The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR " Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY ain Streets, Juneau, Alasks. Second an HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager The Army Air Corps uses much lumber. The | spars, frames, skin covering, cross banding, pilot seat, | and non-structural parts of training planes are made | of wood. There are 40.000 board feet of lumber in | C-62 Commando cargo plane. Observation | and some bomber trainers contain just about every President anes Entered in the Post Office in Juneau SUB RA’ Delivered by carril By mail, postage D One year, in advan one month, tn advance, $1.35. Subseribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- the Business Uvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business s muchs lumber. Gliders use much lumber Alaska already is sending many board feet th. | high quality spruce to the States for use in building ; |airplanes, Specially designated mills, approved by the government, will process the spruce, But at the same time, it seems sad that nmm! | Alaskan mills far under normal capacity this Second Class Matter. | of. Oftice, 374. ran MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credit wise credited in this paper and also the berein, /ASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. last when they should have been running far normal production rates. Manpower was the chief cause for the lag, Higher wages may have paid, and higher prices charged for lumber. | mills should run. The government is inter- | Alaskan mills. Tt is believed that govern- | PRESS rd ahead of ed to 1t or not other local news mlb!llha‘ to be But the ested in NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 011t aid in manpower and other problems will make \merican Bullding, Seattle, Wash. |the saws buzz a little faster next year Job Well Done (Cincinnati Enquirer) 1 Months ahead of schedule, the difficult enginéer- ing feat of highway construction between the United | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY DECEMBER 16 G. E. Cleveland Mrs. Wallin Forest J. P. Mathiesen Jack E. Schmitz Mrs. Elmer A. Friend Dorothy Tuckett Dorothy Cox Lois Allen Elmer Benedict Donald A. Messerschmidt - >-ee HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” B e e ] THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 States and Alaska has been completed Already army trucks, carrying men and supplies, are rum-| bling over the 1,600 miles from one border of the United States to another. It has been a herculean task, accomplished i"i record time. The construction work itself was tre- mendous; but the project presented also intricate | political problems. First, it was a highway primarily for the use of LUMBER FOR W Regional Forester forth next year to greatly Alaskan mills. put production of to be war effort The Army is doing things in Alaska lumber shipped up from the States that could milled in the Territory. Lumber h: the most critical materials of war. cent of the lumber output of the United States today goes to the Army and Navy. For every man in the Army, feet of lumber needed for the construction, ranging all the way chapels. mostly of wood. The soldier saved 4,000 tons of vital steel The locker box at the foot of a soldier's bunk is wood, So are most of the bunks. 2,250,000 bunks have saved 42,000 tons of steel. timber trus tors are being used in place of steel, saving 200,000 ! Even in warehouses, tons of structural steel. Tent poles tanks and pipes, rifle racks, tool han boards and platforms for The shoe a soldier wears has a has saved the Army 750 tons of rul four-and-a-half-million men. If t Garand rifle, wood. 1t is estimated that 9 billion board feet per year | boxes and crates of goes into the Army and Navy various kinds. Washinglon Meny- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) [ | | | Bolivar Buckner, U. S. Commander in Alaska, was addressed to Senator | Styles Bridges of New Hampsl member of the Senate Military fairs Committee. Buckner wisely stated tha the didn't trust letters, so wanted to come to Washington and tell Bridges some things. | Various letters written by minor government officials were critical of | their chiefs. Many letters were high- | ly amusing, but gave absolutely no military information. | In fact the only letters the Sen-| ators examined which might have contained military information, told | of a snowstorm in Alaska, and an ice avalanche. Before Gov. Gruening testified be- fore the Senate Judiciary Commmee he got the approval of his chief, | Secretary Ickes, to call on Byron Price, efficient Chief of Censorship. | Accompanying him were Anthony J. Dimond, Congressional Delegate from Alaska and Ben Thoron, Chief | of the Bureau of Territories Gruening argued that the prac-| tice of censoring mail between dif- ferent divisions of the United States should stop. “It's unAmerican,” he argued. “It's very useful information,” countered Price. | “Yes, and it also might be useful | information if we censored every letter mailed by 130,000,000 peopk replied Gov. Gruening. “Beside: he added, “it's unlawful.” | Price admitted that there was no | law to back him up, but did not| mention that a law was pending in Congress, in fact had already passed | the House. | . | CENSOR BILL STOPPED Finally he agreed to two of Gruen- | ing’s contentions: (1) that copies of \ American newspapers and maga- zines need. not be clipped before being sent to Alaska and the Ter- ritories; (2) that colored films need | not be censored when shipped w‘ Rochester, N. Y., to be developed. | Gruening had argued that if sples‘ were going to take pictures of Al-| aska they would not ship their films | to Rochester, as is necessary for the | develapment of colored films. How- ever, the Office of Censorship hadw been censoring these films anyway Price did not agree, however, to stop reading personal mail between ! the mainiand and American Terri- | | Shortly thereafter, the new cen- sorship bill came before the Senate. Having passed the House, it gavc1 B. Frank Heintzleman word from the States that all possible efforts will be inc This certainly well within the vital project 1,360 to 1,650 board The furnishings of Army buildings sits on wooden cha A recent order for 800,000 wooden chairs by the Army tents are other things made of wood for the Army. the stock contains five board feet 'that he would launch a long at- - | mittee called Governor Gruerfing for | Territories is now in the hands of the United States, but running through Canadian | territory This situation might have resulted in| untold delay and quibbling. But authorities in both countries, fully cognizant that they faced the same | threats in the Far East, quickly cut the red tape. | There were, too, the ever-present political px'ob-v seems |1ems presented by the demands of our own se e tional interests. Citizens of the West Coast, seeing| the future commercial possibilities of the highway, : argued long and strong for a coastal road. There was another group which sought a route along the base of the Rocky Mountains. Still another fought hard for an inland route, over the plains of Canada. We shall not attempt to compare the routes as to their different values; suffice it to say that each |sought to forge the same chain; that red tape and useless argument again were put aside and the ynb' rushed through. The accomplishment has been finished none too| soon. During the winter months, with dirt ruudbed] frozen solid, untold amounts of material can be | rushed to our northern frontier frontier which lies close to Japan—a frontier which must take the first force of Japanese advance if, and when, it comes toward our continental shores. The Alaskan Highway is tribute to United tates and Canadian cooperation; to American. | engineering genius; to the toughness of American determination; to our ability to start, and to com- tasks of extreme difficulty in spite of the hazards of nature—and politics AR brings rease the lumber bracket for using much be as become one of At least 90 per- various kinds of from ba k e a Army orders for ; es and connec- and pilings, water dles, frames, side- among many | plete, | worst Army officers assigned to Washington without previous military experience are learning to drill on orders of the War Department. Many cases | charley-horse are reported wooden core that | bber in outfitting he soldier has a of ol | | “Machine Gun Pete,” horned toad, has been re- | ported AWOL by the Las Vegas Gunnery School at Las Vegas, Nev., v.hme he is official mascot. legal sanction to what the Censor»‘ ship Office already was doing with- out legal sanction. As the bill was about to come up for a vote, Senator George Norris of Nebraska, who had learned what the bill was all about, gave notice be made Manpower chief. They proposed the name of Dan Tobin, AFL Teamsters’ boss, as Secretary of Labor and head of Manpower. The President, however, | countered with the name of Secre- tary Ickes. “This is a job for someone who isn’t afraid of making enemies,” said the President with a grin. “Harold Ickes should fill the bill perfectly. He has more enemies than anyone in the Cabinet.” Green and Murray chuckled at the quip. Then they froze when the President went on to say that public sentiment at the moment would be antagonistic to the appointment of a labor leader as chief of Man- power. The President hastened to say that he had the highest esteem for Dan Tobin (who was once a mem- ber of the White House secretariat) but he stood his ground against ap- pointment of a labor leader to head tack, unless it was sent back to the Judiciary Committee for further consideration. Other Senators also got rebellious. So the bill was stalled, the com- a hearing, and the fate of the cen- sorship between the U. S, and its the Judiciary Committee. (The heat- ed hearing is now going on.) HAROLD ICK] ENEMIES President Roosevelt gave his own very frank opinion of the nation’s attitude toward labor when CIO's Phil Murray and AFL's Bill Green called to ask that a labor leader Crossword Puzzle Folded 29. Sound of small waves Prevaricator e)\cil across O Window biind Nervous m.umnn ACROSS 1. Habitations . Religious 3 compositions Be penitent 4. Imitation pear) Device for bringing into line Long abusive speech . Animal's neck covering ver East Indlan fiber vlant Masculine nickname Breathe heavily in sleep Former fencing dummy Peacock ark landed butterfly Venerate Indications ell % Varlety I\s'serll Mo Football posi- tion: abbr, lgsect utished L] o[s]AlGIE] Tl | Sputned) NEE NE0ER LE SEW @REEN B6Y tantalum Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle Ostentatious . Australasian beverage 6. Public speaker Mount: where the O Conveyed legally DOWN Semitic language Beat soundly Think Sand _hill: Englis Compass point 6. Unknown person . Small engines Stade of green | Weary Feminine nane . Machines for spreading hay Secrét_action . That-which unites Kind of fiber Funny part of N7/ daNuN/a %ill= l%flll | lCopyrlght 1942, by United Feature Goie ot electrical Ly 44. Let it stand . Kind of cahba . Tpau bamming . Fen: .9_-3»- ide World Featuras |or |understanding and even nation, |and | dustrial |1t s | retary of the Navy makes no- secret | his office to take down conversa- Good and evil balance in the planetary influences today. The morning may be under adverse as- pects which cause delays and ob- structions in carrying out programs. HEART AND HOME: The eve- plans | 20 YEARS AGO # DECEMBER 16, 1922 Reorganization of the City basketball team was perfected at a meet- ing held in the high school gymnasium the pxo(‘edm;{ evening and a short workout was held. Seven players'had responded to the call, includ=- ing Hughes, Sperling, Wittanen, Joe George, Parmakoff, Art Beaudin and Bill Beaudin. Burford, Jimmy McCloskey and Harry Sabin, members of the preceding year's squad, were in town and planned to join HE EMPIRE Accompanying Lieut. and Mrs. F. S. Ferguson to Juneau were Capt. Walter Von Gremp, Capt. J. Monahan, Lieut. and Mts. Martens and Lieut. E. W. Gruhn from Fort William Henry Seward. They made the trip on the harbor boat Fornance for the purpose of seeing Lieut. and Mrs. Ferguson off for the States. Lieut. Ferguson had resigned from the Army and they were to make their home in San Francisco. M. L. Stepp, of the Bureau of Public Roads office, had undergone a major operation at St. Ann’s Hospital. His condition was reported to be favorable. John G. Brady, U. S. Forest Ranger with headquarters at Anchorage, arrived in Juneau on the Victoria and was to continue to Sitka to spend 1 the Christmas holidays. Capt. J. V. Davis had taken an apartment at the Gastineau Hotel for the winter months. the Chichagof Mine, accompanied by left on the Victoria for the States to J. F. Freeburn, Manager of Mrs. Freeburn and their daughter, | spend the holidays. ning should be fortunate for wo- men and their social affairs. Girls should find it lucky for meeting | young men. Love affairs will be | prevalent and should be happy | in their development. There is a sign seeming to promise the| granting of favors. This should be | an auspicious date to apply for | promotion or for advances in salaries, for persons in authority | are under a sway that encourages ! gratitude. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Business executives are under a cmmgura-) tion which presages hearty support | and approval of their polici Thol | President of the United States and | the heads of our naval, military and air forces should benefit from ! a better comprehension of their ! war plans and preparations. Coop- eration between business and farm interests is to prove more satisfac- tory in the new year when na- tional unity is to overcome many obstacles that have affected the promotion of war tactics. NATIONAL ISSUES: Induction | of boys of eighteen into our armed forces will prove fortunate for the | it is forecast. Since this is an all-out war each person’s quali- lications must be carefully used where they will be most effective. The reckless courage of youth is needed in modern warfare, the seers emphasize, and they declare that among older men and women will be found training, experience tried talents, which are in- valuable. When all the retired sci- entists, executives, inventors and businessmen have been mobilized there will be new miracles added to the many performed in the in- world, astrologers fore- cell. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: \ Astrologers who foretold the Sec- ond World War long before the | peril was recognized again pledlct‘ that the conflict will be an ex- tended one. While victory is prog- | nosticated as ineyitable it will be‘ costly in men as well as in prop- | erty. The seers advise all to make the most of each day's blessings. | This Christmas should be most reverently and thankfully celebrat- ed with prayer for a new year| that is bringing supreme tests or, courage and endurance, Persons whose birthdate it is| have the augury of a y of un- expected happiness and prosperity. | important to avoid selfish | expenditures of money. Children born on this day prob-‘ ably will be versatile in talents and strong in character. Girlsi should be popular and boys most | successful. ¥ | (Copyright, 1942) Manpower. Since then, Murray and Tobin have been voicing dlsapproval to friends. CAPITAL CHAFF Wire-tapping has become so bad ! in Washington that some people are taking the advice of Ambassador Bill Bullitt. When he was in Mos- cow he never talked on the phone without assuming in advance that | his wire was tapped. So he adopted the practice of tapping a pencil against the mouthpiece of the phone, which, Bullitt says, jars the wax recording of the conversation and makes it unintelligible . . . Jus- tice Felix Frankfurter is convinced that his phone is tapped. He has friends call him up from time to time to test his wire . . . Undersec- of the fact that a dictaphone is in tions. Greeting a member of Con- gress the other day, he said«to his secretary, “Be sure that thing is turned off, I want to talk to a membex of the United States House | of Representatives.” Syndicate, Inc.) ® 000000 ve oo WEATHER REPORT (U, 8. Bureau) Temp. Tuesday, Dec. 15 Maximum 34, minmum 29 Snow-—.19 inch ; 84 inches on ground BUY DEFENSE BONDS | increase our vocabulary dance?” Mrs. L. O. Gore left for Ketchikan to join her husband. They expected to proceed South to spend the holidays. Frank Holzheimer left for Seattle to spend the holids parents in Seattle. He expected to return shortly aiter the year. with his rst of the Weather was fair with a maximum temperature of 23 and a mini- | mum of 22. Dally Lessons in English % 1. corpon D e e e e e ] WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Jones is in a bad fix." Say, “Jones is in trouble,” or “in an awkward position.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Engross. Pronounce the O as in NO, accent last syliable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Weird; EI. Wield; IE. SYNONYMS: Unwholesome, unhealthful, salubrious. WORD STUDY unsound, injurious, in- “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ¢y mastering one word each day. Today’s word: IMPELLING; urging forward. “A sense of duty was the impelling force | that aroused him.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * roperra LEE Q. Isn't it rude for a girl to keep her eseort waiting a few feet away while she carriers on a long conversation with a girl friend she meets on the street? A. Yes; it is very rude. Q. How should a man ask a girl for a dance? A. He may say, “May I have this dance?” or, “Would you care to Q. How should one eat olives at the table? A. Unless a special fork or spoon is provided, one may take the olive with the fingers. Eat around the pit, then place the pit on the side of the plate. LOOK and lEARN . C. GORDON 1. What is the estimated number of words spoken by Jesus Christ, as recorded in the New Testament? 2. Of what State was the District of Columbia once a part? What are mammals? What does “mahatma” mean? How many years has linen been known to last? ANSWERS: 36,450 words. Maryland. Animals that suckle their young. It is a Sanskrit word meaning “great soul.” Well preserved linen cloths have been found in Egyptian mummy more than 4,000 years old. DOUGLAS - NEWS THELMA ENGSTROM ELECTED NEW MATRON OF O.E.S. LODGE The annual election of officers of Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order iof Eastern Star, was held at the regular meeting of the Lodge in Douglas last evening. The following were chosen: Wor- thy Matron, Thelma Engstrom; 3 4 5, 1 2. 3 4 5 cases, LENSES REPLACED Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson’s office in the Blomgren Bldg. will be open for repairs and replacements of broken lenses on Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday evenings only, from 7 to 10:30 p.m. No eye ex- amination until Jan. 15. adv. —————————— SPECIAL XMAS PACKAGES In Watkin's Products. Set gold trim glasses with each $5.00 pur- chase. Free Xmas Cards. Call for them 3:30 to 5 pm. H. N. Ful- Worthy Patron, & __Ibrlght. Watkin's Dealers, 172 orthy Patron, Emst Oberg; AS-ipyapkiin st, Room 4. adv. sociate Matron, . Dorothy Tuckett; L Associate Patron, Charles Tuckett; Secretary, Bertha Goetz; Treasur- er, Edward Bach; Conductress, Helmi Bach; Associate Conduc- tress, Flora Kirkham; Trustee for three-year term, Roberta Johnson. Installation of those elected will be held at a joint session with the Masons on- January 5, it was announced. Committee appointed to arrange for the double ceremony is oompqsed of Dorothy Tuckett, Helm{ Bach and Roberta John. They will work with the Masonic | committee which is composed of | William P. Johnson, Frank Camp- bell and A. E. Goetz. South Africa has an area of 472,550 square mfles TYPHOON SUITS For Defense Workers and Others with MEMORIAL PRES Jnsm.w Priorities. CHURCH GOING TO HAVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM‘ The Sunday School of the Memor- ‘ ial Presbyterian Church, assisted by the choir, will give a Christmas program in the church at '8 o'clock in the evening of December 23. The program is now being prepared. ———rG e ALL SIZES e H.S. GRAVES A typical American home is a wooden, two-story structure con- PHONE 762 l Jones-Stevens Shop WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1942 DIRECTORY roisi. tinequ Channel MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 BSECOND and FOURTH' Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30.p. m. R. W. COWLING, Wor- shiptul uuut JAMES W. LEIV- B. P. 0. ELKS every Wednesday at 8 Visiting Brothers wel- ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- alted Ruler, M, H. SIDES, Sec~ retary. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bidg PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 1824 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground e "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Frankiin Sts. PHONE 136 HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s “The Store for Men” SARIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. i i You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jeweiry 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 68 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency LADIES—~MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third | ' 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” 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 CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—O0il Burners Heating Phone 34 _ Sheet Metal BYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry JUNEAU - YOUNG || Hardware Company Bhelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition E.E.STENDER For Expert Radio Service TELEPHONE BLUE 429 or call at 117 3rd St., Upstairs 15 Years’ Experience ", - ” Guy Smith-Drugs (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH. ICE CREAM ® Perfect comfort ® Centrally located ® Splendid food and F. B. service McClue, Large Rooms— Mgr. all with Bath ALASKANS LIKE THE NEW WASHINGTON CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliseum Theatre The Clothing Man taining five or six rooms and occu- ‘pied by a single family. e S 1891—Half a Century, of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS