The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR with widely dispe bout three times as well we We may even gue pure guesswork and of no possib to the enemy—that the rate of increase ir A. E. F. is and will be greater than wa ponding rate for the first A. E. F. comparisons ought to cheer the which, possibly, needs cheering . . | culties, Daily Alaska Empire . p Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MC - President R. L. BERNARD Vice-President and Business Manager though it is com{oj the the second AR s A corre civiliar up more S hese Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Delivered by carrier In Juneau and Douslas for b7 By mail, postage paid. at the following ¢ are One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in nce, $7.50; | private citizen one month, in advance, $1.25 | Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify n we h the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of th per Telephones: News population [than the troops do. getting us somewhere, Of course, no loy: wishes to know precisely how at precisely what spots. It can be n 1.50 per month. fices to pos and one does not who are t obligation. Oftice, 602; Business Office, 374. envy those MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for revublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also’the local news published herein Emergency Food Caches (Petersburg Press) become of the tons of emergency Alaska “TALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. What ha which s — food ATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 | supplie , Wash. | lago? a responsible authority that it wa transportation here from the south.” 15 indulging in some good old wishful no community has yet received any “just be pplies At the time the plan was announced we thought | it was a good idea. We still think it was a good idea | Irregular as our supplies have been this mmer, it very possible that we “ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.' | Everyone realizes that it would be a good idea stock up the larder with the winter's supply of food- stuff. Very few families, however, can afford put out the cash to lay in food for the to eat all winter. It could be done only on credit, and it is certainly unfair to ask the merchant to extend long-term credit for large amounts of food for which he will have to put out the cash in thirty Moreover the average family has not stor to keep a winter’s store of could afford to buy it An adequate supply of essential foodstuffs, safely tored in caches kept up by the communities involv- ed, would be a simple solution to the problems which reated if ships are unexpectedly delayed too It to be hoped that the supplies will be thcoming as they were promised AUSE of tt family LOSSOMS CHERRY B days space they food even though tim ed return to of atrocities for shrugged There some Many Americans them off as home of Ameri nessmen. Americ polite were tales Jap reports and pa the journalists propaganda. Then came in diplom ind busi- found out that Japs in uniform is aren't Nice First-hand accounts of how our citi- zens were in Tokyo aren't pretty. The mal- treatment is not a matter of isolated instances. The | people. treated Our Striking Force received was 8 that has become a bad treatment our people general (Cincinnati Enquirer) general as the instinctive crueity Jap militarist The British and American high military commands ke no secret of their intention to invade Europe Indeed, they want the Germans to know invasion is coming, just as they want to assure the British and | American people that action is in prosp This is policy. But there has been no disclosure of the numbers of American troops to reach the British a pig | Isle iis is certainly wise, and we cannot com- he wasn't starving, the withholding of that information. guard: all of things | Each expeditionary force has been I er than the when the Jap militarists are | previous, and the last two or three convoys sent Such actions were not prac- | across the Atlantic have been bigger than any single There can be | convoys moved during the first World War. That | gives us a clue to the vast numbers of troops in- | volved. The rapid emptying of training camps in this country also provides a clue. part of the 1 The Japs at home have been smiling because they heard of the nishing for Jap nationals may itertainment we were fur- held in this country where lavish they were housed in the best hotels and health re- sorts. Feeding would turn brutal handling Jap must be remembered brought to their knees. tical in aiding the Jap war machine no explanation Meanwhile, the Japs have refused to allow sailing of a special American Red Cross ship with y Be. 8 supplics for the American prisonets in the cusody | ATOther interesting sidelight is the offical dis- of the Japs at Manils. The Geneva Treaty 15 for- | iocurr that most of the forces which have just ar- ol on.tor |rived at British ports belong to the air force, whether |flying or ground persofinel. That suggests the im- | mensity of the aerial offensive which is sure to pre- cede any opening of a land front in Western Europe. safe the American prisoners slop that his nose up at if n by these mercy apparent reason Then and Now ures, one can visualize the total of British, Canad- ian and American ground forces now in the British Isles as a colossal striking force. The entire Can- adian Army, excepting home guards and troops s in elementa training, is in Great Britain. The bulk of American troops now overseas are doubtless cheerful news, declined to speculate “on any com- |in the British Isles.” And British troops, apart from parison between the movement of troops abroad in |reserves only equipped for home defense, must num- the same periods in the first World War and the |ber a couple of millions. present one”” We might take this as an instance | Of course numbers are not the only factor. of necessary caution if one of Mr. Stimson’s assistant 'power is more important. And air power must pave secretaries, Mr. John J. McCloy, had not stated a day | the way for invasion. But to pursue the enemy once earlier that we now have “more than 500,000 men | footholds are gained on the Continent, many divis- overseas.” All we need do to get a comparison is to | ions of infantrymen will be needed. These are now turn back to the A. E. F. histories. Nine months at hand, in training for front-line service. The Brit- after we went into World War I we had about 175,- | ish Isles have become the greatest insular advance 000 men overseas. In this war, under greater diffi- |base in military history. " TIDES TOMORROW High tide Low tide (New York Times) The War Department announces that troop move- | ments in the United States during the first nine months of this war were three times what they were during an equivalent period after we entered World War 1. But Secretary Stimson, in giving out this | Fire 6:07 am., RECEIVED REGULARLY EACH CHRISTMAS AT ALBANY (NY.) OFFICE! 6:28 pm.,, have | Our hard work and mild sacri- | many | ss such secrets and have to keep them towns were promised months | At least two months ago we were informed by awaiting | Apparently he thinking, to to Without attempting to set it down in actua] fig- | 5 feet 12.33 a.m., 16.8 feet 13 feet THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY 5 B e 120 YEARS AGO 73 surpire PRERTE TN 55 S0 w e S DS DS G NP U SO SEPTEMBER 21, 1922 || oL 3 SEPTEMBER 21 Mrs, Al Zenger Marie Brennan Farm products and other articles to be exhibited at the Southeast J. L. Gray | Alaska Fair by residents of Ketchikan and the vicinity were to arrive in Siguard Olsen | Junean on the Alameda during the week, according to word received by | Franklin Larsen the fair committee from N. F. Zimmerman, who had charge of collecting | Mrs. George Jorgenson exhibits. . F. J. Hogins Elsa Johnson Elliott T. Campbell A > 5B T 1 Mrs. E. H. Kaser was elected President of the Juneau Woman’s Club to succeed Mrs. Josephine Cook, resigned, at a meeting of the club. Mrs. Kaser had formerly been Vice-President. Mrs. L. L. Harding had been elected Vice-President. e e { HOROSCOPE |} “The stars incline but do not compel” author and former Alaskan, and Miss Spokane for Seattle on their way to San Mrs. Willoughby had been Mrs. Florence Willoughby, Ethel Mistro were aboard the Francisco. They had visited collecting material for articles | | | | [ | | | | Sitka where and stories -3 A. P. Wolfe, Manager of the Sitka Packing Company plant at Sitka, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 and Mrs. Wolfe, passed through Juneau on the Spokane on their way Benefic aspects are active in the to the States. The cannery was closed for the season with a total pack morning and afternoon today, but of 10,000 cases of salmon. the evening is not a fortunate time S for many who seek public acclamn. | . A, Lloyd, in charge of the Western Division, Extension Service, HEART AND HOME: Paren's pepartment of Agriculture, stated that he believed the time had come whose daughters are in uniform |, ,n agricultural agent to be stationed in Alaska as was the case in will desire that safeguards be pro- ..., county in the States. He had spent two weeks in Southeast Alaska vided for girls when they seek re- |, sonferred with Dr. C. C. Georgeson reation. Centers for dancing and | ¢ refreshment will be established un- der the direction of older women Again the Y.W.C.A. will contribute greately to the happiness of boys in uniform. Canteens that intro- duce novel njethods of providing for the needs of Home Guards and ; others will gain popularity. The Rebekahs in Douglas were ente ning the public at a whist party seers warn of hasty romances|to be held in the evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall and beautiful prizes, among young folk who are working composed of articles of handwork donated by the members were to be and fighting for the nation The affair was for the benefit of the Home | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: through the Autumn prospects s most lines of business will be good Mayor and Mrs. R. E. Robertson, accompanied by Elliott, Duncan Vanufacturers and tradesmen ang Carol, left in the morning on the Northwestern bound for Seattle forced into new lines of work will prosper. Specialists in many tech- The Seward-Dutch Harbor mail steamer Starr was to leave nical lines will offer their services geottie ahout October 15 to go on drydock for general overhaul. to the Government, which will gain | g, was to call at Juneau southbound, nuch through the aid of exper-| ienced men. g The trend in Wash- ington will be toward the stern ipplication of practical ideas and standard business principles to war- time organizations Political in- fluence will lose its power, espe- cially after election, the seers fore- cast. NATIONAL ISSUES: Churches and other organizations will revive The Douglas Island Woman's Club met the previous evening at the home of Mrs. J. O. Kirkham for its semi-monthly meeting. A paper on the soldiers’ bonus was read by Mrs. F. A. J. Gallwas. Business at the meeting included the decision to hold a sale to raise money to assist in paying for the school fire escape |given to high scorers All| Endowment Fund. in for The Weather was showery with a maximum temperature of 5¢ and a minimum of 49. et it & Daily Lessons in English % . corbon PUSSSS ISR S WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say. to finish the the prohibition movement which|Work inside of a week.” Say, “WITHIN a week. will not make headway this year OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ivory. Pronounce i-vo-ri, O as in NO Certain limitations regarding the unstressed, and not iv-ri. sale of liguor will be extended, OFTEN MISSPELLED: Religious; TOUS. Gorgeous; EOUS. however. Among civilians cocktail | SYNONYMS: Unfairness, injustice, injury, wrong, grievance. parties will be less popular; drink- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ing will be less general in social increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: cire Rise in the cost of liquors, | ADDICTED; given up or over (to a practice). “I take is to be a prin- cigarettes and cigars will be widely | cipal rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.” deplored by many who are not con- ‘Te[-ence. MODERN ETIQUETTE ® roerra LEE We expect | -3 | CapT. E.HAMILTON [LEE OF UNITED AIR LINES HAS FLOWN AIR MAILS OVER 3,250,000 MILES/ THREE YEARS OF HIS LIFE HAS BEEN SPENT OFF GROUND! | RURAL MAIL BOX CAPT. (RIGHT), SON (LEFT) | 'IN M|NNESOTA . Reg. U. 5. Pal. Office 334-566, May 5, 1936, by National Federation of Post Office Clerks Capt. E. Hamilton (Ham) Lee is the dean of all air mail pilots. In flying the mail more than three million miles it required him to be in the air nearly 23,000 hours arly three solid years—living up in the clouds. His son, Robert E. Lee, recently made First Officer of the same air line, acts as co-pilot to his father, There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising V. W. METCALF as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the-— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: Will Wear These * | INTERNATIONAL AFFATRS:' Intense feeling regarding the war will be prevalent as the month ends. The magnitude of our part |in the world-wide conflict at last Wil be, realiged .with sudden ap- Q. When a woman is standing talking with a man and drops some xiety as citizens of every state con-' . 4 iz i) centrate upon work and sacrifices sxticlp, slionld-ehe syl get AW 3 {for victory. Second front poski- | A. No. She should al?ow the man to pick n‘ up for her. 4 }itittes vl bé watched with ..the ! Q. When a hostess wishes to give a cocktail party and has no maid, {will to win by the civilian popu- 1OV should she proceed? ldtion of the United States. Amaz- | A. She may ask one of the men guests to help her make the cocktails, ing deeds are to be recorded for ©OF She may have all the necessary things on a tray or table, and have |the United Nations, but heayy €ach guest mix his own. | losses are foretold. | Q. When passing a salt or a pepper shaker should one place it Persons whose birthdate it is on the table or hand it directly to the person who asked for it? have the augury of a year of per-i A. It is less awkward to put it down on the table and let the plexities and pitfalls. Care should | person pick it up, than to hand it directly to him. be exercised by both men and wo-; men, | Children born on this day prob-. lo OK a nd lEA R N by ably will be impulsive and bril-| liant, but inclined to be critical A' C' GORDON B fauittindig.” They should be| v T - rrerbitstlnpnesereanarenerannnashend carefully disciplined. ! 1. How much gasoline per month did the average car owner con- (Copyright, 1942) sume before the war? | 2. How long is a dollar bill? 3. How many chevrons does a sergeant wear on his uniform? 4. In how many States of the Union are cities or towns named | Washington? 5. What percentage of automobiles in normal times are purchased on the instaliment plan? i ANSWERS: Between 50 and 60 gallons. 6% inches. Three. Twenty-eight States. About 70 per cent. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1942 DIRECTORY :oiopioa Gastineau 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- shipfur Master; JAMES W. LEIV- Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart B. P. 0. ELKS "THE MEN IN HER LIFE" Federal Tax—5c per Person : - Latest college clothes for Betty Co-ed this fall are worn by Betty Moerschelle, left, and her twin sister, Lenore, in New York. Betty wears gray flannel pre| school pants with a boy’s jacket to match, while Lenore wears a gray flannel cardigan with gray plaid ghirt WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! _and gray flannel long shorts, KEEN - EY-ED —High-powered closeup of Kay Trowell, whoss 7 checks alreraf insiruments i Canadian plant: Meéts every Wednesday at 8 isiting Brothers wel- ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- alted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Sec- retary. + DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentjne Bldg PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. PIGELY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 13—24 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmalogy Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground I The Charles W. Carter - Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. | TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s “The Store for Men” SABIN°S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service Moré Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corons TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satistied Customers” RCA Vicior Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shanl;l;Xgency DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex Soyth Franklin St. Phone 177 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 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—0il Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal TONEAD - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition ZORIC BYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry CAREFUL . COOKING WiLL FLOAT A BATTLE SNIP 1, - n 5 PRERE ISAVE FOR WAR RoniveRs DANSH || BONDS AND STAMPS MAKE EVERY PAY DAY \ % BOND DAY LL AN QWL - hone 63 Stand Opposite Coliseum Theptre 1891—Hall a Ceatury of Banking—1941 TheB.M.Behrends - Bank Oldest Bank in Aiaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS