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

PACE l-"OUE{ Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Al HELEN TROY MONSEN R L. BERNARD | don't dare vote .. does cast a vote President Vice-President and Business Manager Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrfer in Juneau and Dousl By mail, postage paid, at she following rates; One vear, In advance, £15.00; sIX months, in advsfice, $7.50; one 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- | livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. his or her duty MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for or $1.50 per month. | can Institute of Operators of gold mines in close down for the duration’by the recent order of no, or rigging the results so that it | doesn’t matter how they vote. The democratic sys- tem is better, despite the stay-at-homes. he likes it or not, a stay-at-home in this country : he votes in favor of the-candidates and platforms”he ‘is opposed to. Maybe this is the best argument there is for urging every one to do Whether as a citizen and compel the Ameri- Public Opinion to revise its figures WOULD AID MINERS Alaska, forced to republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | the War' Production’” Board, Woul@ be greatly! aided wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 | forcement of cer gold and silver ‘mines who'are foréed to cease opera- \merican Building, Seattle, Wash, tiohs because of ber 1. if a bill introduced’ in the Senaté récently by Séna- tor Pat McCarran is adopted. The bill ‘would provide for the suspending of en-, tain obligations against operators of the war. It was-introduced' Octo- | More specifically, the proposal provides that such operdators who hold contracts providing for purchase of mining property or requiring performance of cer- tain work or periodic payments to property owners, may institute 'proceedings- in U.S. District Court to be relieved of his obligations for the duration. Such suspensions would become invalid a year after the war ends. Ships for the Navy (New York Times) Like most reports on the progress of our war effort, that by Representative Vinson, chairman of THE AMERICAN DREAM ly in the future Do you remember the pitifully tiny vote which was cast in the Trecent Territorial election? Well, then, you probably 'don’t care, but accord- ing to estimates of the probable vote¢ in the coming Congressional elections in the States, the results are going to be almost as small, r‘ompnralivo‘ly The American Institute of Public Opinion estimates that only 30,000,000 citizens will vote in November, as compared with nearly 50,000,000 in the Presidential elections of 1940. Allowing for the two factors of 5,000,000 men in the services, most of whom will not vote, and an indefinite number of war workers who have moved to new communities and have not quali- fied as voters, the electorate is showing at least as much interest as it did in the Congressional elections of 1938. Yet we may suppose that there are as many as 10,000,000 men and women who voted in 1040 and are qualified to vote today who will not take the trouble to do so. One-third of those sampled by the Institute said | e they were not interested care who controlled the House of Representatives. ‘There is, of course, a simple way to upset the Insti- tute’s predictions. Every one who reads them and deplores what they show may upset them a little by deciding to do his full duty at the polls and per- 12,000 a month.” suading his lukewarm neighbors to do the same.! ‘The 'very fact that a prediction has been made may weapons now. German U-boats our new naval |the question of This, then, is the American dream for which our | forefathers died and for which we are fighting. Lack of interest in elections is one of the puz-‘IJOSCd to govern zling symptoms in modern democracies. It is the |Some member of information has more puzzling because the very persons who neglect Ure: There ought to ‘be a moré consistent policy in to go to the polling places would be the first to|™matters of this protest if they were forbidden to go. Elections in the dictatorial states always bring out every citizen who is able to walk. The myth of popular approval is perpetuated by compelling people | to vote and either arranging the voting so that they fast. the age of 28. | his statement there appears the announcement that | the production of-naval planes is now “just under more information than they could possibly acquire by a revelation of the loss in planes which we suf- alter the conditions which today make it accurate. |fered months ago at Pearl Harbor. Every now and then the secrecy which is sup- Yet this is|Should be observed strictly or official figures should not the way in which modern democracies perish, | °¢ Published at more or less regular intervals by the armed services themselves. ARG L A prominent doctor warns that we're living too But it still takes a woman 39 years to reach the House Committee on Naval Affairs, is cast large- tense. But though we cannot’ win today’s battles with tomorrow's weapons, it is en- couraging to learn' that we are getting some of those In every department of naval build- ing time has been telescoped, with the result that many fighting craft which normally would have been still on the ways are coming intq service. Chairman Vinson believes that our naval program has. already begun to influence the Health should be guarded because course of the war. intensified He cites increasing success against off our coast, destruction of Japa- nese shipping” by American submarines and Ameri- can offensive action in the Solomons as first fruits troubles are to become acute just of our naval expansion. He also cites the fact that torpedo bombers went into action only four months after the first plane left the plant, and helped to sink four Japanese carriers. Mr. Vinson flatly' announces the decision to make the carrier the backbone of the American Navy. We are known to be building many craft of this type, |and over-all ‘construction is x Submarines are being turned out even faster. One-fourth didn't much | There are good gains in the progress of construeting ihu\tlvships, cruisers, destroyers and auxiliary vessels. One point in Mr. Vinson's report raises again w far ahead of sched- censorship as against publicity. In This will certainly give our enemies Yet thig latter never been made public. production figures is broken when Congress reveals an important fig- kind. Either the rule of secrecy There are a lot of Congressmen { like Jim Barnes working in a quiet, ;putriotic way that never gets irnto | the headlines. i Raiding Tax Till But unfortunately there are al- iways afew on Capitol Hill who try to raid the tax till for their own constituents in such a way as New York rose to speak. to get the entire Congress in wrong “Yes, Charlie Holman has tnkenlwnh the public. care of him.” | For instance, while the whole na- “How about Senator Taft?” | tion is collecting scrap iron, while “Albert Gross (master of the school children are picking' up Grange) is seeing him.” |every nail and rusty pipe, Senator The Army and Navy really might| Tydings of Maryland has & bill have taken some efficiency lessons| pefore the Senate which would Washing! (Continued from Page One) from these farm boys. They even got Martin Dies to spring a phon report on alleged communists in- side the Gevernment just at the compensate a scrap iron company liu Baltimore because several years |ago the Government refused to |sell that scrap iron company 44 psychological time during the de-|Shipping Board vessels;which the bate to smear Gardner Jackson, company wanted to break up and who had persuaded one lone farm | sell to Italy, Germany and Japan. organization, the Farmers’ Union,i to support the President. |was around the corner, and that The funny part of it is thatiwe might desperately need ships, Gardner's father once built the|refused to permit the sale. So now Denver and Rio Grande Railroad,|Tydings is asking the Senate to owned about as much land in New compensate his scrap iron consti- Mexico as John J. Raskob, and | tuent in Baltimore to the tune of Gardner fs about as communistic |several million dollars—even though as Tom Connally. But I suppose Tydings' friend already had re- a lot of farmers will be fooled juS!Jceived about 78 U.S. Government- the same. {owned vessels which were broken up and now are coming back on CONGRESS NOT SO BAD American - boys in"the form of I am glad the President is now shells at the Solomon Islands. convinced that the nation is 100 What happened was that after percent behind the war and ahead |Hitler came to power, Roosevelt, of Washington. But I can’t go|the Navy and Secretary Roper all along with him in being sore at|contended that the ships might Congress. They shoot off a lot of [be needed for a “national emer- fireworks, but in my opinion groups gency,” and held up a previous like the Truman Committee, me;sale of old ships to the Baltimore Gillette Committee and several|scrap iron firm. The dispute House Committees have done more |dragged on for some years, Sena- to improve the efficiency of ‘the{tor Tydings declaring that the war effort than the nation realizes.| Government’s warning of a nation- Then there is a lot of quiet be- |2l emergency was “submitting hy- hind-the-scenes work by Congress- | Pothetical conditions,” -and that men Wwho never get' their namesl‘““’ Government's failure to de- in the papers. Take Jim Barnes|!IVer all the ships to his constitu- of Nlinois, for instance. Few peo- |t Was equivalent to “fraud, mis- ple knew it, but he worked for | TePresentation and deceit.” 4 The Navy, foreseeing that war | now, with the war on, is asking Congress and the American tax- payers to reimburse his scrap iron | constituent—for the remaining 44 ships which the Navy clung to. | Fortunately these 44 ships are |now carrying U.S. goods abroad, while school children are collect~ {ing scrap iron to make up for the | other 78 ships which went to the| Axis. That is the kind of action by one Senator which spoils the barrel for the whole Congress. (Signed) DREW Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) AIRMEN SAY JAPS SCURRY FOR SHELTER i (Continued from Page One) One group of four fighters re- cently came around a hill ' ready to return to their base when the jpilots spotted ‘a small war vessel, All, four went down and delivered bursts of machinegun fire. The first two ran into heavy anti-aircraft opposition but made short work of the gun crews. Missed Chance Lieut. Robert L. McDonald, of Reno, who already has one Jap plane to his credit, was in the last ship. Said he: “There wasn't anything left to hit with my guns. There was no more fire coming up. But if I had had a bomb, I could have been sure of getting myself a 'ship, A chance like that may never come again.” i T MINOR FIRE IN “CITY THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE HAPPY BIRTHDAY OCTOBER 21 Kathleen Carlson Malcolm Morrison Mae Fraser ‘W. E. Bathe J. P. Christensen Fred 'Soberg Mrs. Ida Reinikka ‘Thora June Thunes Harold Brostrom Beulah Lee Dale Holland Mrs. Bess Lavenik Joan Arline Rhodes Mildred Johnson Amna Larsen e “The stars incline but do'not compel” | 3 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 Conflicting - planetary influences are active today, but benefic as- pects appear to dominate. It is read as most fortunate for avia- tion, HEART AND HOME: Women should pursue routine duties un- der this sway. It is an auspicious time for making new acquaintances among men in Government serv- ice. Friends and not suitors will bring happiness to many girls to whom life is taking on a serious meaning. There is an ill omen which presages many falls and other accidents among old persons. epidemics may be widespread in coming months BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Labor before election dates. Legislators will realize that wage disputes are potential bombs that will scatter votes. True patriotism will be mani- fested by workers who foresee their political power in postwar recon- | struction policies. Formation of a| third party will be widely discussed after drastic measures to prevent strikes are put into operation. The element of surprise, so frequently revealed in war tactics, will be evi- dent in union organization policies. NATIONAL ISSUES: Sweeping changes in educational methods will be advocated more and more as work in schools and colleges progresses. Firm foundations will be required for the building of sci- entific knowledge. Training of | hands as well as minds will be of wide interest in preparing, for a period of readjustment in human‘ aims and activities. Old-time aca-‘ demic requirements will be sus- pended in a large measure: Schol<i ars and erudition will be super- | seded by workers and machinery. i INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: With. Jupiter stationary in Gandhi’s | tenth house there was discerned a | possibility of triumply for the Ma- | hatma. Certain influences of the sta¥s have been conducive to an | inclination toward reasonableness | in his latest negotiations with the | British ' government, ~ but adverse | Stars upset his judgment at me! In the late autumn the Indian princes are foreseen as helpful to ! the 'cause of the United Nnthms“ for which India means so much. | Gandhi’s early death is foreseen. Persons whose birthdate it is| have the augury of a year of un- expected good fortune. New asso- ciates will prove valuable in as- suring advancement. Children born on this day prob- ably will be brilliant in possibili- ties. They should have originality, courage and ability in® extraordin- ary degree. (Copyright, 1942) e LS WOMAN'S CLUB HEARS THREE 600D SPEECHES Three speakers of outsanding in- terest to women of Juneau addres- sed " the Woman's Club yesterday afternoon at a social meeting held in the Methodist Church ‘parlors, Miss ‘Juanita Kaye, civilian worker with the Juneau branch of the Mil- itary and Naval Welfare Service; Miss Belle Hartung, Juneau police- woman; and Lieutenant Mable Moore, nurse with the Red Cross. In an appeal made directly to the mothers of Juneau and Douglas, Miss Hartung stressed the necessity for cooperation in enforcing the city ordinance regarding the cur- few law, saying that in many homes where children had been directed home after the curfew, parents had treated the matter lightly. Enforee- ment of the ordinance is a serious necessity under present conditions in Juneau, the policewoman " went on, and'is a preventive measure meriting fullest cooperation, | | “wi&h the branch of the same dlvi-iis part of the Girl Scout service |sion nearest the boy's home. Per-|to the community,” Mrs. Faulkner sonal - checkup- there, with results|stated. “We believe that good enter- |returned by wire, would ‘either veri- | tainment is necessary for maintain- {fy or discount the message. Upon | ing morale during war times. The { verification, funds were -available ‘Cavaleade’ programs combine first | class entertainment with timely ed- ucation about our democratic way of life and the people who have helped make it possible. We feel that: the Girl Scouts are fortunate, indeed, to have the privilege of presenting these programs. “Permission to make transcrip- tions .-of' six selected ‘Cavalcade’ programs was granted to the Girl Scouts by the du Pont Company, which has sponsored the series for the past six years, ‘because we be- lieve: so firmly in the principles of your organization.” The ‘“Cavalcade” shows to be heard in'this Girl Scout series of broadeasts are, “Jane ddams,” to be heard next week; “A Dr. Frank-| JUNEAU, ALASKA | E ] orchestra. An article descriptive of Juneau lin had' been written by Frank Richardson Pierce, short Story writer, for Motorcycling and Bicycling and contained ‘many excel of Juneau and the vicinity. Floyd Gibson, who had been visiting in Juneau after an absence of several years, was 1o leave on the Spokane for Ketchikan where he had accepted & position in the J, R. Heckman store Miss Rose McLaughlin was to leave on the Spokane for Seattle where she would visit' with her mother, sisters spend the holidays with them and re! of the year, 20 YEARS AGO £Fs wupns OCTOBER 21, 1922 i Charles Goldstein, proprietor of Goldstein’s Emporium, and three guests left in the morning on his boat' Dtana, Capt:Ed Jores, for Rocky Pass on a hunting trip. Guests wert Walter DeLong, Joe MeHerintand Guy McNaughton. They expected td be gone about a weelk:’ MR il Mrs. L. O. Gore had been elected as leader of the Juneau High School The preliminary meeting of ‘the members of ‘tite -orchestra was held at the school on the previous day and‘plahs were discussed for making the organization a live one from"the start: and of the trip from Skagway to At- lent photographs 1d brothers. ‘She” expeécted: to tiifn to Juneau shortly afier the first At a quiet but impressive wedding early in the week Miss Charlo‘tte Gertrude McKenzie Millin became the bride of Everett C. Kilbufn. ' Théy were to leave on ah extended honeynioon in the States but‘wére'to return and make Juneau their Home. George Anderson, local piano dealér, arrived on the Ambassador from Chichagof where he had been on & business ‘trip for ten'days. Delegate Dan Sutherland was to speak in Juneau the latter part of the following week after r urning from Sitka and other'neatby points. Weather was rainy with a maximum temperature of 50 and a mini- munt of 45. Daily Lessons in English %. 1. gpgwom WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do dren are going to attend.” Sa in USE. SYNONYMS: Usual, general, customary, ordinary, normal, regular, prevailing, prevalem“ WORD' STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: CREDULITY; belief, or readiness of belief, especially on slight evidence. “Credulity subjects orie to impositions.” (Proncunce the U as in CUBE). | MODERN ETIQUETTE * popenra Les Q. What does it indicate when in a letter? A. office, should she rise? A. Noj it is not required. Q. Should a guest always arrive at a specified time, when invited to dinner? A. Yes. time. LOOK and LEARN & ¢ cornon 1. Who is the principal character in Thncké}ay‘s “Vanity Fair”? 2. About how many stars can the person with average eyesight see? 3. On his voyage of discovery, how many days did Columbus sail in most eéritical point in negotiations. 1492 before sighting land in the New World? Which animal weighs the most and which the least at birth? Which is the easternmost ¢ity in‘the United States? 4 5. ANSWERS: Becky Sharp. About 7,000. Seventy days. ‘Whale and opossum. Eastport, Maine. “The wholé GROUP of children.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Nausea.’ Pronoufice no-she-a, O as in OF, E as in SHE unstressed, A as in ASK unistressed, ‘accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Lieu' (place; stead). It indicates both negligence and laziness. Every desk should contain a dictionary, and it takes but a minute to consult it. Q. When a girl stenographer is being ‘introdue¢ed to a man ‘in the One should arrive at least ten minutes before the specified fot say, “The wholé bunch of chil- Pronounce LU, U as Let us a person misspells five or six words for financial 'assistance if ‘needed, either as a loan, or as a grant for {the family, and if desirable, ar- rangements through the command- officer for an emergency leave ‘of absence for the boy. Lieutenant Moore gave a straight- from-the-shoulder talk. | After the hospital is completed, | Lieutenant Mdore said she would be in rieed ‘of volunteer workers to- fold gauze and make bandages. In re- sponse, ‘Mrs. McCormick volunteered {to make that a project for the War Service Department of the Woman’s Club,” 50 that ' those interested -in the project may get in touch with her. These need not be members of the Woman's organization. * Members of the War Service De- partment in ‘charge of the meeting and dessert luncheon were, in addi- tion to the chairman, Mrs. McCorm- fek, Mrs. Homer Garvin, Mrs. E*L. Keithan, and ' Mrs: : Bert Lybeck: Mrs. HdJ.Powers, wife of the doctor 'in’ charge of the Government Hos- pital, was alSo introduced to th group. g - 6irl Scgus fo lin Takes Ie Easy,” “Heroes of ' the|" Sea,” “William Penn,” “Young' And- rew Jackson,” and the “Undefended | Border.” The following are sunrises and sunsets ‘for duck hunters: Thursday, Oct. 22 Sunrise 7:49 a.m. Sunset 5:35 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 bi7Y Sponsor Program Sunrise 7:51 a.m. Sunset 5:33 p.m. months with his friend Eml\‘ Finally, in 1987, the Government Schram, then director of the RFC,|vielded to the extent of delivering to try to persuade Jesse Jones to,42 perfectly good ships to Tydings' build synthetic rubber factories long | constituent. Thirty-six had been before Pear! Harbor. Schram fin- |delivered earlier, before “Hitler got ' ally resigned because of his rows to' be a menace. They were . all with Jesse, but I think their nag- (broken into scrap iron and sold ging undoubtedly brought a de- to the Axis. But 44 ships were never cision to build rubber factories a |delivered. little sooner, and may have saved | Some of this might be ignored the nation a few weeks' extra usejas lack of foresight if it were not of tires. j(or the fact thay Tydings even st CAFE THIS AFTERNOON 7 §ie ~ Members of Juneau Volunteer Fire Department answered a call on Lower Franklin Street this af- (ternoon when grease collected in the hood of the stove in the City Cafe burst into flame, Damage was negligible. —t———— | It takes 8,000 man hours to make, an American pursuit plane. ' :-» Explaining her duties in the Red| Begirifithg 'Obtéber 27, a Series of Crloss! here,; Miss Juanita Kaye $iid|“Cavalcade of' America” dramatic she acts as 'a corresponding sectres programs will be presented under tary for service .men in need. of|the sponsorship of “thé Juneau- special assistance, and gave ‘as anjDouglas Girl“Scouts, Mrs. 'H. L. example the case of a soldier who, | Paulkner, Girl Scout Commissioner discovering his family was. il 'or|announced today:'Helen Hayes, Ray- destitute, might come for checking{mond 'Massey ‘and stage and radio through this branch of theRed|stars' who ‘have: helped ‘make the Cross: Her own procedure, she suidl;|“Cavalcade” .programs'will be feat- would be to wire the San Franeisco uved:! '~ ' ‘office, where contact would be made . “Presentation of these programs Saturday, Oct. 24 # Sunrise 7:63 a.m. Sunset 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct.25 Sunrise 7:56 a.n, Sunset 5:28 pm. ——————— . HALLOWE'EN TEA Given by ¢he Junior Guilé at Trin- |ity Hall, - Sdturday, - October 24, from 2:30 to*6 o’clock.. adv. ——.———— | Brazil ranks™first’ among coffee- Iwud.n('m . WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942 DIRECTORY Blomgren Bullding- Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart b4 peNTiSTT Y ™ 20’("B CENTURY BUILDING ~* Office Phone '469 Dr: John H. Ge DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. yer FRQBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and * Opthalmology Glasses Fitted LenSes Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Frankiln 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 JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor 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 o' 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists * ‘Phone 811 ggcg & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners “°" .Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company " 3 - pee J Guy Smith-Drugs (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM CALL AN OWL Phone 63 nd *Opposite Coliséum & Thedtre - Professional Fraternal Societies Gulflqbcu ‘Channel -) MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 ' SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple X beginning at 7:30 p. m. 5 R. Wi COWLING, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. d b, WS 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 WIEGLY For BETTER Groceries i Phone 15—34 "*The Rexall Store” Your Relfable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG (X) TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist “The Store for Men” SABINS Front St.—Triangle Bldg. y 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 Vicior Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency ey CALIFORNIA "Grocery and Mcat 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 —— CARBFUL (COOKING WiLy, & FLOAT A BATTLESKIP BUDGET AND f o [SAVE FOR WAR _BONDS MMD STAMPY MAKE EVERY PAY DAY e J Pz pin e T Gyt . 184l ¢ ury of Banking—1341 Bank : Qidest Ba v }n Alaska