The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 8, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire | Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BFRNARD Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Offie in Jumeau ss Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas 'l)l’ § By mail, postage paid. at the following One year, in _advance. $15.00; six months, in advanoe, $7.50; ome 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- ltvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. er month. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS President | The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | l republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. ~Aluska Newspapers, 1011 WORTH THINKING ABOUT Rear Ad- out with produc- Writing for the Cincinnati Enquirer, miral Yates Stirling, Jr, Retired, comes the bold statement that it is possible that tion centers in the Eastern United States will their first bombings this winter when the “snow and bitter cold of Russia will release large numbers of Nazi aircraft from the Eastern front.” He points out that the Germans' new Heinkel- 177, now reported to be in full production, is a long- range bomber capable of crossing the ocean with 1,000 pounds of explosives and returning without refueling A 35-ton plane, the Nazi bomber as a maximum 7.000-mile range, a top speed of 300 miles an hour is fitted for dive bombing with brakes on each wing On 2,000-mile flights it can carry an eight-ton bomb load In all probability, Germany may be expected to resume heavy bombing of England in the early win- ter months. But the bombing of the Eastern United States at the same time seems unbelievable. The comparatively small bomb load, even then, would make such raids seem uneconomical and useless, and the damage would unless carried out by many planes | selves Involved here was a battle between ideas and inertia; between inventors and brass hats; between | national necessity and private privilege. | The story behind the Sea Otter bears some | frightening resemblances to stories of the official] ineptitude which played so big a part in the fall of | France. It is important that we are going to build Sea- mobiles—small, fast, cheap cargo- boats, which are| Thave been killing new !gram turned thumbs down, Victory for New Ideas (Philadelphia Record) To President Roosevelt, the nation’s thanks his rescue of the Sea Otter. Uncle Sam is going to build Sea Otters, christened Seamobiles, the President told Congress in his lend-lease Message. announcement from the White House for expected to be of great benefit in relieving the ship- ping shortage But it is even more important that the President kayoed those over-age destroyers in human form who ideas with terrific regularity since long before the day they court-martialed Billy Mitchell In essence, it is a victory for open-mindedness; for daring; for experiment; for going all-out in ideas as well as in dollars and lives. The Sea Otter—now the Seamobile—was tled in infancy. By brass hats on one hand; scut- by in- terests which, on the other hand, were interested in bigger profits from bigger ships. Tests of the Sea Otter were a flop. Many be- lieved they were planned that way Just as the brass hats tried every way they knew how to wreck the famous demonstration by Billy Mitchell—that fi plane COULD sink a battleship When our shipping shortage became serious, the Sea Otter was revived. And the same influences which ganged up on Henry Kaise go plane pro- again, on the Otter. of President Roosevelt Only the intervention face changed the picture. The President demanded the Otter be given a new chance; that we try to make it a success instead of laboring to make it a failure. As he suggested, development of the redesigned Otter was handled through lend-lease—because the Navy had given it the ax . So, the Seamobile—ex-Otter—will be given a chance. It may be a winner; may not. But we need to find out. This nation was built by Yankee ingenuity and is fighting an Axis which has bor- rowed heavily from Yankee ingenuity— And it's time to give Yankee ingenuity a full chance to work for victory. Writing in the London Times, Peter Masefield, air expert, placed seven American planes among the 12 he selected as the world’s best airplanes. His selections included: Single seat fighter—British Spit- fire; Long range night fighter—British Beaufighter; Heavy bomber—British Lancaster; German Dornier Medium bomber— 217E2; Land-based torpedo bomber —Italian Savoia Machetti 84; Army cooperation scout re- | The importance of that] transcends even the importance of these new-type ships them- | be slight. S —U. S. North American Mus ¥ -1 Here, on the West Coast, however, Germany Mg Tong vanke (e boat—U.S. Consolidated Coronado; Transport land seems far away. Just as Japan may seem far away plane—U.S. Douglas DC4; Transport seaplane—U.S. to those living on the Atlantic Coast. But the Japs 3 3 Boeing Clipper; Naval fighter—U.S. Vought Sikorsky have already shelled the Pacific Coast and sent at 3 B e T Corsiar; Naval torpedo bomber—U.S. Grumman 4 i # Avenger; Naval dive-bomber—U.S. Curtiss Hell-Diver. Modern warfare eats up distance. The E: Lot iy il ] Cc could be bombed from Germany. It is a pos- . 3 St st ALEiRE Shont and s deea 4 The war will be over in four months. At least B i i i g € PYethat's what a Cincinnatian predicted when he heard pared for. Admimal Yales' statement may be one 10 |nis prother-in-law had beén' inducted. “He never help enlistments in Civilian Defense Units along held a job over four months in his life” he the Eastern Seaboard commented washil‘gion was depending almost entirely on (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- | 4 | PBY patrol-observation ships for | ture Syndicate, Inc.) | bombing expeditions on Jap beach- | heads in the Aleutians. These ships have such a slow speed that they |are easy targets for anti-aircraft | fire at low altitudes [ (Continued from Page One) ‘ As one pilot interviewed by Tru- man investigators put it, when a IxomrPBY encounters a Jap Zero fight- | Maury Maverick, two-|er “it's like @ goose being chased | fisted chief of the WPB's State|by a hawk.” Result is that Navy| and Local Requirements division.|bombers must soar to an rxlulude‘ It's a solid silver pill box of 20,000 feet in raids on the Japs | Made by a San Antonio thel»t.fi Kiska, too high for effective | smith, the lid of the pill box is an|bombing | Australian crown featuring four' “The PBY is perfeetly all right | gold designating the rank |for observation duty, and we would | of general. Below is a silver peso,|have no complaint if the Navy engraved with the title, “Military \\N-(. them only for that purpose,” Adviser to the President of the member of the Truman sub- Philippine Commonwealth.” u(ommlue’v reported. “But it is Inside the box is an engraving | totally untit for combat opera- of the famous Alamo, where 187 tions.” heroes lost their lives in defense| The Navy has bombers far su-| of Texas liberty, March 6, 1836, perior to those of the Japs, bug! trying to head off an invasion Of|for some reason they are not being | Tex by Santa Ana and 6000 used in Alaska, the subcommittee Mexicans. Directly below is the reported. Alamo’s immortal slogan, “Victory — on tha other hand, the Tru- or Death,” and MacArthur’s battle- ... investigators were enthusias- “We shall win or die” tic about the Army bombers they Despite popular conviction, no saw in action, with one exception | one can tell the blunt-talking Ma- _the B-26. This plane has been | verick that MacArthur is an Ar- in a number of crack-ups because kansan. “I'll admit he was born in of its high landing speed. Arkansas,” says Maverick, “but the e connection ends right there. Mac- jlli‘mr is a ’:r.\;-‘n :u.‘ldh:u rr.-mlx;, i e dan o e s repegnize the cly L ANY pas twice bandaged his left eye- gther State to him, Why,he'spent prou which' he twice slashed: with His bgyhood yeats Playing in the ;' rid jeft handed tenmis serve will receive a unique gift his friend S stars cry MERRY-GO-ROUND ‘”:‘“d”“' of the Alamo Sh“"‘f. N At least one Washington bus driver | San’ Antonlo. Arkansas—bah! keeps a sense of humor in handl i e or in handling “What kind of pills will Gen.lo,ugs T persuade passengers to MacArthur carry in this elegant i Wl o box, Maury?” he was’ asked, RO pack 1n the bujebo ity “why, 'witdthin " pifls, T udder ce Lxutnn'.uul soft drinks served said the Texan, “Vitamins for Vic- i ki S TEE Sop AR | < :m(, diplomats in each Embns:v} ’ mx Legation in Washington get gas- | |oline rationing of 100 gallons al ALASKAN REPORT {month, while others, holding “B”| The Truman Committee’s recentibooks, get 37 gallons a month — report on Alaska has some bright not 96 as stated previously in this | pages regarding the establishment|column. Their 37 gallons is about of new air bases; but also, it has|twice the “A” ration. . . . Ameri- some dark pages regarding the ef-|can Army and Navy officers fl fectiveness of planes being used/ing to England by commerical! against the Japs [planes are abliged to discard uni- | Plain-talking Senator Mon Wall-|forms for the flight, and don civil- gren of Washington, of the com-|[ian clothes instead. Reason: Land- mittee that made the inspection|ing at Foynes, Ireland, they would| trip, hinted at this when he told otherwise be scized and interned the Senate recently that U. S.|by the neutral Irish. . A news- fighting planes were inferior to|man who cozers WPB 'is complain- Jap Zero fighters Ving these days< that, after persuad- However, what Wallgren did not|ing Donald Nelson to have dinner| reveal was that certain (yges of|with him, he got no mews out u(f U. 8. bombers being used in Al-ihim. “Oh, he talked enough—gave | aska leave much to be desired. me a dozen good stories—but then “Wallgren’s subcommittee learned |he gave me 5o much to drink that to its amazement that the Navy|I can’t remember a one of them!"l | this evening at DOUGLAS ONE WEEK REMAINS FOR TAX DISCOUNTS | City Clerk L. W. Kilburn re- ports good cellections to date of taxes for the current year with |less than $2000 to be paid. With only one wgek left for property | owners to take advantage of the | discount for payment by the 15th of the month, Kilburn stated his office will be kept open each eve- ning beginning on the tenth for benefit of those unable to get to the city hall during the daytime. g POSTS SECURE AMPLE SUPPLY WINTER MEAT Another ten days of hunting ended yesterday for Mr. and Mrs. Eli Post who returned last eve- ning from points on Admiralty Is- land where they found game plen- tiful and secured their limits of deer, geese and ducks and also got | a bear. DF.D. MEETING Regular meeting of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department will be held this evening at 8 o'clock, the usual time. Final preparations for the annual dance will be made at the meeting. % e GUARDS OUT AT SEVEN Weekly turnout of the Tertitorial Guards of Douglas is scheduled for 7 o'clock. B FORMER RESIDENTS VISIT While their ship, a government tug in service with the Navy, was in port at Juneau last night, Vern Fitzgerald and Chester Loop, who formerly lived here, came over for a few hours’ visit with L. W. Kil- TIDES réfibkidw High tide IU’I am., 166 Low tide—7:11 am. 03 High tide—1:22 pm., 177 Low tide—7:36" pm., -0.4 —————— feet. feet. feet. feet. ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY | | | Mrs. A. F. McKinnon | Gloria Gudbranson W. B. Kirk Mrs, O. H. Hatch | Russell McGee Doris Irene Cahill Prancis DcGorty Alice Stansland H. F. Babcock gl ) [4 HOROSCOPE \ [t “The stars incline { ‘ but do not compel” ittt FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 Benefic aspeets rule strongly to- day which should be fortunate for persons in intellectual vocations Women are well directed. HEART AND HOME: Under this configuration romance will flour- ish. Hasty courtships will again multiply and weddings will be numerous. Many family circles will {be much smaller than they were last year and domestic arrange- | ments will be adapted to war con- | ditions. Again the seers predict that there will be no servant prob- | THE DAILY ALASKA-EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | Lucas and their little son, Harry, Jr., returned to Juneau on the Admiral a trail in that vicinity for the benefit of homesteaders. | transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States and was to: be 20 YEARS AGO fom OCTOBER 8, 1922 of the B. M. Behrends Bank, accompaneid by Mrs. E EMPI H. 1. Lucas, Watson after spending the last two mdnths in the States. They went to Milwaukee, where Mr. Lucas took over a Nash touring car from the factory, and motored to Chicago and through the Southern States to California, and north along the coast. Frank Aldrich, in charge of the trail building in this vicinity for the Forest Service, returned to Juneau on the Estebeth from Tenakee, where a trial had been completed. The crew was moved to Killisnoo to put in Supt. G. C. Mitchell, of the Douglas Schools, was elected the first President of the Alaska Educational Association, A. J. Goodskey, Super- intendent at Seward, Vice-President, and W. L. Gross, head of the Wran- gell Schools, Secretary-Treasurer, according to Commissioner of Educa- tion L. D. Henderson. An Executive Committee was also provided for in the-constitution of the organization and members included the officers named and Commissioner Henderson; Dr. Charles E. Bunncll, of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines; Miss Olive Goodwin, teacher at Chichagof, Miss Amy Barlow, of Ketchikan schools, and Miss Mabel Gozzola, principal of the Juneau Grade School. The Eagles’ Lodge, of Douglas, was planning a masquerade dance to be given on October 20 in the Natatorium For a moose hunt up the Taku River, Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Waterud and Joe Riedi left Douglas several days previously. Alaska Day, October 18, was to be the 55th anniversary of the formal lem in the United States where wo- men of all ages will be empln\l‘(l\ in factories and housekeepers per- force must be their own cooks. The | simple life will be more general| than in the past. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Labor agreements again are presaged Public resentment because of lost working hours will flare suddenly in demands for even more dm\\u regulations than any |uvnou~l\‘ proposed. The seers remind em- ployers and employes that the ~u.n\ of Libra encourages justice and | | equality. Wonders will be performed by industry where productionl reaches amazing volume despite ob- stacles of various sorts including disputes supported by selfish un- ion leaders | NATIONAL ISSUES: In®many states the political campaign of bitter contest will become violently active now as party principles are | represented ‘and iisrepresented. | Candidates will be assailed in se- cret ways as well as in public speeches. Newspapers will resort to old-time tirades of abuse and ‘even the radio ‘will become a means of indirect attack upon public men. If the stars are rightly read votes will be surprisingly loyal to men who now hold high offices. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:' Better understanding of the 'sép- i arate characteristics of the United | Nations will be gained as every day | affords proof of the unity of pur | pose revealed by Britain, Rus and the United States. There are portents of tremendous drives that |Ien(l to victory which appears far off. Omens of heavy prices to be | paid for the defense of liberty are seen in the horoscopes from day to ‘dgay, but certain success for the | | United Nations is prognosticated. | Persons whose birthdate it have the augury of a year of suc- | | | | {cess. Unusual romances and special friendships are indicated Children born on this day prob- ably will be lucky all through life. | Early success m be unfavorable to balance of character, for both boys and girls are likely to be ex- traordinarily talented. 1942) (Copyright, SED of Bnhsh i PH‘XLADELPHIA Oct. 8—Royal Air Force Tlghtexs a “half hour away"” failed to go to the aid of British battleships Repulse and| Prince of Wales when they were| attacked and sunk by Jap airnden’ in December, Admiral Thomas Hart asserts in his article in the Saturday Evening Post of this week. He cites the battle support as an argument against the maintenance of a separate United States air force. He said, “"We never heard why | Horace Walpole. hostess? | is | 1. What is the meaning of the phrase “vi et armis”? 2. How many hairs does the average human head contain? 3. What Was the Mason-Dixon Line, and why was it so called? 4. What is injury by means of printed publication called? | 5. What character in “The Arabian Nights” outwitted two-score | thieves? 5l ANSWERS: l’ 1. By force of arms. 2. 110,000. “|fruits, flour cake mixes and flour observed throughout the Territory as a holiday with all Territorial omces closed and programs in the schools. A public reception was to be held by Gov. and Mrs. Scott C. Bone and a dance was planned at A B. Hall, under the auspices of the Pioneers of Alaska. Weather was unsettled with a maximum temperature of 51 and a minimum of 45. WW" Frecns Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I shall go providing I am asked” ' Say, “I shall go TF T am asked.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Oath; pronouhce the TH as in BOTH. Oaths: pronounce othz, the TH as in SMOOTH. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Throw (to hurl). ' Throe (extreme pain). SYNONYMS: Rejuvenate, rejuvenize, reinvigorate, make youthful. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three’times and it ‘is your Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each'day. Today's word: DIVEST; to unclothe; to dispossess. “It is difficult to divest one’s self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self or self love."— P MODERN ETIQUETTE * gopegra LEE a3 Q. Does a bridegroom usually give his bride a wedding gift? A. Yes: it is customary for him to give her a gift of jewelry. Q. What is a good fruit course to serve for luncheon? A. The most popular fruits are grapefruit, melon, fruits cut into small pieces. Q. What would be a good toast for a man guest to offer to his or. mixture of A. “Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our hostess, the wife of a | very lucky man.” T S RS A At LOOK and LEARNA C. GORDON 3. Bouadary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania, surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyors, in 1963-67. 4. Libel. 5. Ali Baba. Pt BSos 1 fice of Price Administration has been notified that the due date for non-cost-of-living reports has been extended until November 15, 1942. This action was taken at the request of Mrs. Hermann for the benefit of Alaskan retailers, most of whom are 'seriously handicapped due to the presentiabor’ shortage. Excepts Fresh Foods “The new order,” Mrs. Hermann | pointed out, “places under control more than 90 percent of the food supplies used by the people of the United States. Still on the except- ed'list are fresh fruits and vege- tables, but very Ilittle else.” “It is ‘expected,” she added, “that reg- ulations covering these products and fixing their prices on a sea- sonal basis, will shortly be issued.” “The regulation is of sweeping importance to every consumer inj| Alaska,” Mrs. Hermann said. It should be noted, however, that this aiy. PI’OdUd;,“HEp ered by New, Regulahon Cov- OPA ' ‘rhe 'Alaska Office’ of Prick Ad- ministration was officially notified today, that under Temporary Max- 'imum Price Regulation 22, “issued October 3, and effective October 5, all prices of milk products, eggs, — L R T T B JAMES C. COOPER —— e THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1942 | DIRECTORY S SR Professional F) lchmal Societies tinequ Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Dr. A. W. Stewart « DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 D ——— e — Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 p.m. ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Frankiin 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 Seward Street Near Third C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfled Customers” _— DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 t0 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 “Say It With Flowers" but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—0il Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition ” - ] Guy Smith-Drugs (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM is a temporary regulation and a | permanent regulation will ultimate- ly be worked out on the basis of | wage stabilization, that may change the prices somewhat. With practi- poultry, mutton, white potatoes, canned citrus fruits and juices and other citrus products, fresh citrus RAF fighters wer'e a half hour away. They gave Admiral Phillips no help whatever. In stating this, no eriti- cism of our gallant ally is intended.” burn and other friends. Admiral Hart said, how that haad - we should use our own way in solv= ® ® o6 e e e e 0 o o ofingour own problems and that the Py WEATHER REPORT e | British way does not look good for . (U. S. Bureau) &4 O puDaRed. ® 'Temp. Wednesday, OGt. 7: o Hart commented that Jap air ® Maximum 52, minimum 46. e |POWer is not a separate entity but S B G v ! ]n palit of the é‘u;n\ and a part of the Navy” and has proved itself L SRR IR T mgm\ hble. He said the Japs “show- us an v\amplv of high quality amphibious war. - D SONS OF NORWAY Meéeting 8 o'clock Saturday ' eve- ning, Odd Fellows Hall' All mem- bers requested to be present, —————— BUY DEFENSE BONDS adv. mixes, onions, dry edible beans, dried peas and lentils, corn meal, hominy and hominy grits in bulk and pfickaged in quantities over cally ‘everything now under con- trol, the consumer can be assured ] that prices cannot rise substanti-| CALL 2N OWL FPhone 63 Stand Opposite Coliseum Theatre MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 131 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. R. W. COWLING, Wor- Blomgren Building Phone §6 | |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. 3 PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 15—24 "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. Youw'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANQF 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 Shattuck Agency 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 Phone .175 Alaska Laundry FLOAT A BATTLE SHIP g BUDGET AND pAVE FOR WAR Bonos mp stanes MAKE EVERY PAY DAY :\& % BOND DAY ally, and once the details of control of these previously excepted items are worked out, there is every rea- son to believe they will decline ma- terially, she stated. T EYES EXAMINED three pounds, are frozen. The high- est ‘price that may be charged for these products during the pendency of this regulation, will be the high- est price charged for each of them during the ' period befween Sep- tember 28 to, October 2, 1842. |,y ppoKEN LENSES replaced in No Reports our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian The regulation réquires the keep- | Carlson, B]omg-ren Bldg. Phone 636. ing of records and preparation ol s statements by October'24, of high- | MISS ALBRECHT MOVES est prices charged during this per-| Miss Helene W. L. Albrecht, Ju- iod, and customary allowances, dis-|neau physiotherapist, has moved counts, and price deferentfals. Wel- from the Valentine Bldg. to 634 come news'to the merchant will Sixth St. Phone red 246. adv. be the fact that no reports will be — - required. | Empire—the paper with the larges! At the same nmc, the Alaska Of- 1paid circulation, Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL i891—Hali a Century of fianking—lMl The B.M. Behrends SAVINGS