The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - = President R. L. BERNARD - Vice-President and Business Manager at all were paid cost of every ship produced. How many other shipyards are How many aircraft factories? for the War Manpower Commission to in the same This is some- look HAPPY BIRTHDAY boat? thing into. Before printing the first of the series of articles, Seattle Times called up the of the shipyard, told him what they were going to do. “If you run those articles,” he said, “you will be Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity |'aising more hell than any bunch of people in the ll‘?;'_rf";}":;‘mo';m'g‘ any fallure or irregularity In the de- .ty of Seattle. You are giving the company, the Telephones: News Office, 60: men and the war effort a stab in the back. How TS i e the hell do you suppose the boys overseas feel?” Yes, how do they feel? - OCTOBER 9 Mrs. Oscar G. Olson Gertrude Naylor George Jorgenson ‘W. J. Serri North Sea Meridian Satko Merritt Monagle Lois Hared William King Clark ,ee R R et “ | Entered in the Post Office fn Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.25. the manager 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 in this paper and also the local news published heretn. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. § % OROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” Coming Importance of Alaska Forests NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES can Bullding, Seattle, Wash, Alaska Newspapers, 1011 (Ketchikan Chronicle) A theory of interest to Southeast Aaska, with its| huge stands of timber rotting for want of use these | many years, is offered in a recent issue of the Sat- urday Evening Post. The article contends that Ger- | many’s plan of world conquests aims at dominion of the world’s forests—or most of them. Why should Germany aim at conquest of forests— {of mere wood? Because, the article contends, Ger- | many believes she cannot completely conquer Britain I:md the United States, therefore cannot dominate |® o the world's ofl, must be content instead with much |*timulate many activities. ‘ | HEART AND HOME: This may of the world’s wood. To that end, Germany has done | ., unsatisfactory rule for home- wonders with wood—the results of research extend- |, .yers especially those who seek mg: back several years, and of infrigue extending as | new dwellings for the winter mf)mhs far | It is disappointing for any initiative. This theory holds that if the Nazis can dominate | Rest and recreation, preparation for the world’s forests, then she can rule the world. Al- | next week, are recommended by the | ready, 500,000 cars and trucks run on wood gas or |seers. The new moon of this date {charcoal in German-occupied countries. presages increasingly heavy expen- High test alcohol, for making smokeless powder |ditures. Marked increase in the cost and synthetic rubber, is produced from German wood. |Of living is indicated. Events will emphasize the imperative need of |intensive work for the war. The ;wi.w householders will reduce finan- |cial outlay to the lowest possible | ! amounts necessary for the American |way of life which is undergoing | changes. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 Uncertain planetary aspects rule today. In the morning there may | be retarding and depressing influ- ences, but encouraging war news will | | MANAGEMENT EXPOSED Not at all complimentary to the management of | po 3 a Pacific Northwest shipyard was the recent n-\'v]u-‘\ The Germans also produce heavy lubricants from tion gathered by an enterprising young reporter ul;w'_’[‘f)‘i')‘. p Ty They get cellulose for cattle fodder from wood. With They use wood fibers for suits. Manpower They mold “wooden iron” fr airplane construction. labor, with Pacific Northwest lnbrh‘fl on Gov-| They use wood pulp in the manufacture of ex- BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Improve- ernment maps an area where critical labor | plosives. {ment in many lines of trade will he | shortage existed, the reporter, Don Magnuson, went| And—in the event of a negotiated peace—they can positive. Mining states will profit to work for the shipyard and found that things point to the fact that they bought forest lands in |as needed metals are produced. Mer- weren't all they were cracked up to be. several of the countries they later occupied. Thus they |chants will benefit through trade put a “legal” basis on the Wooks for which they could |that is of good volume, for despite | argue their “rights” to hold parts of conquered coun- | warnings of inflation wage earners tries in the event of such a negotiated peace, will spend freely although they will This theory of the coming importance of wood— |invest heavily in Governbent bonds. | in fact, of its present importance to Nazi economy |Saturn and Uranus influences on! ~hints an industrial revolution * financial trends will be marked. | But, as the Saturday Evening Post points out, |11 the next fourteen years which are | the United Natons are not without forests. If there |COVEréd by the transit of Neptune is to be a mew economy, we can use our ingenuity thers provably WikLE s BEHET value: ; BENULLY | 5 money as a medium of exchange. to overtake the Germans. And if we do that, the - big forests of S e : NATIONAL ISSUES: It is not too | jobs ‘JAL. orests of Southeastern Alaska might come into | early to prepare for the new post—‘ their own. war age in which human relnlionsl will be guided more generally by‘ equality and justice. While freedom | of development in the lives of indi- | | viduals will be of permanent import- | {ance the civilization of the future | must consider the rights of others. In 1941, the United States, Brazil, and the United |The golden rule will be put info to be docked @ half-hour’s | Kingdom purchased 75 per cent of Argentines ex- MOre constant use than ever before pay. Said the gateman: “There’s no sense in doing ports. as world peoplc; read]usz_the_n' indi- anything you won't be paid for. Get smart. Go vidual and national aspirations to | g soffee , | conform with true democracy H over and have a cup of coffee for 25 minutes. | There are 1,300 cots in a huge hangar at Willow | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: As- | Thirty percent of the men, the reporter estimat- |run, Mich,, for use by United States Army bombard- |trologers view the vast war arena | ed, were not needed at the shipyard. There ment squadrons. Do you suppose they snore in |as divided into strategical and tac- | enough work for only 70 percent of those engaged. |squadron formation? tical areas, the East—Japan and the | The men want to work, he said. But there just many Ls}l]anrdx ?‘xmgacmchbflén'%-‘ ) o ok ot S vmi E | |ing to the first. In Europe the Brit- | isn't enough \\m‘k‘ t" the .\a}<'1 ‘xm llv)(’lvn to d().. \ A forest fire towerman of L‘Anse, Mich., reports |ish government is subject to evil This, then, is another reason Why this War is | that two woodchucks are sabotaging rubber supplies portents. Saturn opposite Prime | costing money. The superfluous men who made up by getting under the hood of his car and gnawing 'Minister Churchill's Sun last Sum- the 30 percent at the shipyard who were not needed the radiator hose night after night. mer was threatening and it may be | | that there will be a shifting of lead- make raw sugar from wood. War | of McNutt of the about shortages Chairman Paul V Commission talking the as a Magnuson found that he, along with thousands of other workers, didn't have to put in an honest day’s work in the entire two weeks—he couldn'{ find to do. He estimated that he did approxi- hour’s worth of work for each shift of half Some nights, he reports, d for more than ten anything mately seven and a “I was one hours. no engaged usefully minutes.” His pay averaged $8.36 a day Foremen, he reported aren't their He told of one group of men, gathered before the gate 10 minutes before quitting time, waiting for the | whistle. A foreman passed by and told them, “Break ! Ninety-two per cent of the world supply of molyb- it up boys. Spread out a little.”” |denum, used in some steels, is possessed by the His pals told him: “Just keep a wrench or|United States. something in your hand. Then yowll be okay.” | One day, Magnuson three minutes to| work. The penalty was doing was late is washinglon ‘ Later, when the publicity-wise Illinoian got the picture, Tread- way was cut out of it, so that only | the Chief Justice and Church ap- peared, chatting chummily. It's a| | Joke around Washington, but it |goes over big in Illinois. GOP advant in the re - § A% I dhe Oongreenion |event of grave possibilities in the al races. : ’ future will cause serious agitation On the debt side was the lack |, "pyjiament. Contrary to the of campaign funds and the Pros- |y .ecast of British troubles, all the pect of a light vote this year,|ggons seem to promise success for caused by the draft and gasoline | oy, forees in action with the United and tire rationing. Martin also | Nations. pointed out that numerous GOP| Persons whose birthdate this is organizers and campaign workers |have the augury of a year of plenty were in the armed services; and which may enocurage unwise gen- |that it would be difficult to get |erosity and lavish spending. Thrift voters to the polls in large numbers |is strongly recommended. Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) national fame for disciplining some| NELSON'S SCHOOL FRIEND who velled at him on a| Donald Nelson has just appoint- e golf course |ed one of his old schoolmates at privates ‘Tenness THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— ers in the present government. An | Lear, now regarded as one of the most forthright and able Gen the University of Missouri, Prof. | Webster Jones, as head of WPB's)Vithout tires and gasoline. “The Democrats stand to profit Children born on this day prob- ably will be strong in mind as well UNEAU, ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO 7% mmpire i Rt OCTOBER 9, 1922 Juneau Troop of Boy Scouts was meeting regularly in the public school gym, it was announced by Assistant Scoutmaster M. S. Whittier. They took up the scout work where they dropped it the previous spring when summer vacation began. Capt. George C. Whitney, chief of the local U. S. Inspector's Office, returned to Juneau on the Admiral Watson from Ketchikan where he had been on a trip of inspection. John Newmarker, of the local office, who accompanied him, remained to continue inspection of boalts J. H. Hart, of Portland, Oregon, accepted a position as clerk in the law office of H. L. Faulkner, and began his duties the previous day, Mr. Faulkner stated. Among Juneau people visited by Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Lucas on their trip in the States were Dr. and Mrs. L O ane who were settled in Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Jackson, who were in Winthrop where he was in charge of the Shasta Zinc and Copper Company and Sim Fried- man, in Southern California. All sent regards to their Juneau friends. An indictment charging murder in the fi the Federal Grand Jury against Willie Jackson, an Indian, in which he was accused of killing Peter Lott, better known as Capt. Harry C. Lott, well known oldtimer who was killed near Thane during the summer. t degree was returned by Jack Burford was to return to Juneau in December from California where he had been attending school. He had left early in the summer to take a short course with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, rep- resented in Juneau by the H. F. Dott Company in which he was interested. Since September he had been attending high school and was to return to complete his senior year in Juneau Columbus Day, celebrated on the anniversary of the discovery of America, October 12, by Christopher Columbus, was to be observed by the Knights of Columbus. . Weather was unsettled with a maximum temperature of 51 and a minimum of 45. et e e & Daily Lessons in English . 1. orbon e e Attty WCRDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I guess he will be there.” Say, “I THINK (or, SUPPOSE) he will be there.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Inopportune. Pronounce the U as in UNIT, with principal accent on LAST syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Yoke (a frame of wood to receive the neck of an animal). Yolk (the yellow part of an egg). SYNONYMS: Blemish (noun), flaw, defect, defacement, disfigure- ment, deformity, imperfection. 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 : ORNATE: embellished elaborately.” “A very ornate and expensive collar | sometimes adorns a worthless dog.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * poperra LEE et} Q. Shouldn't a golfer stand quietly while his oppenent or his partner is driving or putting? Yes; he should not talk nor move around Should vegetables always be served with a roast? Yes; this is customary. What is the symbolism of lilies-of-the-valley? Perfect purity. et ettt ) Who was the ancient King of Lydia, famous for his great wealth? . What is guerilla warfare? | . What animal is known as a vixen? | 4. What percentage of the world’s patents have been issued in the United States? 5. In what State is Glacier National Park located? | ANSWERS: ! . Croesus. Irregular warfare waged by small bodies acting independently. A female fox. More than one-half. Montana. 1917 where he fought with the 23rd Purple Heart and wears the four- Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1942 b ey S 2 DIREC bt RY Fraternal Societies Gastinequ 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- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. Meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting - Brothers wel- come. ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- alted Ruler, M. H, SIDES, Sec- retary. i PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 13—24 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bidg PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. | ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground I 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 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s “The Store for Men” | SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More 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 Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” RCA Vicior Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co.* Seward Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency [ DR.H.VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists CALIFORNIA | Office of Technical Development. as body. They are likely to be Infantry of the famous Second Di- men in the Army, was making a powerful speech to the convention. In the middle of it he said: “There one incident I will never forget the rest of my life.” Almost with one Voice the Le- gionnaires shouted: “Y00-hoo.” is TICE STONE No Capital dignitary is more aloof from politics than Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. But whether the Chief Justice likes it or not, he’s up to his ears in one political fight this the Congressional race between Re- publican candidate Ralph Church and Democratic candidate Jack Bairstow in the 10th Illinois dis- trict, A former House member, Church defeated able Representative George A. Paddock in the Republican pri- mary last April, and is now using one of his chief campaign pullers, a picture of himself and Chief Justice Stone out for a stroll. Captioned, “Church takes a ‘con- stitutional’ with his friend and neighbor, Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court Harlan F. Stone,” the picture has been sent, in a circu- lar, to voters all over the district However, what the voters don't know is that when the Chief Jus- tice heard about it he used lan- guage he doesn't employ in court decisions. CHIEF JU For he was trapped into posing with Church. Here's what hap- pened: SBtone has been taking Sunday strolls for years with his close friend, Representative Allen T. ‘Treadway of Massachusetts. Church heard about it and persuaded Treadway to invite him along one Sunday. When the trio arrived at by a light vote,” Martin declared ision whi r at the closed-door meeting, ‘“be= Bt waioh hadl: ) peroapse et (e talented but self-willed and difficult | ragere given for nine citations for gallantry in action, (regimental). year—| This is one of the most important |divisions of the War Production | | Board, being charged with devel- |opment of substitutes for rubber, | drugs, hemp, silk, various foodsand | strategic materials | Prof. Jones has been teaching at | Carnegie Tech, is a pleasant, naive gentleman, accustomed to moving in the rarified atmosphere of the campus. At his first meeting of the Technical Committee he read to the |assembled scientists a poem dedi- cated to him by his students at | Carnegie; also told how his son, o a chemist, had written a treatise —e- — on “Should Chemists Join the C10.” NOTE: Other old cronies whom (&3 wWPu Nelson has brought into the WPB are Lessing Rosenwald, a director ;0f Sears Roebuck; and Sidney Weinberg, senior partner of Gold- Increasing Bombings on German Faclories Promised man Sachs, which handles Sears Roebuck financing. LONDON, Oct. 9—The BBC has National Chairman Joe Martin broadcast for fhe U..S. a warning told members of the board that the!that the French should evacuate party had an excellent chance of places where work is being done making substantial gains in Con- for the Germans, because of in- igm\\. or possibly of capturing the creasing American air attacks on House, but that a lot of spadework | France. had to be done between now and| Meanwhile, the Housé of Com- November. |mons is looking into & comparison On the credit side of the ledger, of losses of RAF and U. 8 Flying he said, was the resurgence of the | Fortresses, of which but two have Republican party in popular favor, been lost in more than a dozen plus dissatisfaction with the man-|daylight raids. ner in which the Administration The warning to the French de- has handled the rubber shortage seribed the coming of the “Am- and other phases of the war ef-|erican High Command” and the cause they have the organization in most States, many thousands of | job-holders who will get out and | vote regardiess of the handicaps caused by the war.’ Therefore, he proposed that the party depend on “educational” elec- tioneering more than ever this year, using women especially, to bring people to the polls. (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- | ture Syndicate, Inc.) REPUBLICAN PLANS Strategy behind the recent meet- ing of the Republican National Committee’s executive board in Washington was twofold: (1) to raise funds for candidates in the| coming Congressional elections, and (2) to map plans for “getting out the vote.” (Copyright, 1942) ———————— COURT REPORTER RESIGNS JOB 10 RE-ENTER ARMY John H. Newman Quits Post with Department of Justice John H. Newman, Court Report- er for the U. S. District Court here for the last 15 years, has re- signed to re-enter the Army. He has left for the South. Newman first came to Juneau in July, 1927, and was appointed hy Thomas M. Reed, District Court judge at that time. The retiring Court Reporter said that he was the oldest employee in the point of service with the Department of Justice in this Division. Called on Often During his years with the Court, Mr. Newman was called on fre- quently to accompany officials from Washington, D. C, on vari- ous investigations to the Interiar. Newman said that his family has furnished soldiers for every war in which this country has been engaged, since the Old French and Indian War of Colonial times, and that an ancestor, Roger Newman, hung the lantern in the Old North Church for Paul Revere. Military Record Newman has an enviable mili- tary record, himself, and has been a member of the American Legion a pre-arranged spot near Church’s!fort. All this was reflected in the announcer closed cautioning against|here for 15 years. He said that home, a photographer jumped out|current criticism of Congress, Mar- | any premature uprising of the peo-|he has served in the Mexican trou- of the bushes and snapped them. tin added, and would rebound tople. ble in 1916, went to France in to direct. H |casualties of the Army in the —— e ‘World War,. Bmpire Classifieds Pay! Wounded in action, Newman z;aifl{smph-e—me paper with the larges! that he holds the Order of the paid circulation. J. 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