The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1943, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Pnbm.hn every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. = + = = President Wice-President and Business Manager u_as Second Class Matter. for $1.50 per menth. cl - : One year, six mo! 1in wdvance, $7.00; e -llnlh n ldvl 1, Subscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly -m the Business Office of aby fallure or irregularity in the de- @ivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 374, MBER OF ASSOCIATED FRESS ‘The Associated .l‘fi Press s exclusively entitied blication of all news dunm credited to ut -fi- El:ndmc in this paper and also the local (%A “TATASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. AL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 I-lflcln lullamc Beattle, Wash. and WHO CAN'T FIGHT? During that grim phase of World War II when | the surviving opponents of the Axis military jugger- naut could nowhere muster enough men and equip- ment to take the initiative, or even hold their own, it became the very stupid habit in some American (as well as Nazi) parlors to sneer at the British Army, Although British soldiers continued to do their | dogged best in a continuing procession of . military misfortunes—and did amazingly well with due al- lowarice for the circumstances—each new reverse | added fresh exercise for tongues so idle that they found time to work for Paul Joseph Goebbels. Nor was it necessary for the Berlin radio to do more than merely help along this insiduously damagins| frame of mind. | The disparagement of British military prowess, stemming basically from stupidity or lack of thought, was difficult to counter with the ordinary process of reason. It had to await refutation by events, and the coming of the time when English soldiers could meet their foes on equal footing of strength and materiel. No, more is heard now about the “retreating British.” The manner in which General Alexander's British Eighth Army hurled the redoubtable Marshal Rommel's force out of Egypt and chased it two- thirds of the way across Libya, and the style in Which the British First Army has battered at the Nazl bridgehead in Tunisia, have served more effec- | tively' than any amount of talk or reasoning to dis- Pose_of the Nazi-cultivated notion that British fight- ing men: were innately inferior to their foes. Thanks to a parative equaity of numbers and equipment o several fronts, the British are no longer passively on the defensive on any of the world’s battlefronts. 'l‘Bey are on the offense on both ends of the North |toward our THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUN !Mrican line, have moved back into Burma, forced ¢ {the Germans into a frenzy | farthermost Norway to the southern tip of Italy, ence such places as Madagascar, {and French Somaliland. against far better prepared adversaries, tories now held or controlled by the British are con- siderably larger than at the outset. If we need a testimonial to the mettle of our ally, the fighting Tommy, that fact alone is right eloquent. Pioneer of Plenty ublished | el e, | (Philadelphia Record) Dr. George Washington Carver, who died re- | cently, at his home at Tuskegee Institute, had a per- sonal part in two great movements for human free- dom—freeing of the slaves and freeing the farmer from economic serfdom. Born of slave parents, Dr. Carver saw the mem- |bers of his race win political freedom and begin | their slow march to economic freedom. i In that march of the Negro, of the sharecropper |of all races, of the farmer everywhere he was a pioneer. For Dr. Carver was one of the earliest workers in chemurgy, the science that deals with industrial use of farm and forest products. The chemurgists, nicknamed ‘“pioneers of plenty,” pointed the way modern use of plastics and other synthetics. They have broken the rigid economy of the past that limited raw material wealth to coal and iron, opened the way toward an industrial pros- perity that they hope will include the share-cropper as well as the mine-owner. Dr. Carver often said: there. light.” So, after working his way through college, he rigged up a makeshift laboratory at Tuskegee and went to work with what was “already there” in the region—sweet potatoes, peanuts, cotton, soy beans, corn, clay. From peanuts he developed more than 300 syn- thetic products—peanut butter, milk, various oils and dyes, a shampoo, a cough medicine, an imita- tion coffee, a grease. From the sweet potato he developed 118 pro- | ducts—a flour widely used during the World War, starch, library paste, shoe polish and a symhetic rubber. His discoveries in the use of the soy bean were adopted by great automobile manufacturers for paint making. The sprayed paints now used on all Ameri- can automobiles were derived from his work. He developed paving bricks from cotton, ments from clay, canvas from corn husks. He was @ noted landscape artist. The Luxembourg in Paris bought one of his paintings. He was a great force in freeing the poor farm- ers in the South from the tyranny of cotton and ! the one-crop system. His influence was so great that while the peanut had little commercial value in 1898, it now ranks next to cotton as a money “The things are already God, through my hands, brings them to pig- than $60,000,000 a year in income. Yet Dr. Carver would take nothing for himself. He would say: “Whatever helps the Southern farmer helps the entire South. Whatever helps the South helps everybody.” Dr. Carver’s life makes us all feel better about the human race. He was a great American, a great man. Most " important {in the newspapers. The Farm Security Administra- item = was a|tion Jhas worked out a plan.for of fortification from After three and a half years of unequal war the terri- crop in Alabama and now brings to the South more | ty Bureau'.of .the Civil 'Aeronau- tics Board be made . independent {again, as prior to the, President’ reorganization ' order of June 30, 1940, which created the CAB. (Onnflnued from Page One) can get—and on schedule. That's for failing to crack down on reck- why sometimes he gets impatient and may not always appear to understand labor.” by INDERELLA" WALLACE ‘The Vice President and Mrs. Wallace turned up on foot the! other night for dinner at the Swiss Legation, Where Wallace’s sister is one brash young student pilot the wife of Swiss Minister Brugg- (looped-the-loop around a transport mann. ;plane loaded with passengers. -When Mrs. Wallace entered the| door, guests were taken aback at| said his committee has received lines about “circus flying” by rookie Army airmen, which, the airlines port planes. In California, Nichols revealed, MOVING . FARM WORKERS | recommendationi that the Air Safe- | Nichols also rapped the Army | many complaints from private air-| contend, has become a serious haz- | ard to safe flying by civilian trans- | the Kentucky hills to the dairying moving agricultural workers which may solve a lot of préblems. . | FSA testimates that, despite- dire | shortage -of farm labor, there are |as many as half a million men who |can’'t get full employmeént on the land—because they are in the | wrong areas, | are . looking for help. This problem is aggravated by re- strictions on use of gasoline and tires. However, FSA bit.into the problem by moving 300 men from section of Ohio, where they have {been placed in jobs. Another group into training, “so they’ll know the (hind end of a cow from the fore |end.” And from the cutover timber her appearance. She looked almost | as if she were going marketing. She wore thick walking shoes; also # hat, and ladies don’t wear hats when they go out to official din-| ners in Washington. She also wore | & ‘heavy overcoat. But, Mrs. Wallace stepped into the dressing room and came out| p moment later a radiant cinder- ella. She had taken off her hat and arranged her hair. She had! changed her brogues for evening slippers, which she had brought under her arm. She had arranged her long evening gown, which had beeén up with a string under her coat so it would not drag on the streets. | It was a complete and quick transformation. Then after the din- | ner, Mrs. Wallace put on her old shoes, hat and slipped away just | ©s quietly” as cinderella. ACROSS . Garden im- plement . Narrow fab- rics . Anger . Frequented place . Soball fisn . Thin coating . Consldered . Small explo- . Nt | slon . Turned up the jerman city ground me of the . The herd eve Muses 4 . Poem . Little lle 4 ward of valor 47 way rob- r . Separate card game . Européan dor- mouse 6 . Ornamented lower part of i Al Paton'a piay 64 . Prepared Siamese coln Coquet . Shrill cries . Thing: law 7. Sum Relatives . Salutation 62 Old musical note Fasten Anxletles | BUSH! HUSH! MR. NICHOLS! | Only rarely in recent history) has the entire House of mpresen-\ tatives staged a secret closed- doorl session. So when one was held last | to hear the report of Rep- tative Jack Nichols' special ttee on air safety, caplwl‘ buzzed with rumors that big| were afoot. Actually, however, the genial Mr. Ni was merely setting the stage to ask the House to establish a Méw Committee on Civil Aeronau- tics—with himself as chalrman, of | catirse. The super confidential set- In which he submitted his| was calculated to impress n!lulues with his lnvesun-i tion of airplane accidents. ly Jack has been doing a| but his “secret” report chkfly a long-winded recital dvllhn air crashes, all reported ord Puzzle (i z]miolm] QLEEan Solution Of Yesterday's Puxzle 2. Medley 65. Cluster of wool fi . Glve courage to bers . 2dusical time . Open court 3 DOWN 1 Figof petu- 4 i 5. S. Propels 7 8 9 10 canoe . Greek letter u. 180 ‘ormer Turk- wiah court . Worn away . Sofa 26. Ru oa oun= 2. A lullgdle e dales . Garref : Ofty in Pra . Tighten the strings or. Source of sugar . Measure of dista) 55. Crisp e 58. Indlan of Tierra gel Fuego The probleth is to less pilots at air training fields. He | move them to areas:where farmers of 191 has been moved and put |1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY and meanwhile have wrested from Axis-Vichy influ- Reunion Island, FEBRUARY 5 # Harry 1. Lucas, Jr. Mrs. George Peterson Elwin Messer Mary Guerrera Mrs, Viola Eskesen R. W. Marshall Leon M. Danielson Richard Jackson Louise Nielsen Herbert C. Dunlop ————— HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do mot compel” Saturday, February 6 Benefic aspects dominate today. There is a threatening sign for labor which may interfere with an entertainment project. day are well directed by the stars which encourage all the finer things of life. It is a date for enjoying mu- sic and the arts. There is a fair promise for weddings under this configuration which indicates that love will be lasting. The birth rate for this year will be high and the babies of wartime should be of super quality in mind and physique. If this war is Armageddon the new, generation will be the most for- tunate of any in history. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Evidence that the Government is preparing for a long war will be seén in ma- jor construction and industrial pro- jects which will benefit many wide- ly separated communities. National prosperity will continue to cause |world envy through the eventful! Winter. Emphasis now should be’ put upon wise economy by wage, earners who must provide for se-l curity in the future when incomes nece.ssaruy will be reduced. Aspects presage a year of greatest incomes| among groups of persons prevlously‘ restricted in money affairs. NATIONAL ISSUES: Food short- ages will further test the American public in the next eight weeks, it is |foretold. Black markets will appear {tor short ‘periods and will be pa- tronized by the selfish folk who were hoarders when ratiol ! first {became necessary. Gradually true | patriotism will prevail among' many | who have been slow to realize in-| |dividual responsibility in winning| the war. In the Spring, victory gar- dens will multiply in all parts of the country. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: | Careful planning by the United| Nations will be' apparent as the fierce fighting in the Pacific brings berd-earned rewards. Inevitable los- es among our armed forces will bring home to Americans the full meaning -of a struggle they were unable to avoid, but as time passes the tide toward United Nations vic- tory will turn strongly and all who battle for democracy will be greatly stimulated by high hope. Persons whose birthdate it is| have the augury of a year of varied perplexities. Good fortune will mingle with revérses in ways that are reassuring. Children born on this day probab- ly will be independent and individ- | ual, Many may have talents of unu- sual possibilities. (Copyright, 1943) areas of Northern Wisconsin, men are being moved to the dairying sections in the southern part of the state. These are the first experimental steps in a program which, by the first of March, will be moving 500 men a week. Thus far, FSA is using emergency funds from the President. They hope to get more funds from Congress for a perma- npent program. If it succeeds, it may solve the permanent peace- time problem of the dust bowl. | MERRY-GO-ROUND Walter Lippmann is telling this one on himself: A Tennessee news- paper publishing both Lippmann and Walter Winchell mixed the captions over the columns so that. Winchell's stuff carried Lippmann’s. name and vice versa. Lippman says he got this reaction: “How inter~ esting Lippmann has become!” . . . As an Army sentry stood guard gravely at the White House.fence, a high wind blew the sentry box over on him. He scrambled out, looking for a Nazi saboteur. (Copyright, 1043, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) —————— KICHTOO TWIN TO BE BURIED ON SATURDAY Funeral services for little Jim- mie Kichtoo, who died Wednesday night at the Government Hospital, will be held tomorrow afternoon at. 2 o'clock in the Memorial Presby- terian Church, with the Rev. Wal- ter A, Soboleff officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kichtoo, an older sister and Jimmie's twin brother, Jerry. The father is employed at the Alaska-Juneau Mine. e ATTENTION— Trollers and fishermen. Meeting, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m in Miners' Union Hall. HEART AND HOME: Women to- | but talented and practical. | U ALASKA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1943 20 YEARS AGO 7% empire FEBRUARY 5, 1923 Between 10 and 12 persons were killed by tidal waves in Hilo Bay, Territory of Hawaii, apparently as the result of intense earth shocks felt two days earlier. Seven tidal waves swept Hilo Bay, Island of Hawaii, {reaching a maximum height of 15 feet. New orders from Berlin to the employees of the Rhineland railroads had the effect of stiffening the resistance against the French and dis- pelled hopes of settlement of differences. ~French occupation of the Rhineland had been extended, presumably as a penalty for German inter- ference in train service. A splendid and unusual program to be followed by a business meet- ing was to be given at the session of the Juneau Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation the following night at 8 o'clock at the school auditorium. The program was under the direction of the school faculty and promised to be most interesting. A Valentine party, guests to attend en costume, was to be given on Saturday evening, February 10, at the school auditorium by the mothers of the students of the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. The party was to be novel with games, dancing and many features to be followed by a special supper. Dr. P. O. Mathews, special assistant to Roy A. Haynes, Prohibition Commissioner, and Leo F. Bracken, Special Agent, left on the Jefferson {for Ketchikan. They expected to continue to the States. The preceding day was moving day at Treadwell when the office books and other equipment was transferred to the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company’s plant at Juneau and where, beginning immediately, all the clerical work of the company was to be handled in the future. N. F. Gilkey, Miss Agnes Museth and Ted Hellenthal, who had charge of the work Were to continue in charge. The two former were to continue their residence on Douglas Islafid but Mr. Hellenthal planned to move to Juneau. Miss Vivian Lindstrom was complimented with a party given for her on her 18th birthday by Mrs. John Livie at her home in Treadwell. About 20 girl schoolmates of the young lady were invited. Weather was rainy. Maximum temperature was 40 and minimum was 37 Daily Lessons in English % .. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “She was anxious to do some shopping.” Say, “She was EAGER to do some shopping.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ecru. Pronounce a-kroo, A as in DAY, 0O as in SOON, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Medal (a metal disk commemorating some event). Meddle (to interfere). Metal (a material; substance). SYNONYMS: Decipher, decode, translate, explain, discover, make out. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: INALIE/JABLE: incapable of being surrendered, or transferred to an- other. “It is our inalienable birthright.’ MODERN ETIQUETTE ® popgrra LEe Q. Is it proper to insert in the newspapers an announcement of a broken engagement? A. Yes, if an announcement of the engagement was made in the papers. A proper announcement would read something like this: “Mr. and Mrs. Robert L, Reade announce that by mutual consent the en- gagement between their daughter Marion and Mr. Thomas L. Fox is at an‘énd.” Q. When jelly is sefved on the dinner plate, how is it meant to be caten? JA. With the fork, as it goes with the meat. .Q. Shouldn’t a woman keep her voice low when t.alking’ A. Yes. Shakespeare said, “Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman.” LOOK and LEARN 2 What is the best work of Cervantes? Which State in the Union has the lowest mean altitude? Who invented the first motion picture machine, and in what C. GORDON 1s asbestos a vegetable product? How many negro slaves were freed by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclnmntlon? ANSWERS: 1. “Don Quixote.” 2. Delaware, which is only 60 feet above sea level. 3. Thomas A. 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