther the U-boats |are forced from shore into lonelier seas the less their power to destroy becomes. | was ilashinalon 4 ‘ particularly church. “The priest replied that for some needed in his]to all oil companies to examine the possibilities of conserving butyl for ‘he quick manufacture of rubber, the armed services have raised for the supply and| (Continued from Page One) time he had been trying to com- plete a leaded window in his chap- el. So the Assistant Secretary took out his check book and wrote a check for $200. “A year later word was received Tobruk by surprise This was what | that the window had been com- made South Africans especially bit- ter. Result was that Gen. Smuts de- manded Auchinleck’s removal, and to preserve a delicate political bal- ance in South Africa, he was fired. ROOSEVELT IS RADIO WRITER The American public doesn’'t hear much about the short wave radio broadcasts which send a constant stream of U. S. propaganda into Axis countries. Still less does 1t know that recently President Roose- velt himself personally dictated one of the most effective of these broadtasts. Briefly summarized here is what Roosevelt dictated: “In 1918, the Assistant Secretary pleted, and that a candle was burn- ing in it in memory of the United States Navy and all it represented “Six years later another letter came saying that the candle was still burning. Other letters have followed. And that candle is still burning—unless the Nazis have put it out.” Note: The author of the radio script did not say so, but the then Assistant Secretary of the Navy is now the President of the United States. WHO RUNS OIL? Preventing the overlapping of government agencies obviously is a hard job when the Government has become so big. However, on question so vital as rubber it of the U. S. Navy was riding through Brittany when his pilot car, driving ahead of him, bumped into a priest. “The Assistant Secretary of the Navy went to the assistance of the priest and offered to take him to a hospital. But, brushing off his clothes, the priest said he was not hurt” The Assistant Secretary then offered him compensation. The priest replied that never would he accept any compensation from so fine an organization as the United States Navy. “So the Assistant Secretary then would seem not only relatively simple but important to secure co- operation between agencies, On Sept. 1, WPBoss Donald Nel- ;»on»\\'lolu to Wayne Johnson, di- recting him to examine the pos- sibilities and botentialities of pro- ducing rubber, high test gasoline and kindred by-products from the petroleum refineries of the country, Coming nine *‘months after Pearl Harbor, such a directive on Sepr. 1 seemed a bit tardy. But in ad- dition it cut directly across work already being done by Ickes’ Office of Petroleum Coordinator. On July caking advantage of the refineries which were becoming idle because | Jf gasoline rationing. | Furthermore, it happens that all| the oil companies of the nation are| operating — very effectively — under | Ickes. Nevertheless, Nelson slid a 1ghly important order off his desk ~ithout any regard to what another mportant agency was doing, Note: Wayne Johnson, to whom Nelson issued the order, was a effective money raiser for Roosevelt’s campaign in 1932, 1936, and 1940; is a genial and effective director of a railroad and a ship- ping company, but so far as is known, had absolutely no previous experience in oil. CAPITAL CHAFF Senator “Happy” Chandler of Kentucky took his first airplane ride during a recent trip to Alaska. | The mountains are high in this area, fog is 'dense. the ride made “Happy” most unhappy. So once he got to Alaska, he decided to re- turn by a destroyer. Senator Hol- man of Oregon came with him. Senators Burton of Ohio and Wall- gren of Washington flew . . . Char- ley Clark, investigator for the Tru- man committee, had a narrow es- cape while flying from Alaska. His plane crashed, one man was killed, one suffered a broken spine, Clark escaped by jumping out the window after the plane hit a mountain. Of fou planes which took off with Clark, two crashed . . . When the FBI investigated Pulitzer Play- wright Robert Sherwood, someone asked if there was anything which 13, this office se sicced them on to Marc Connelly, nt out ex-husband of Mrs. Sherwood, Mare an order A. WALIN as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY AL is invited to present this coupon thi at the box office of the- CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY" Federal Tax—5¢ per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! ASKA EMPIRE 8 evening doesn”t like Sherwood . . . Sher- Wood was in the famous Black Watch regiment in World War I - FBL investigation is compul- for all government officials and much of it merely wastes the tme of valuable FBI men. But Martin Dies demands it, sory MAIL BAG Elyria, 0,—There’s no why parents should not know the whereabouts of their 801~ dier sons in foreign theatres of action, except certain secret areas, If a2 man i serving in England, Northern Ireland, Australia op Ber- RH.R., reason THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA i { HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEPTEMBER 17 J. A, Hellenthal Lillian Uggen Louise Sorensen Steve Vukovich Noreen Patricia Andrews " Joe Bellots Aleda Lee Warner Mrs. F. F. Ferguson Henry T. Everson e 1 HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Adverse planetary aspects rule today. The morning may be un- fortunate for shipping or for a plan affecting our commerce. HEART AND HOME: Women | come under a benefic direction of |the stars late today. The config- uration encourages love affairs and extends the circles of friendship. | Demand for women in the indus- | tries will deflect many college stu- dents from their educational pro- grams, but girls will prove the value of technical training. Homes once centers of youthful social life will become havens for weary sol- diers and war workers. House- | keepers will extend the most cor-| dial hospitality as a part of their patriotic tasks. Many marriages | and engagements to marry will mark this month. 1 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Econom\csv‘ due to war exigencies will prove | THURSDAY. 20 YEARS AGO %' expins SEPTEMBER 17, 1922 The steamer Queen, of the Admiral Line’s Southeast Alaska fleet, struck a rock on the shore of White Cliff Island at 6:40 o'clock the prev- fous morning in a dense fog and when running “dead slow.” The steamer was reported resting easily and showing little damage. All pas- sengers had been transferred to the Union Of] tanker Ventura and were on their way to Prince Rupert. The Admiral Rodman was reported to be alongside the Queen and taking off the baggage and freight from the forward hold. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Passengers aboard the Queen from Juneau when it struck included Mrs. J. J. Connors, Muriel Femmer, Mrs. William Geddes and J. J. Coggins. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 2TH CENTURY BUILDING Mrs. Charles Jenne and her three children returned on the Spokane Office Phone 469 after spending the summer in the States. Frank A. Metealf, civil engineer, left on the Admiral Evans for Ket- chikan where he was to be engaged in survey work for several weeks. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Blag PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. Mrs. Allen Shattuck was a returning passenger on the Spokane after a visit in Ketchikan. A. A. Humfrey, commercial traveler, arrived. from the Westward on the Admiral Evans. 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 The first Parent-Teacher consultation hour was to be held in the teachers’ rest room at the Juneau Public School on September 18 be- tween 4 and 5 o'clock, according to a statement made by Mrs. George Nand, President. Mrs. C. E. Harland Mrs. A. P. Kashevaroff were to be in charge. A big time was promised for Juneau dancers when Drake’s Orchestra and the “Happy Four” were to be combined into one big orchestra for a dance to be held at A. B. Hall on September 18. M. E. Edwins, accompanied by his daughter, Miss L. Edwins, arrived on the Jefferson to visit his son Wilmer Edwins in Douglas for a few days. Mrs. D. H. Christoe, of Douglas, was to leave soon with her daughter Josephine, for Seattle to spend the winter. FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR helpful to the small businessmen who will cut unnecessary expenses |as they prepare for the winter's | trade. Government contracts, with- | 'held because of vast production needs which had to be met on a| grand scale, now will be awarded to | {minor concerns. In towns of lim- | ited population as well as in large cities money will be plentiful and | prosperity general, NATIONAL ISSUUES: Dangers from subversive agencies will mul- | tiply through the Autumn, despite the efficient work of Government | |secret service agencies. There is |a sign that seems to presage ser- | {ious results caused by citizens of |radical views who criticize the | President and Congress. Words have tremendous force under the, planetary rule through this war iperiod, the seers declare, and they advise penalties for unwise speech.: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Interpretations of Bible prophecies | will be broadcast frequently in com- ling months and many will be iis- | | leading, according to seers. Read- ings of inscriptions in the geat pyramid of Gizeh will be contra-| | dictory, although will not make |many mistakes, according to lead- | |ing occultists. | Persons whose birthdate | | it is | have the augury of a year of extra- | {ordinary events, some of which will |be most fortunate. It is well to| guard against deception in love and | business. | | Children born on this day prob-‘ ably will be decidedly individual | and difficult to understand. They | should be exceedingly gifted and | able to succeed. ‘ (Copyright, 1942) | | OLAF AMSEVISHTS | z HOME IN JUNEAU! | | | Olaf Aase, a member of the first | | group of Juneau young men to leave | | for Haines last fall for Army service, | and later transferred to Seward, has | heen promoted to technical sergeant and was in Juneau today visiting | with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Aase He is in charge of a government boat and is on his way |south. He was a halibut fisherman i before being enlisted in the Army i |and was skipper of the Marie. | o o b | MRS. J. G. SHEPARD TO VISIT IN PETERSBURG Mrs. J. G. Shepard left last night for Petersburg where she will visit Mrs. W. A. Chipperfield for a w or ten days. ‘d ————————— T NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersigned was, on the |2nd day of September, 1942, duly appointed administrator of the es- tate of ANTUN SIMIN, deceased,’ and that letters testamentary there- ifor on said day were duly issued to the undersigned. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same, with proper vouchers, and duly verfied, within |six (6) months from the date of this Notice to the undersngned ad- I ministrator at the office of the City Clerk in. Douglas, Alaska. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 2nd day of September, 1942, L. W. KILBURN, Administrator. | Pirst publicagion, Sept. 2, 1942. | Last publication, Sept. 23 ,1942. muda, for example, he is permitted to write home and-say where he is. He is not permitted, however, to |specify the name of the town on |exact locality, Por example, if he writes from “Belfast, Northern !land,” the name Belfast would censored. (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Ine.) Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s Weather was fair with a maximum temperature of 56 and a mini- mum of 50. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It was none other than he.” Say, “It was NO other than he.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Gala. in ASK unstressed, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Emphasis (singular). Emphases (plural). SYNONYMS: Relieve, reduce, lessen, alleviate, abate, assuage, miti- gate, lighten, soften. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: DOCILE; disposed to be taught; tractable. “A docile disposition will, with application, surmount every difficulty.”—Manlius. MODERN ETIQUETTE * poperra LEE Q. When a woman stops at d restaurant table where a girl is dining with some friends, is it necessary for the girl to introduce this woman to her companions? A. No, it is not necessary. Q. Should a hostess provide new cards for use at a bridge party? A. Yes; this is customary. Q. Is it correct to say “scholar” when referring to a child who is attending school? A. No; say “pupil.” eminent in his learning. Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third D — JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING Pronounce gay-la, final A as 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. Gastipeau Hotel Annex | South Franklin St. Phone 177 Use “scholar” when referring to one who is DIRECTORY MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 117 > bric! What are the dimensions of the ordinary American building Which is the most prolific mammal? ‘ Who was the first woman to be elected to Congress? # g 1 f . Who invented shorthand? R R ANSWERS: 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, The common barn rat. Miss Jeanette Rankin of Mon DU 509 4= “Tempus fugit.” What is the Latin phrase for “time flies"? 2% inches thick. tana, in 1918-1919. Sir Isaac Pitman (1813-97), in 1837. Mss. F. A, Metcalf Leaves to Make Home in Sitka Mrs. Frank A. Metcalf and little Gail Metcalf left yesterday for Sitka to join Mr. Metcalf, who ac- cepted ‘an engineering position in that city several weeks ago. Before leaving to make her home in the Baranof Island city, Mrs. | Metcalf was honored by a number of farewell parties. 20 SAWMILL KEITH REISCHLE WILL GO TO SCHOOL AT U. W. Among the quota of students re- turning to school this Fall in the south and leaving yesterday was Keith Reischle, son of Ralph Reis- chle of Fritz Cove. Keith will enter the University of Washington this year where he is going to take up the study of pre-medies. Last year he stud- ied at Willamette University. g g Wayne Carr has been discharged from St., Ann’s Hospita where he hps: been’ under surgical care. WANTED “Sary 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 PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Guns and: Ammaunition. Yy - ” Guy Smith-Drugs (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM "CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliseum Theatre at JUNEAU @ New Operating Qldest Bank COMMERCIAL SEPTEMBEER 17, 1942 Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel H SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. R. W. COWLING, Wor- Blomgren Building Phone 56 | |shipful Master; 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 ““The Rexall Store" ‘Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURQ 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 More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 65 INSURANCE | ShathEAgency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices ] H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING ZORIC BYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry — ey CAREFUL_COOKING wiLL FLOAT A ATTLE SMI Y T AND \ FOR WAR BOND S AND STAMPS BUDGE |SAVE MAKE EVERY PAY DAY —~% BOND DAY A 1831—Hali a Century of Banking—1941 TheB.M. Behrends Bank in Alaska SAVINGS