The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1943, Page 4

PR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except SBunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main aum-. Junesu, Alasks. { THE TRUTH | Reports of heavy redemptions of war bonds turn out to be a gross exaggeration ; Treasury officials now have ' revealed that less month. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER just THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Butlding, Seattle, Wasl m;&?\;nuonsm 'icn-?rmagm ok !n-lneu’:::::: than two percent of war bonds issued have been e ey e ey i b W il * | ber, redemptions amounted to y - Delivered by .,.m..’.'l“‘i'..‘:'.'.“fn'.‘,‘ for §1.50 Thuudn‘dths of l] percent of the bonds outstanding. One ,f:r,“.‘n Sraie ""‘o'o»".,‘,",.,f.",!’&'.'f“,:’.'a.“:m $7.50; | This is even less than the rate of redemption of e SaTRnce. $1.38. avor 1 they will promptly notity | the 0ld Savings Bonds, which were issued before the the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- 'war. Redemption of those averaged 3'. percent. livery of their papers. - Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374.. | All of which bears out what this newspaper said T MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS {at the time such rumors first began to circulate: ‘The Asgociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for That ordinary needs of families suddenly e T e e e v atal ‘news mubiished | brought up against an emergency would account for b vy most of the redemptions that have occurred And that is what Uncle Sam would want |such families to do with their bonds. One of the| purposes of saving is to meet emergencies. We are glad the Treasu has given the public |the facts. Not that there was any likelihood that Jnn_\'nnc would be deceived by rumors to the contrary. | |But it is an index of the fact that 99 percent of the | American people know that war bonds are the best investment in the whole wide world today. (.rm\mu Air Strength (Cincinnati Enquirer) In early phases of the war Allied inferiority in air power accounted for many German and Japa- | nese successes. But as the United Nations' produc- | tion program gets rolling, particularly American pro- |duction, our increasing air might is beginning to| show results. | First, the concentration of air power over Eng- land brought to a stop the large-scale German bomb- INCOME iul;: attacks on the island cities. Then, instead of remaining on the defensive, the R.AF. began ex- ‘Lendmg its fields of operations until today it is the ‘Axls rather than England, which is on the dclpmiw| Reserve Board, our national income for the current so far as air power over the Continent is concerned. fiscal year will approximate 130 billion dollars. This Our own air forces, too, have been growing is more than twice the total of four years ago; js astonishingly. We not only have produced planes at well above a ‘normal” national income. of between | !an unprecedented rate for ourselves and our allies; 90 and 100 billion. Tt is some 30 percent above our|We 150 have been producing fliers. From far-flung pitional debt ‘of 100 Billiem -Hollaks. battle fronts the stories of the growing strength of But to crow about the huge income figure “Ou]dlAmt‘uLan wings is reflected in increasing victories, jin the South Pacific, in North Africa. A year 0 be forgetting the important fact that it is due ] we were losing by default in many zones, often be- largely to government borrowing for war-time €X- lcause air power was lacking. penditures. It is, therefore, abnormal from two, Still potent as the airplane is in battle, it wmust points of view; first, because it results from indus- |not be forgotten that it is only one of several trial programs steamed fup for the special job of |weapons. Planes can batter industrial Centers. de- producing materials for war, and secondly, because moralize supply lines, break down civilian morale it is financed on borrowed money which will lmw;und organization, strafe ground troops, blow up| to be paid back after the surge of military “prosper-|battleships. But to occupy territory ground ity” has passed must fight ground actions. | Most of the goods being produced under the pro- Moreover, airplanes have limited range. While gram will have no value when peace comes. A large their speed is great, they must return often for re- | part of it will be destroyed. The rest will have m_‘luclmg. They . must na\:e adequate landing fields tle productive use. Many of the plants will have to and ground crews to service them. Supply lines are be regeared completely, and at large cost, to return ‘L‘:nl‘cm::'s:x:la:»;: 795 Gecial CoOuLE® L R8 AT0), Infantay. o to civilian channels. So our wartime borrowing is v “ : z There are many places on the globe today where building few peace-time assets from which our b 4 4 d we are placing American planes. There are many mounting national debt later may be liquidated. more where they could be placed. But in hundreds All this points to the ty for financing, so of locations in the latter classification the problem sible, our war expenditures as we go along. of supply capnot now be met. To push too far s we borrow now, the less interest and prin- ahead with planes and to fail to meet the problems cipal we will have to pay in those future of supplying the ships and pilots, would be suicidal, when our war-inspired ‘“prosperity” will vanish like So we press on; surely if more slowly than many the smoke from an antiaircraft pompom an enthusiast would desire. We must not expect too much of the air forces we are accumulatin it |should be remembered that it will be necessar expand other military and naval services similarly before the full effect of our new air superiority can be fully felt. OUR NATIONAL According to a recent estimate by the Federal troops | i nect veaus, | The actual speed of an airplane increases two percent over the indicated air speed for each 1,000 | feet of altitude. — Meanwhile. he has made one|trying to fix the other commitment. He has accepted | ing it. Probably | the chairmanship. of a committee |tioning it above a whisper, but j(:t labor and farmers eager to see|every one in the German High {the war vigorously prosecuted,| Command knows that blame must |eager that the President follow a|fall on Hitler. progressive domestic policy, andi | finally eager that public opinion be moulded to assure the peace Congress. So Joe probably will be|after the war offered a job where he can use his| The movement still is in an em- Irish charm and genial persuasive- lmryo form, but Norris has con- ness to win the public over to uu-‘wnwd to be chairman, to speak | popular moves, lm it, and to come back to Wush-‘ et ylllbloll from time to time to help | SPONGE BOTTLENECK {push things. So his friends are ex- The..War Production Board is|pecting that he will divide his time watching with interest the unusual move ,of North Carolina’s J. Mel- ville Broughton in inserting page advertisements in current maga- zines pointing out that North Caro- blame for no one is start- men- Among those who warned stern- \l\ against attempting war against ‘Ruaxh\ were two Germans then ‘sor\‘mg in Moscow, two men who |knew Russia well and knew what she was capable of doing. These men are: 1.. Ambassador Count ven Schu- ,lenherg, who was Hitler's Ambas- sador to Moscow before the blow between Nebraska and Washington. | fell. He . was SO0MG 45 the. Iather | of the Soviet-German pact, which (Continued from Page One) the Russians called “the pact von WHO STARTED NAZI | Schulenberg.” He. had fought in NIGHTMARE? | the 1914-15 German campaigns in lina welcomes the development of Now that the Russian Lumpmgnf}(u»m a}lso in Turkey. He knew the sponge’iron industry. {is a nightmare, most Gmmans‘lho Rm_.s_mn people and the Rus- Sponge iron is one of WPB's poor |\\uuld like to wake up from, neu- sian military strength. When he xelauona, which finally got belated Itral reports state that they are first heard proposals of a military WPB approval as one way to lick B ¥ the acute steel shortage, but whuhg is still opposed tooth and nail by | the big steel companies. | Governor Broughton, however, ! points out that North Carolina once | was one of the thriving iron cen- ters of the USA, and wants to; bring back, under the cheap, quick | sponge iron process, what the big steel companies took away with| their expensive, highly concen- | trated blast furnaces. This week, he is following up lu.s advertisements with a letter to| leading newspapers and magazine: pointing out the national possi-| bilities of ‘spenge iron and urging | aid in breaking the bottleneck in ‘Washington. | Bl[l[! H’-][! Crossword Puzzle PESamAas ACROSS Depart Circular 1n- dicators 3 Difterent ones 7. Determine . Emblem 39 Mark of a . National park blow in Tennessee 41. Hebrew fetter . Chilean shrub 42 After song . Note of the . 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Sou of Samuel NO LAME DUCK NORRIS , Senator George Norris left the Congress which he had served for 40 faithful years as probably the only man who has turned down an important and lucrative govern- ment job, | The President was ready and an- zious .to appoint him chairman of | he Tennessee Valley Authority, which Norris after years of fight- | g finally put through Congress. | jut the old gentleman flatly re- tused, ! “What would I look like,” he said, “taking a job as a lame duck when 1 passed a Constitutional | amendment abulvhnw the lame | duck Congress?’ “Besides,” Norris added, “my place is out in Nebraska. I'm l‘un\b home.” So Senator Norris went back w McCook, Neb., to his very small, ! Particular Masculine Lukewarm ‘Two-spot Takes the chiet m Shoot from ambush . Hawaiian geese ‘Those who idolize ill il 7/ s fl 38 Brink 4 SEN 0. Horse of & certain gait 1. Dish’ of bread and milk fllllll%fllll 51. SI THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANUARY 13 JANUARY 13, 1923 Passengers sailing from Seattle for Juneau aboard the Alameda were L. S. Reed, R. F. Lewis, A. S. McMullen, R. A. Rust, Mrs, F. Brenner, Mrs. L. O. Gore, P. Carlson, Miss O.” Goodman, A. Barges, A. Flee, L. R. Lanergen. Helen Jane Adams Lou Hudson Mary Campbell Mrs. G. G. Brown Ben Taylor Sheila Barry Harry Stonehouse Stanwood Whiteley Dallas Weyand - - A AT W. C. Smith, who had been black smith for the Treadwell Company, had booked passage on the Spokane, enroute for California for the winter. Despite a heavy snowfall which soaked everyone through and through, one of the best times of the year was enjoyed by the senior class on a sleigh ride the previous night. Twelve members of the class were present and Miss Mary Carnahan chaperoned the crowd. Behind four horses the sled skimmed over the ground, taking the party all around the town and out to Salmon Creek Returmnt to Juneau, the crowd went to the school HOROSCOPE “The stars incline WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1943 DIRECTORY .25 Professional Fraternal Societies Drs. Kaser and Gastinequ Channel Freeburger beginning at 7:30.p. m DENTISTS R. W. COWLING, Wor- Blomgren Building Phone 56 | |Shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 BECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple | vor but do not compel” i THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 Good and evil planetary inllu-; ences contend today. Favorable as-| pects gain in the late hours. There | is a sign fortunate for the comple- | tien of important matters. | HEART . AND HOME: Novel| aid women who work in the vari- ous industries, but there will' be| aecess of interest in cooking, ac- cording to latest variations of es | tablished recipes. Knowledge of | vitamin content will contribute to| the nutrition of lunches which now assume double importance in many families. Love of home and its rou- | tine tasks will be increased rather | than diminished in the estimation | of most wives and daughters cm-f ployed in war work, astrologers predict. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: This should be a date that is marked by distinct achievement in com- | mereial contracts and other im- portant matters. The volume of | trade for this first month of 19434 to be surprisingly large, the stars seem to promise. Retail me; is | chants may experience slight dis ippointment but there will be brisk January sales encouraged by extra- | ordinary bargains, Women's worst | metics are to prove unfounded } However, cotton hosiery will gam‘ in popularity while rouge loses fa- | among smart women. NATIONAL AFFAIRS: ess of central nurseries for | dren of working mothers will en- | courage experiments in dining | rooms for family groups, it is fore- | ast. Relief of home duties will be {ortunate for wives and mothers who are using strength in shops | and factories. The cost of food will be reduced by cooperation in pre- saring it in large quantities, it is| predicted, and thus another step n the changes long prophesied for | the American way of living will be | taken. This is likely to be tempor- | ary, the seers declare. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: | Changing, planetary aspects presage | more terrific strain for dwellers on ‘he earth. National mourning for leaders in American affairs is prog- nosticated. Statesmen will end use- ful careers as a result of anxiety | and overwork, it is foretold. Dan- | zer of supreme emergencies and | even reversals are discerned for the United Nations. Berlin con- | tinues under threatening portents and again treacherous peace ges. tures are indicated. Intrigue, plot- ting and confusion are presaged for Japan, which will suffer from in- clement weather and earthquakes this winter. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of many unexpected benefits. Advancement for men in war service, Especially| for engineers, is . foretold. Children born on this day prob-¢ ably will be clever, industrious and successful. They may be tempera- mental with moods sometimes gay and sometimes sad. (Copyright, 1943) Suc- chil- | campaign against Russia, he ex- pressed the gravest apprehension and did hjs ytmost to prevent it. 2. Lieut, Gen. . Koestring, who was German military attache in Moscow until the blow struck. He, too, had seen much of Russia, had fought against the Russians. - He was. a member of Gen. von Hin- denburg’s staff during the great campaign which culminated in the battle of Tannenberg, August, 1914. These hard-headed realists are now doubtless telllng their friends, behind their hands, what warnings they uttered in. 1941—all of which is not calculated to strengthen the sign-painter's prestige among the military ‘aristocracy. (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- ture Syndicate Inc.) RUHR YAM.EY 5. LONDON, Jan. 13.—The British Air Ministry announces that the RAF blasted the Ruhr again Mon- day night, the sixth raid in that area in .nine nights. The Ministry did not specify the objectives hit but said one plane of the Bomber Command is miss- ing. - Thomas Jefferson is often called JdENER////CLJEEEE humble bungalow, and hung out his law shingle. | the godfather of the U. s. Marine Band. S building and joined the party b’émg given there by the mothers of the students. did time recently given its members and Southeast Alaska Shrine Club planned ladies with a dance, social evening and In appreciation of the spl ladies by the Juneau EIKks, t to entertain the Elks and th | luncheon, the next Thursday hight. Gov. Scott C. Bone annpunced that he would leave on the next trip of the Northwestern to spg¢nd a few days in Seattle with his two sons and Miss Marguerite Bone with whom Mrs. Bone had been visiting over the Christmas holidays. Both Gov. and Mrs. Bone were to return im- forms of concentrated. foods will | mediately to Juneau. attractions were William S. Hart in “Travelin’ On” at the “Mr. Barnes of New York” and a Johnny Hines comedy at Spickett’s Palace Theatre “Torchy” Weather: Maximum, 35; minimum temperature, 32; snow. Daily Lessons in English % ;. corpon L S S RSB S S AR T - SNy WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not s Say, “Either you or I AM going,” the verb agreeing immediately preceding it. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Leonine (characteristic Pronounce le-o-nin, E as in ME, O as in NO unstressed, accent first syl “Either you or I are going.” with the subject of the lion) I as in MINE, not EX. recognition, tatic. : Gratitude, gratefulness, Observe the ECS thankfulness, ac- knowledgment WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each dz ORDINATE (adjective); well-ordered; regular; methodical. is yours.” Let us Today’s word: “A life bliss- fears regarding stockings and cos- ) ful and ordinate.”—Chaucer. f MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ o neren. cos bttt ), Q. When a girl is sitting in a theatre next to a man who annoys should she call an usher? A. She has this privilege, but the easiest way is to change her seat Q. What would be the best phrase for a man to use when intro- ducing his wife to a much older woman? A. “Mrs. Carter, I should like for you to know my wife.’ Q. What is the proper time to pass olives and celery at the table? A. During the soup course. her, B e LOOK and lEARNA C. GORDON e ] 1. What times? 2. What under”? 3. What is the largest inlet in the United States? 4. Into how many degrees or classes are burns divided by physicians? 5. What bird was brought from England to the United States to fight the canker worm pest, which was destroying our fruit trees and shade trees? ' ANSWERS: Crude rubber, Australians Chesapeake Bay. Three. English sparrow. STIFF FIGHTING MAYU PENINSULA' NEW DELHI, Jan. 13, Jap forees are resisting strongly against the attempt of the British to drive down the Mayu Peninsula, an of- ficial communique says. The bulletin added there was no| important change in the Rathe- | daung area, 25 miles above Akyab. are the three leading United States imports in normal soldiers are usually referred to as the “boys from down sugar cane, and coffee. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS ATTENTION The 1943 Automobile~ License Plates are now available and on sale at the office of the City Clerk. The operation of motor vehicles not bearing 1943 license plates is orohibited after December 31, 1942. ETTA MAE DUCKWORTH, adv. City Clerk. i Empire Classifieds Pay! Eirst 'All-Scra'p Rubber Tire RAIDED 6TH TIME| Posing with one of the first civilian tires made entirely of scrap rubber by Goodyear is Lena May. Enkrom of Akron, O, The sleek, black war tire smells like rubber and cannot be distinguished from the pre-war tire, except for a War Tire seal on the sidewall. Motorists following Baruch recommendations can expect 10,000 miles from them. 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. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 2TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Grocerles Phone 16— Dr. Jofl{s}fleyer Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground I The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Prankiin Sts. PHONE 136 ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair 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 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 63 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR ward 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 13; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 — T 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 ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Sheif 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 1 "Guy Smith-Drugs” (Caretul Prescriptionists) ® Perfect comfort ® Centrally located ® Splendid food and service McClure, ® Large Rooms Mgr. all with Bath ALASKANS LIKE THE CALL AN OWL Phone 63 TheB.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS