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PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire | Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— The report shows how dearly the (‘nmnmndm paid for a few bad breaks in carrying out the npma-r tion. The main misfortune was the fact that the | Germans were aware of the attack before it reached the beaches—a fact resulting either from Nazi es- pionage or from the chance meeting of the invasien OCTOBER 6 fleet with an escorted German tanker in the channel A, T. Koski As the report from Ottawa points out, this placet George E. Nelson Elwood MecClain H. W. Campen Irving Krause O. H. Bliss the Germans on the alert in their formidable forti- | By mail, postage paid, at the following fications, and exposed the Allied raiders to intense | L BT I S e sdvance, $150: | ¢ even before they reached the beach. A slight | Pat Rollins Don Lozzie Hazel Cramer Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notlfy | Gelay also meant the difference between landing | - NEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1942 2“ YEARS AGO fHE EMPIRE 3 DIRECTORY e | Professional Fi mlarnal Societies Gastinequ Channel FE R 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- fihlptul 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. President Vice-President and Business Manager John Newmarker had been appointed chairman of the American Red Cross roll call committee for the sixth annual roll call from November 11 to December 25. Announcement of the appointment was made by B. M. Behrends, chairman of the executive committee of the local chapter of the ARC. N Entered in the Post Office in Juneau ns Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Bullding Phone 56 W. S. Pullen, manager of the Alaska, Electric Light and Power Com- pany, was to arrive on the Admiral Watson after a business trip to the States. he Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- RVeey oh ML patefe around Dieppe in the dusk before dawn and having | to storm the beaches in broad daylight. This dif- | Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Oftice, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ference nlon(' perhaps accounted for a goodly part | of the The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for 350 casus S ko il tepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- 350 casuajties and captures suffered by the wise credited in this paper and also the local news published (Mmrlun\ heretn. These losses are tragic indeed, but it is much better that the initial experiment at invasion of the French coast was on a small scale. The lesson to| be learned by the various “arm-chair strategists” who have*been demanding a second front “at any | cost” is that a continental invasion is not a venture {to be rushed into without the utmost care in | planning At this distance, it would appear that the Allied |command might bhave done better had the German cun emplacements been reduced by dive-bombing attack before the troops essayed a landing. This | would have sacrificed the element of surprise which | +pro\‘(~d to be lacking anyhow. But this is second | guessing, and if such conclusions are obvious at this '(II.\Lance. we may be very sure that they are evident {to the military men on the scene | When it comes, the Allied invasion of Europe probably will be preceded by a pulverizing air attack '\nlmh will deny to the Nazis a second opportunity to sit in the safety of their fortifications and shoot {the attacking troops like so many pigeons on the |tion to bridge and again poetry \D(nl()!t'h‘. will be read and discussed. Cook- | e R ing will become a much cultivated taken | art to which necessary economies around will add interest. Simple diet will Office ks replace former feasts. By the end | of this month events will bring Weather was unsettled with showers. (New York Times) . . : b I iclosc to American hearts the 1"“]and minimum was 46 As information about the fighting habits of the meaning of war. Japanese accumulates, we in this country can begin | puoINESS AFFAIRS: With Sa- | to understand what the Chinese have been up 8gainst | (., anq Uranus influence in the | |all these years. Field reports from the Solomons|p,.ce of finance, changes fh bust jand Nyw Guinea tell of lone Japanese refusing quar-| ... .ethods may be expected. Re- ter; of Japanese killing their own wounded to keep | i i tions will be nece ¢ in cer- | them from falling into the hands of the enemy.| ... f actar P \F‘unnu Ambassador Grew warns us that the Japn—‘:g:." am;zigorp,,:)x:q(,lml,]“(‘.lu:::fen:::' WORDS OF'TEI‘{ VMTSUSED_: _DO “f" *n i | nese soldier “is a clever and dangerous enemy, one free-for-all competition and cmi‘,e;ThB is slang. Say. Shvvh a divorced woman ; S il ; who will compel us to use all the intelligence and | ¢ enterprise will be affected bVI OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ceramics. Pronounce se-ram-iks, E as all the strength of which we are capable in order t0 | Government limitations. Desp)te‘m SEE unstressed, A as in RAM, I as in IT, accent secand syllable, |bring about his defeat.” [real handicaps to many lines. of| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Emersion (act of coming out); one M This is one side of Japanese character, and "“tradc, prosperity will ('u}ninue and | mersion (act of plunging into); two M'’s. not wholly discreditable. Another side, famuiar‘plmu. of money will continue in SYNONYMS: Threatening, menacing, since the sack of Nanking, brought home by the | <n(ui1um‘ Investment in Govern- | ill-omened. treatment of European prisoners in recent monlllsumen( bonds will be encouraged by| ~ WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours. lows: 50x10x2-3 equals 200.” is illustrated by reports just in from Chekiang and | j.ane of drastic regulations. | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Call out Einstein! A bee raiser may know some- Kiangsi, the Chinese Southeastern Provinces which| NATIONAL ISSUES: By means (CELERITY; rapidity of motion; speed. “Time, with all its celerity, moves thing about raising bees. But do you think he is|have recently been largely reconquered by the ChuUng- | ;¢ {he graft many men hitherto on |slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight.”—Johnson going to be able to figure out how much sugar his King armies. There, says a Chinese correspondent, | geferred lists will be added to the bees will get from the above puzzle? ]”" "‘\;'d;“ made of a rich, ““"I“"l?“‘g_ country a|armeq forces. Oriticism of the A bee raiser is an apiarist, which is a very sci- |Pumen hell, a gruesome graveyard, where the only|roaq scope of the mobilization of | Victor Hermann, 26 years of age, died at St. Ann's Hospital as the re- sult of typhoid fever and pneumonia. He had been ill in the hospital since September 26. He was a nephew of Capt. C. E. Ahues, superintendent of the Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery at Taku Harbor and had worked at the cannery all summer. Capt. and Mrs. Ahues were in Juneau from the cannery to be with him during his illness Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 D HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” "ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Bullding, Seattle, Wash, C. T. Gardner resigned as supervisor of Tongass National Forest with headquarters at Ketchikan, according to M. L. Merritt, Assistant District Forester. Mr. Gardner was to enter private business and had purchased w interest in the Sawyer and Reynolds, logging business. Bowling tournaments at the Elks Club, 9, were postponed until October 16 because ma of town. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bidg PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 p.m. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8§ Benefic aspects appear to dom- inate today. It 1is a fortunate planetary government for all who bear heavy responsibilities.. The President and his closest associates should benefit. |* HEART AND HOME: Neighbor- hood social events will become pop- ular as dimouts add to the hazards of evening transporfation. Interest | in new books will supplant devo- PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries luled to begin on October Ph ny of the bowlers were out In honor of Mrs. Carlson, whose birthday is was, Mrs. John Langseth of Douglas, entertained with a whist party at her home the previous eve- ning. Twenty were present and prizes were won by Mrs. Arne Shudshift, Mrs. Andy Kiloh, Mrs. Otto Wideman and Mrs, Tom Ness. Mrs. Carlson was presented with a set of dishes for a birthday gift. ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground ] The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Frankiin Sts. PHONE 136 ""The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. [ TIDE CALENDARS | FREE Harry Race, Druggist DAY s o8y Three professional nurses of Juneau were to study at the University gl of Oregon during the winter to qualify as Public Health Nurses. They were Miss Mabel LeRoy, Mrs. Margaret Goddard and Miss Edith Johnson. ‘The following the effort from an instruction recently regional administrators by Leon Henderson’s of Price Administration, It is titled: BEE FEEDING “In order to determine the number pounds of sugar to be allowed for any period for feeding bees multiply the number of colo- nies of bees to be fed during the calendar vear by 10 and multiply the product by the quotient obtained after dividing the number of weeks during which the bees are fed with- in the pericd for which the application is made by the total number of weeks such bees are fed during the full calendar year and that the bees are fed during five weeks | jewel of sheet war is sent to Madness as a War Weapon Maximum temperature was 53 | of PO Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon L . FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop | LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. “She is a grass widow.” Im- You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Yewelry Repairing of the year, two of which are in the period the application is made, the pro- visional allowance will be determined as fol- is alarming, ominous, sinister, for which Let us l JAMES C. COOPER entific sounding title Einstein. Mr. Henderson let it go at that W hal l)leppe \himed (Cincinnati Enquirer) Canadian that two-thirds of its attacking force was lost in the different on the encounter than previously entertained by most culcated The revelation by the assault on Dieppe places a observers. Washington Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) But a bee keeper isn’t to ‘give the bees ration cards and|or them there. |living thing we sa Sl g g and pursu The same Ki. | formidable in ba the unarmed and ness the Japanese are suffering. Government |a denial of the 'own or another’s Japan, as in Ger in the utmost pains to construction e too busy with other | work.” |an hour quizzing the This was what Kellogg represen- tatives told the Russians, but the latter were skeptical. They spent Kellogg peo- ple, trying to find out if it wasn't | the State Department which really | had blocked the deal. representatives in New York that the deal was off, and that their 820,000 would be returned “No, you keep have a contract,” ply. “We know gasoline secrets from us,” continued, “but look.” He took thick booklet marked “Imperial Japanese Nav and showed on page 106 the how” or carefully guarded secrets for making aviation gaso- line belonging to the Kellogg Com- pany, Shell and Universal Oil Pro- ducts. the money, you wi out a “know- “Where did you get the amazed Cooke this?" we' was the Jap re-|the fact that J t to Keep |cured Rus: the Jap ‘ synthetic So today you can understand why the Russians are still suspici- ous. Note: Bernard Baruch criticised Jones never se- et formula for even though the it. But Baruch rubbe: offered s Russians | didn’t disclose the reason for Jones' | asked trade | asked “We pay $700,000 to Universal Oil ' Products Company the reply Note: Universal Oil Products Company is a patent pool owned by SBtandard Oil of New Jersey, Stan- dard Oil of Indiamm, the Texas Company and M. W. Kellogg Com- pany, the same group which also negotiated the synthetic rubber deal with the Nazis and which now is the chief beneficiary of the Jesse Jones contracts for synthetic rubber factories in Japan,” was RUSSIANS REBUFFED EXAMPLE NO. 2: The Kellogg Company (which though a member of Universal Oil Products to some extent competes with it) did not' sell the cracking plant to Japan. | But one year later, on January 14, 1941, it received a signed letter from Russian representatives in the United States ordering $35,000,000 of aviation gasoline plants These were to be transported to Russia and set up in “safe” Apparently the Russians reas casian oil. Kellogg went consulted with to Washington the State Depart- ment. He came back with this ad-|single handed . . vice: “The State Department Potatoes” | toes | [ doesn’t ' eties failure, namely that the Russians for the ‘“know-how” on cracking aviation gasoline in re- turn for their rubber information, and the big oil companies dickered over the royalties. “SMALL POTATOES” McKEOUGH Congressman Raymond S. Me- Keough, fighting for the Senate seat of C. Wayland Brooks from Illinois, has forged a potent weapon | for himself out of attacks on him | by his opposition. For weeks The Chicago Tribune, which supports “Charlie McCar- thy” Brooks, has referred to the Congressinan as Raymond S. “Small McKeough. So McKeough has accepted this label, announced that “Small Pota- symbolizes his devotion the cause of the little fellow. As a| | result |been organized Small Potato Clubs have Members wear buttons shaped like a potato and pay $1 for them — | which is helping finance the Mec- Keough campaign, The new slogan has captured the Illinois voters and politicians McKeough beating Brook say a real chance of TIME WAS Time was when you could walk already through the White House ;,xounds Andre, mother of Mrs. Russell May- figured they would be attacked by as if they were a public park Hitler and feaved loss of their Cau- 'when the President drove arouna the Seward Peninsula community. | town Before closing the deal, however,|the State Department made Frank Johnson, vice president of inost important news in Washing- | o Pusiness for the time being and and;(OH y B in an epen car when the when an obliging lady took of all Navy press relations | when a garden. er named Burns created new vari- of chrysanthemums at the are {who fled in terror before our this in their retreat We really think it would be much more simple, | oy, The stink of death hung over | whole countryside. to| throughout Illinois. | imagination of | w for miles was a skeleton-like dog, approach.” They did They killed civilians in the ed them into the hills to kill more | the | nd of madness may make a man | our manpower will be encouraged by fifth column agencies. Warning is given that within the ranks and | among uniforms worn by officers there will be discontent that is carefully fomented. True patriotism now will be of paramount impor- ttle and also a pitiless butcher of weak. From this kind of mad- | It comes down to individual life, one's inconsistency is that in | the madness is carefully in- value of any Its only ‘many, multitude by rulers who take the | ve their own precious skins. reading, “Apartments for Rent"” . when a man named Willkie gu(‘ into the papers for opposing the TVA . man named Sell gave some of the best parties in town . . . when it| Soviet Embassy vould sail little boats on the Re-| fieeting Pool without bumping into a Temporary Building and when a soft light played abou!' the shoulders of Abe Lincoin’s | statue in the Lincoln Memorial, But not any ‘more. (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) PLANE VICTIMS WELL KNOWN IN | J. J. Keenan, well known mining man of the Seward Peninsula and | Mrs. Keenan were among the four | victims of the airplane crash at Nulato last week, in which the pi- lot and one other passenger also lost their lives. Mr. Keenan, one of the most ex- perienced and best known mining engineers in Alaska, jas been as- sociated with W. E. Castleton operating mining property in the Kougarok country for the last few years. He was the original mana- | ger of the Arctic Circle Explora- tion Company operating near Can- dle a number of years ago and later became interested in Nome Mines, Incorporated. Mr. Castleton and Mr. Keenan name of C stleton and Keenan. > SEVERE STORM DOES GREAT DAMAGE, NOME | i | | Considerable damage was done re- | cently in Nome by the severe storm which was reported, Mrs. Grover | nard said on her arrival here from | Temporary damage put a bakery, hotel and motion picture theatre out ‘ the basement of a grocery store was | flcoded and stock damaged, she aid. | operated their properties under the | tance, for the stars certainly pres- age exigencies that must be rnet by supreme sacrificé. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: By the end of this month even the least serious American will have reason to devote energies to war needs. Desperate situations will u)nnont United Nations forces on | certain fronts as Hitler speeds the : race to beat the obstacles winter brings. that| Alaska and Iceland | . when a German news- \:ome under planetary influences of | greatest significance. Cold weather will come earlier than usual tain severe experiences Persons whose birthdate it |have the augury of a year of im-! proved income and added benefits. Caution should guide in all finan- | cial transactions. ably will be studious and thought- ful. They may be intensely ambi- | tious and willing to win success at any cost. (Copyright, 1942) —————— WHAT DO SOLDIERS, SECOND DIVISION SAILORS WANT FOR| CHRISTMAS; ANSWER‘ | SEATTLE, Oct 7 soldiers and sailors w | mas? | This question has been answered through a survey by the Department Store Economist, a retailers' trade journal. According to information | received by the 13th Nava) District, | this publication asked one thousand ;servxce men from forty-cight States to rate their preference: In order of preference the most popular gifts are: waterproof wateh- es, cigarettes, pen and pencil setg, leather wallets, framed photogr; g pocket Bibles, shirts and socks, sun glasses(except those in Alaska) very small portable phonographs, warm slippers, pipes, hook: flash lights, Both the Army ang requested that Christma for men overseas should by | to six pounds and restricteq to shoe box size. They should be mailed in October but marked for Christmas delivery. | What do | ant for Christ- and Navy have packages limited ————— BROTHER OF MRS, PYLE PASSES AWAY Mirs. T. J. Pyle has received word of the death of her brother, Fred H. Rehwer, former manager of the i Mr. and Mrs. Andre left Juneau for the south where they will spend | the winter and visited Mr. and Mrs. want the Russians to know it is, |corner of Fourteenth and Constitu- | Maynard during their brief stay blocking the deal, but it says we|tion Avenue . . . when you often here. Mr. Andre is engaged in min- cannot sell the plants. They want saw & sign in front of a building|ing on the Seward Peninsula. Spokane Hotel and prominent fn northwest hotel circles Mr. Rohwer died September 30 at 1) home ‘in Spokane. Mrs. Pyle is not able to 80 south for the funeral -ee BUY DEFENSE STAMPS in | was .a scandal to be seen at the many parts of Russia where brave ! is | Children born on this day prqb-E aphs, | 'MODERN ETIQUETTE ® qoprra LEE Q. Would eight or ten persons be too many to stand in a receiving line? A. Yes; there should not be more than four persons in the receiving line. Q. Is it necessary for a man to thank a woman for a dance? A. Yes; at the end of the dance. If it has lasted only one minute, or | thir vy, the man should say “Thank you.” | Q. What would be the very smallest menu one should have for an after-theatre supper? A. One hot dish, such as chicken a la king or creamed oysters, a nice !salad, and coffee, et e e ettt 1. In what poem is the line, “What is so rare as a day in June”? 2. When first introduced, what did the self-starter for an automobile when you | defenders of their country will sus- | cost? \ 3. What does the legal word “mayhem” mean? 4. Who was called the “Washington of South America”? 5. Approximately how many pounds does the standard bale of hay weigh? ANSWERS: 1. “Vision of Sir Launfal,” by Lowell. 2. About $350. 3. The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members necessary for him in defending himself. 4. Simon Boliver (1783-1830). 5. 90 pounds. | | | [AIRTENRIAPIS] @Ullg Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Viper . First man . Bounders Gram mole- cule 34 a5, 36. 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