The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 24, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR D . . |thousand Americans begin lapping up the al y A asrka Emplre appointments. Published every evening except SBunday by the Congressman Monroney, on the other hand, EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY points out the relation of the many new bureaus Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, HELEN TROY MONSEN - President R. L. BERNARD Vice-President and Business Mansger to the stated shortage of manpower when he says ‘Each branch and bureau is reaching out and build- ing up its own overhead and staff without an meas- Entered in the Post, Office in Junes Becond Class Matter. S ORSGRIPTION BAM ure of essentiality. To a large extent, the Govern- Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month. | ment is creating its own manpower problem,” By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; | The War Production Board recently clamped one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. down on digging for any more gold in Alaska and in the States. Now it would be fine if some agency Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. would put a stop to the gold-digging that's going MEIEEN 55 ASboCTARED FRass |on in the nation’s capital. And elsewhere. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | mise credited in this paper and also the local news published Geretn. On the Second Front ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. (Cincinnati Enquirer) Premier Joseph Stalin’s statement - interview with an American newspaperman on the subject of a second front does little to clarify the relations of |the United Nations on this critical point of war ! strategy. The Russian leader took advantage of the oppor- tunity presented by Associated Press Reporter Henry C. Cassidy’s questions to underscore once more the importance of a second front as a means of aiding | the Soviet. And, of late, Stalin has missed few such opportunities. The tone of Russian press comment and dispatches from Moscow and Kuibyshev, while guarded in expression, has been such as to make 1t plain that the Kremlin regards second front as the sine qua non of United Nations aid to the em- battled Soviet. Stalin's visitors—the latest, Wendell Willkie—have borne from him the emphatic idea |that Russia wants most of all the relief from Ger- | man pressure that only a full-scale military diversion " " | can afford. T OUT ! In the light of all this, Stalin's note to Mr. Cas- |sidy that a second front occupies “a very important place, one might say, a place of first-rate impor- | tance,” in Soviet estimates of the current situation |seems almost an amusing understatement of fact. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 | \merican Buflding, Seattle, Wash. YOU FIGURE 1 According to Representative A. S. Mike Mon- roney, Oklahoma, the number of men now serving | in the U. S. armed forces is about 25 percent more than during the last war, the number employed in| More to the point, of course, is the Russian Premier’s industry 10 percent greater, and, the number .ccertion that, compared with the aid which Russia on the payroll of the Federal Government 258 Per-|is giving to the Allies by drawing upon herself the cent over the number employed during the last | main force of the German Army, the aid being given World War. Russia by the Allies is “little effective.” A total of about 2571500 persons are now em-| Most observers, however, still are left in the dark ployed by the national government, state and local |8 to Just what Stalin is insisting upon at this mo- governments take another 3,017,632, an £ | ment. He asserted, in his note to Mr. Cassidy, that 4 . “only one thing is required: that the Allies fulfill 100 percent in the latter case | A their obligations fully and on time. Total them up and you have more manpower \ By “Ghlignblons” does Premier Stalin mean. me- than is at present being utilized by the armed serv-|tyal commitments, or merely undertakings which | ices. It is apparent that the drain on manpower is|ought to be done in behalf of the Soviet Union? much more noticeable among the many new bureaus | Thefe can be no reasoned judgment on this score, than as a result of men being called into the army naturally, by anyone outside the high war councils or into war when compared to conditions |of the United Nations. But there is at least a slight in the last implication, in the reference to filling obligations “fully and on time,” that there has been a substan- tial agreement by the United States and England (on a second-front schedule. It is quite possible that the Soviet leaders are exerting their pressure now to forestall any tendency to delay the schedule. As far as that is concerned, it is possible too that the Russians are calling for the second front in advance of the date actually promised, if a date has been war increase ol industries war. Some congressmen to that they are lessening victory by forming boards as possible Just recently, committee headed by Representative John H. Tolan, California, urged a reshuffling of all of the top war agencies under a | seem the as many have the opinion gap between here and new super-super war a special House new super-agency which would be known as the promised, by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Office of War Mobilization. This new organization | Churchill, would include all of the other little bureaus such as the WPB, the OPA, etc., and deal out the policy. What we're trying to figure out is what hap- Once upon a time there was an old gentleman named Archimedes who said he could topple over this the world with a lever, if he could only get the §e right sort of fulcrum. And in our day there has pened to the agency known as the OEM or the Of- fice of Emergency Management. Theoretically, outfit was the big noise—the super-agency to end been another gent with the same idea. His name is all super-agencies. The OEM included under it all, | proccoiii™ Also mud! or practically all of the top war bureaus. AR RTINS AT Congressman Tolan, and the like, seem to be R i S s playing a game of seeing just how many war agen- cies they can build on top of the other war agencies before the whole stack tumbles over. And every time another such agency is created, another many tary Morgenthau in his plan to ease up metal mint- age. Transparent glass might enable us to see through what we are spending and plastic could take the p]ace of rubbery checks. post-war compe- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY OCTOBER 24 Mrs. Ely J. Post Mrs. T. M. Reed Conrad Kirkebo Mrs. Hilding Haglund | Sarah Lee Atkinson OCTOBER 25 John A. Covich Edith Danielson Bob Scott F. M. Dalton Sarah T. Tompkinson Rodney McClure F. M. Delano Clara Carlson R O A HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” i S SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 This is not an important day in planetary direction. Priests and Protestant ministers are subject to benefic aspects which widen the scope of their work and promise success as chaplains among the armed forces. HEART AND HOME: The stars smile upon the older members of the family. Their advice should be sought under this configuration which inclines men and women to serious thought. Many persons will now turn to religion for solace and guidance. Men who go forth to bat- de will trust more and more in the efficacy of prayer. Stories of axtraordinary experiences among 1 those who face death will seem to prove the spiritual power of ordi- nary mortals who usually live upon a material plane. Through suffer- ing and perils real meanings of life are to be revealed, astrologers‘ prophesy. i BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The com-‘ ing week will bring to notice cer- | tain good signs affecting trade. Buying and selling will be brisk in | commercial centers. Bankers will meet serious issues as financial | methods are necessarily modified. | The governor of the Bank of Eng- | land is to find added responsibili- ties this month which will bring, the consideration of war expenses | to the front in planning United Na- | tions tactics. Hitler will face fin- ancial difficulties that will add | greatly to his concern regarding Nazi reverses. 1 NATIONAL ISSUES: Of the four freedoms so often mentioned as inspiration for our war activities, freedom from fear and freedom from want suggest the greatest of post-war difficulties, the seers de- | clare. Freedom from fear means that there must be world govern- | ment which prevents future wars, | since international diplomacy has proved treacherols under the old order. Freedom from want means an economic system that provides work with just pay for all able- bodied persons. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:!| Spread of war to the utmost cor-| ners of both hemispheres is pres- aged as promising that the tide of evil, having reached its highest | washinq'on ‘n_rr? worried about polI(E SEEK | tition. Me’"‘ | Latest holdup of new mineral pro- | |cesses has been WPB's blocking of | 50'“0""‘ iron and steel development in the‘ ‘We\l and South through the cheap, | |quick, sponge-iron process. ‘ (Continued from Page One) | With the nation desperately short | of iron and steel, it is now revealed | | that as early as last June Secretary | I Now, however, it appears that the | Ickes pleaded with Donald Nelson | Russians have Siberian bases ready |not to accept the sponge iron veto | for use—when the time comes. of the experts in the National Acad- | TR emy of Sciences. | EVANSTON, Ill, Oct. 24—Police NO PUBLICITY BARUCH |ACADEMIC WINDOW-DRESSING ' followed several avenues of in- But most significant possibility re- | This National Academy of Sei- | Vestigation today as they intensi- garding this new Willkie route is its |ences is an organization which could |fied the search for the slayers of use for sending supplies quickly to |stand some scrutiny. It has set up| Mrs. Lillian Galvin, wife of a China and Russia. At present it is committees to advise the WPB on‘wealthy radio manufacturer, and no secret that planes to China go by |iron, manganese, aluminum and her maid, who were shot to death a circutous globe-straddling route most strategic materials. However,|in the Galvin home Thursday via Brazil, Africa, India, then over both Ickes and Senator O’Mahoney | night. the Himalayas, highest mountains in | of Wyoming have charged that these | { the world, taking ten to fourmexll(:Ommitleex were mere academic dca;;;am:l; ‘"’"."' of $ue il ays. On the other hand, Willkie | window-dressing for the big metal|® 8, Atterneys. oMiog. SE left China one day and popped up |companies Jewels valued at $28,000 are miss- in Alaska almost the next. For instance, one Academy report ing. A Sidney Weinberg, chief back-stage | written for the WPB opposing sponge | One possibility being studied is man for Donald Nelson, was talking iron was actually authored, accord- | that the slayers might be mem- to Columnist Kent. |ing to Senator O’'Mahoney, by Wil- | bers of the notorious Roger Touhy “Whom does Bernie |liam A. Haven, Vice-President of |8ang who escaped from the State- Baruch have for a publicity man?” he asked. Arthur G. McKee and (Company, Ville prison two weeks ago. “He doesn’t have anyone,” replied | manufacturers of blast furnaces. ————— Kent. How a manufacturer of blast furn- “He must” argued Weinberg. |aces could be expected to be im- REOU'EM MASS 10 partial regarding a new iron process which does away with blast furnaces is hard to nderstand. Representatives of big business are packed on other WPB subcom- | /mitees which pass on new methods lof getting strategic materials— methods which frequently compete {with long-entrenched big business | methods. Here are some of them: Dr. John Johnson, Director of Re- search for U. S. Steel Corporation. Zay Jeffries, of General Electric; formerly with Aluminum Company. | He sits on the committee passing .7~ |on new aluminum methods, which otherwise, by certain big industries | compete with ALCOA. | and their $l-a-year friends in the M. F. McConnell and Robert B. WPB. If ever fully published, the | Sosman, U. S. Steel Corporation. story will amaze the public. ‘ B, 8, A. Diusherty sl Chme;‘ The Aluminum Company of Am- |y gerty Jr, Bethlehem Steel. erica and its $l-a-year friends in| e advice of these able men is WPB didn't want to develop low- “Haven't you noticed the marvelous press he gets? He must have a whizz of a publicity man.” “Baruch’s only publicity man,” said Kent, “is doing the right thing and telling the truth. If more officials did that they would need fewer publicity men. WHY MATERIALS ARE SCARCE Some day a Congressional investi- gating committee may do a thorough | jcb on the tragic way in which pro- duction of strategic war materials has been held back, unwittingly or Y loW- | important. In fact, Dr. C. K. Leith, | grade aluminum clays in the U. S.|wpg metallurgical adviser. says,l A., insisted on importing its own 4 “These are eminent scientists whose | clay across the submarine-infested reputation is at stake, and they | Caribbean. hesitate a long time before recom. The British-American tin cartel | mending changes.” But it is signifi- and WPB friends 1 opposed con- | cant that Clyde Williams, when he struction of a tin smelter in the | was with the U, S. Bureau of Mines, United States which might break | recommended that sponge iron was the tin monopoly after the war feasible, whereas now that he is with | Friends in the big steel companies | the Battelle Institute, financed by on WPB opposed the development of | the steel companies, he advises manganese in the Far West, because, | against sponge iron. according to Secretary Ickes, they ! (Copyright, 1942) | BE SUNG MONDAY FOR MRS. GUCKER A reqlie mmass will be sung by the Rev. William G. LeVasseur, S.J., &t 8 a. m. Monday in the Church |of the Nativity for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Lorene Gucker, whose sudden death lastsweek was a shock to her wide circle of acquaint- ances. Funeral services for will be held in next week. Her Mrs. Gucker Walla Walla, Wn. friends are invited to attend the requiem service on Monday. e ' JACK KELLER AND PERRY HERN HERE FROM SKAGWAY Jack Keller, well known druggist of Skagway, and Perry Hern, re- tired merchant of the Lynm Canal port, have arrived in Juneau on a short business trip. They plan to leave today for the return trip. - PRUA L S 10y Empire Classifizds Pay! flood, will soon recede, but the| stars seem to warn of protracted conflict which will last until the peoples of Japan and Germany are utterly prostrated. As the month ends it will be plain that at last the might of the United Nations has been wisely directed as it gains | momentum. Persons whose birthdate have the augury of a year of steady activity. Concentration upon work is enjoined. Men in the ser- vice will benefit and a few will gain fame. Children born on this day have the prediction of successful careers but they must be carefully guid- ed. They may be too popular for the best development of their fine talents. it 18| MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 Benefic aspects dominate today but adverse influences are active. It should be a fortunate date for initiative. HEART AND HOME: Innumer- able ways of helping the war will be discovered by patriotic women. This is a favorable date for the preparation of warm clothing for war victims in Europe and Asia. Needs of unfortunates in this coun- try also should be.met wisely lnd unremittingly. The stars presage suffering for women and children in American cities. Inasmuch as the United States is to set the so- cial and political standards for the postwar world it is imperative that we should apply our humanitarian theories at home as well as abroad. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Astrolo- gers who predict drastic alteration in banking methods as indicated by the stars foretell a form of eco- nomics which will insure close co- |4 operation between employers and employees. Class consciousness will be eliminated as equality of oppor- j |tunity, according to fhe ability and training of men and women, is assured. No monopoly of ma- chines or raw material would be] permitted. Inevitably| NATIONAL ISSUES: nationalism must disappear with the coming of peace. Association of men of many countries and differ- | the same time give it."—Chesterfield. lent races will have a far-reaching| tility. Intensely emotional and self- | reconstruction plans. A world gov- | 20 YEARS AGO # ?CTOBER 24, 1922 HE EMPIRE Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schrey, of Sitka, accompanied by their two daugh- ters, passed through Juneau on the Spokane for Seattle. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 H. S. Graves left on the Spokane for Petersburg where he was to in- spect the fox farms there in which he was interested. Mrs. Graves ac- companied her husband and planned to go on to Seattle where their daughter, Mary Aleece, was attending school. The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company was operating on an as- sured basis, according to F. W. Bradley, president of the company. The company had carried out all plans made the preceding year for operation and current plans included building up the output, he said. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING - Oftice Phone 469 B.P.O. Elks, Lodge No. 420 was to hold its annual Roll Call meeting the following night in the club. Following the lodge business the entire building was to be thrown open for entertainment for Elks, their ladies and guests. Among plans for enjoyment was to be a supper on which succulent clams was to be a feature. Allen Shattuck and J. A. Davis, who had svent the previous week at Hoonah, both reported that ducks in the vicinity were plentiful and re- turned on the Estebeth with sufficient numbers to prove their statement. Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 1762 Hours: § am, to 6 pm, Mrs. L. L. Harding entertained with a dinner party, followed by bridge, at her home in the Spickett Apartments the previous evening. Covers were laid for eight. ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Ploneer Auxiliary, Igloo No. 6 was to give its second annual mid- summer dance December 8 in A.B. Hall. The midsummer dance had be- come a tradition among oldtimers and originated in the Interior when the people there in the early days had given a summer dance in December to dispel the monotony of the long winters. Decorations, costumes and a picnic supper were to carry out the idea of a summer garden party. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Frankiin Sts. PHONE 136 In honor of her sister, Mrs. M. Lea, who was her house guest, Mrs. Russell Brown entertained with a sewing party during the afternoon. Mrs. P. R. Bradley was hostess at a bridge party the previous evening in her apartment in the Gastineau Hotel. Three tables were in play. Weather was unsettied with showers. and minimum of 43. FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s Maximum temperature was 48 I3 Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon B . e e Jones-Stevens Shop WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “There were less than ten LADIES'—MISSES’ men in the room.” Use FEWER to express number. READY-TO-WEAR Vi D: Tedious. Preferred pronunciation is te- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCE ‘edio efer P Seward Street Near Third di-us, three syllables. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Villain; not VILLIAN. SYNONYMS: Mediate, arbitrate, intercede, intercept, interpose, e e interfere. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- JAMES C. COOPER crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: C.P.A. RECIPROCAL (noun); that which makes a return for something done or Business Counselor given. “Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal; no one feels, who does not at COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS 8old and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. ‘Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfled Customers” MODERN ETIQUETTE * goprrra LEE Q. Should a woman always wear gloves on the street? A. Yes, or carry them in her hand. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1942, DIRECTORY —— Professional Prmmal Societies eaqu 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. 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 WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 13—34 LB O T T " ” The Rexall Store Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG C0. | | TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist “The Store for Men” SABIN°S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. 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 Victor Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 65 Q. Should tlhie salt and pepper shakers be removed from the table before the dessert is served? A. Yes; they should be removed on the serving tray. Q. Is “Ladies first” considered the general rule of precedence? A. Yes; there are very few exceptions to this rule. 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 St. Phone 177 LOOK and LEARN 2 . C. GORDON What birds are called “the natural guardians of the forests”? What is the second Book of the Old Testament? Who wrote “Soldiers Three”? Which extends farther south, Texas or Florida? How many distinct varieties of cheese are there? ANSWERS “Say It With Flowers" but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 ot o ki Woodpeckers. Exodus. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). Florida. Eighteen. o effect which cannot be ignored in|willed, they may have outstanding artistic talents. (Copyright, 1942) Geffing Hitler's Goat Is Pastime In Montana Cities ernment in which the ideals of| democracy prevail is visioned by astrologers. This may take the form of a world federation in which the foremost power on the globe, the United States, will not dictate to other nations, except to provide for the establishment of govern- ment by the people, it is prognos- ticated. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: JUNEAU - YOUNG Occultists who believed the war was reaching a decisive stage in the stubborn battles around Khar- kov and the Crimean Peninsula de- c.lare that no United Nations of- fensive could be of first importance unless directed by way of the Mid- dle East. According to astrological interpretations the strategy of com- ing months will be unforeseen an amazingly surprising in its splen- did achievements. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pro- gress through unusual work of some sort. Many strange associates are foreseen. Children born on this day prob- | ably will be distinguished by keen | percepuon.' diplomacy and versa-' GREAT FALLS, Mont., Oct. 24. —Montana has Hitler's goat. It's a genuine Billy. He's shipped around from clty to city by lunch- eon clubs and the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce. Shortly after he arrives in a town he's placed on auction. A fellow—just any sort of a fel-| low be he ditch digger, clerk or! anker—can get Hitler's goat by | bidding for war bonds. At Great Falls people paid more | than $5,000 to get Hitler's goat. ATTENTION MASONS Stated Communication of Mt.| Juneau Lodge Monday evening at |7:30. Work in F. C. Degree. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. adv. 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