The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1943, Page 2

WAYNE coy EUGENE CASEY i - In 1939 NEC was absorbed P ik i) he new Office of Government Re- AT ports, which Mellett headed. OGRS WASHINGTON —The capital’s {yneticns have now been taken over My y Men—those administrative ,y tne Office of War Information. ] assistants President Roosevelt chose aronett heads OWI's motion pic- N I n because of their “passion for anon- |y..." giy Somé see this as a ! 'l are living up to their ad-|.ome-down for him, but others 3 § ¥ a " billing in varying degrees. ;int out that he remains on thef - ; | On the whole the naged 10 pyesident’s payroll and Is consist-| 1 B@"Ll; LO;JI"? Fe b[ tifi Toxr;’ngopex K ¥ ently, if unobtrusively, present at | | Brothers battery of the wi cham- 'lvwv.ul (m\'yv S Al\(hm}/('(l the ppR's press conferences |pion St. Louis C.nd&;ai;—m;‘chex f 5- o 3 v o] S | o .. |Mort and Catcher alker—have | sid to .1]7]‘\{Hh !n :\:1::!!?1 Another bashful membmcur ll!;( A 2 l Y Ahother big class 18 U Pe nibi- v“m-d e T | trative assistants, he at prese! S | ex e family is A oy. He £ & o [Sig 1€ acts. (rative wsistants, be 4t present has excautive family s Wayne Coy. He| Predicts Be in Berlin Year juwa.vy the s u e mostns 015 s Bveadon, folow- | four I E e dislike: a k. s 3 e ight, accordin 0 . al o is- | David K. Niles, William H. McRey- | ,ce5 to take the glory for any thing on Wednesday night g ing the usual custom, did not dis- and Lowell alongside nolds, Lauchlin Currie Mellett. Ranking right th them, however, are Eugene Casey, listed as an executive assist-| ; and Wayne Coy, liaison officer between the President and the Of- fice of Emergency Management er-all agency which heads WPB, OCD, OPA and the the wartime establishments. —which may be one réason for his success in Washington. An Indianan, like Mellett, Coy pends his days in conferences with worried officials and in dashing by auto among the numerous buildings which house the manifold OEM UP agencies. rest of The descendant of an Irish pio- Ineer, Coy had a struggling youth The one who has most consist-|4nq manhood until -he climbed on ently buried himsell in anonymity pay) McNutt's band-wagon, helped is David K. Niles. This short, stocky | ejecy him governor of Indiana, was veteran of Massachusetts politics,| put in charge of state relief (which|British Field Marshal Sir Archibald a Harvard graduate, was assistant|pave him contacts with Harry Hop-|Wavell ‘at New . Delhi. to H Hopkins when HOpPKIns king) and rode the bandwagon on| He told United States Army Air was administrator of WPA and sec- | jnto Washington, becoming assist-|Force officers here we “have an tary of commerce. Later he be- ant fedéral security administrator|appointment in Berlin a year from came an advisor on labor matters when McNutt took over the Secur-|now and T will'méet you six months in the OPM and WPB. He was ap-|jty Agency. Hopkins introduced him|gasterwards in Tokyo.” pointed an administrative to Mr. Roosevéli, and since then| SR gl g oo ant last August, the most be has grown more and more solid- \ appointee. ly into the President’s esteem. 13 Bov SmUTS He has kept himself out of the| youngest of the “Secret Six" is newspape off the radio, awa year-old. Eugene origin- from lecture platforms. He mever- ally slated to be the Presidents| Io IAKE IHEIR theless has an enormous first-name | qgricultural advisor but who reall | | acquaintanceship and can get al- qoes a litte bit of everything. EXAMS Io“erT most_any job dome for the Presi-| «More than any of theyBoss’ as- dent by simply picking up a phone nts, I suppose, I serve as his and calling some big shot leyes and ears,” he told me. “I ap-| William H. McReynolds, a gov-'pear ,,,;-‘ Him in ' ‘answer o 'a m:,d‘ HaVe Compleied Course Oi emment servant for 40 years, has many invitations he can't meet, krown FDR since his New Yok und vart b suprised at now mucn| AMErican Red Cross days. He's a smooth looker, grey-iyou can pick up about what people| ) [ : B G il ERe (onY- | o TR Bl sivinger i) Junior First Aid ts during a ‘half-hour in-| Son of a Washington plumber, - Casey sold papers, jerked sodas,; Juneau Boy uts will take their | » McReynolds, a personnel e ved his money, finally was able{final examinations tonight for the goes the credit for simplif finance some housing projects| American Red Cross Junior First nz the civil service rules for during Washington’s building boom|aid Course which they have been duration of the war. He also takes of the '30s. Now he owns severall for the past four nfonths proud credit for arranging for farms in Maryland, sells 500 gal-| The intensive first course wa m wartime agencies to use ex-|lons of milk a day from them {neld jointly by Troops 612 and 6 : statistical and research out-| Casey thinks this about the an-|A Junior American Red Cross Cer fits rather than set up new ones. onymity system ite will help the scouts in their Lauchlin Currie, unobtrusive,| «1t prevents conflicting state- | requirements for sécond class, first sandy-haired, a native of Nova Sco- ments from coming from those |class and merit badge attainment tia, is the President’s contact man around the President. If I should : following boys will take the with China, where he traveled last make a statement in a speech, and| examination in the High year on an economic assignment Mr. Currie a Statement in an in-|School building at 7 o'clock tonight: from FDR, and Canada. Modestly terview at variance with it—and| Bill Carlson, Gerry Chapman, he will admit that “I believe I may both were in conflict with a state-| Buddy Hunter, Edmund Kennell, have been of some slight service to ment made by the boss at a press Kleweno, David Sperling, the President from time to time.” conference — you might think it Sprague, Edwin Stewart Currie toys constantly with an would make all three of us look| Weiss, Dick Wengersen, El- ivory cig holder while talking, like darn fools. You would be wrong.| win - Wright, James Wright and but ually smokes few cigarets. Only two of us would look like|Dale Roff. There is a signed portrait of Chiang | darn . foo! ek on the mantlepiece of his —_———ee— - te State Department building . e >. (All the assistants ar :'-I_ A l tered in 0 vow i tma veneravie LCQION AUXIIATY | old monument.) 2 ! Lowell Mellett—called by some M ' gT d y o thneen i L eeing {Uesda e ton” and by others “one of the important”—was editor of a hington chain newspaper for 16 years, but quit his $20,000-a-yea The American will hold a business ing Tuesday Legion Auxiliary and social meet- evening, it is an- job in 1937 because he and his boss ’}“.“,"“’,‘f, il S o agree about President git AT “:u e, pomplpted evelt.. He soon became head of 1s time for the card party to be held later this month The Juniors are especially invited National Emergency Council, then a slow-pokey agency which did cuch chores as looking up infor- (4o 2ttend this meeting, as well as nation for congressmen to use in 1056 WhO have recently received meking :eecl their majority certificates. Melleli organized & really ef- I"h](‘ meeting will be held at the ficient ¢ rment information ser- 'Sual time and place, 8 p. m., at the Legion Dugout ance is desired. - branched out into doing spade apd ' full ‘atienfe £ h ihings as the Wage Hc iw. He took over, too, cont ial study of economic Castles extinct vole the conditions in the South e built on the sides of anoes in Scotland. YES-MR. JIGGS / T SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET EGGS ANYWHERE/ HAVE YOU TRIED BUYIN! ‘EM AT THE into| WELL-GOOD-BYE/ IF YOU GET ANY-~ LET ME KNOW - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU ALASKA DAVID K. NILES AXIS AIRMEN | from Now, Tokyo Soon After 15.—Lieut. Gen. BOMBAY, Fcb, said in that the States Army Air Forces, an interview here today “Axis air forces are on the and our boys are doing a great job everywhere.” lowing, a strategical ‘conference with | Cy MANAGER BILL IS PASSED | INHOUSETODAY The House this morning unani- mously passed a bill sponsored by |Rep. Harvey J. Smith to allow corporated cities in Alaska to adopt the city manager plan upon approv- |al of the constituents of the cities. Rep. Christian A. Roust intro- id\u‘ d_a bill which would provide penalties for failure to take out a ilicense prior to engaging in or car- rying on any business, trade, occu- pation or profession. The penalty would be a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than six months. | The House adjourned {r-\-lock tomorrow until morning. 11 ® 63 Calls An OWL CAB § H. H. Arnold, chief of the United | decline | Arnold was insa jovial mood fol- | in- | WILL IAM H M:REYNOI.DS ELKS TO LOWELL MELLETT itoopers | Exalted Ruler Arthur Adams, and | Secretary M. H. Sides. lose what each was paid but he !did say both got increases. | ‘The initiation is the Dhmond‘ Mort ‘won twenitystwo | anid. lost | Jubilee Class. There will be special |seven Jast year, leading the club {entertainment following the initia- into a National League pennant, tion by Buddy Rice and his!Ozark hut was unable to win the world Mountain boys, with Billy and An- scries with the Yankees. Walker |{thony L. Spina as soloists. |batted .281 for the regular season. After the initiation, business ses- | !sion and entertainment the Elks | been' sét for ‘Jt‘nlnvs(l\ March 3, 1 valemme Day WaS ~ Charming Affair when there will also be initiation, | nominations and refreshments. corations - > 'DAWSONITES 6O 10 Valentine consisting of red heart and white candles | BED wn’H MORE OB ond many ng plants formed| a charming background for the an-| . nual Valentine Tea given last Sat-| THAN IN DAY“ME |urday by the Senior Guild of Holy |Trinity Cathedral in Trinity hall | o between 2 o'clock and 6 p. m. The fuel situation has become 3oth socially and financially the worse and worse as sub-zero tem- - was a great success and many | itures continued in the lon- | naweome were welcomed among | (m\v according to the Dawson'News the scores of women who attended. January 23. The interior metro-| Those who poured during the af-| polis looked like Sleepy Hollow Or & terngon were Mrs. J. A. Williams, rted village as everybody Te-|Mrs. E. M. Polley, Mrs. M. O. John- mained indoo and stoked fires scn, Mrs. Frank Boyle and Mrs. | | The News says, a good stoker Lucretia Botsford and assisting | h his weight in these days is wc members of the guild with serving| old. We: know of one TDWWS o4l ware the Misses Irene Williams and| ouple who figured they might.$ave Merion Cass | on their dwindling supply Of ‘wood) Mrs. Welln Holbrook, general | by going to bed early. T did. chairman in charge of the tea, Mrs. | Next morning they awoke itg find ¢. E. Rice and other members of he mperature in t house the Guild, as hostesses, mingled lown around zero and evergthing with the guests and contributed to| was frozen up, even the cat. They htful atmosphere of ho-.-; stay up nights now. | friendliness that makes | Here’s another cold weather this v one of the most at-| wrinkle that is quickly gaining in tractive spring events. | favor. Quite a few Dawsonites, so R i Y | ‘tis reported, are retiring at nights, ‘ wearing more clothes to bed than RGUMENTSON PADDY HEARD hey wear during the day. One hus- band claims that his wife looked an Arctic Eskimo when she fled last with like for the covers night befors a white parka drawn over her night the parka hood pulled over her head, and red woolen mittens on 3 s : her hands. The husband reports he SUERL o the motlor g Hew al in the case of William Paddy, ccnvicted of mur in the first idegree ten days ago, were set for hearing in the U. S. District Court at 2 o'clock this afternoon In the motion for a new trial, H. D. Stabler, attorney for the defense based the request principally on the claim that insufficient evidence was presented to warrant an had a hard time trying to make his spouse get”up the following morn- ing . ... it was so cozy in bed. Meanwhile, Dawson continues to resemble an ice-plated refrigerator with the door shut and the cooler process going full blast. But don't get disheartened. The Weather Man has dropped a timely hint that the spell will break tomorrow some- un- I uali verdict of firs egree | time. Cross your fingers and touch ?m".m,r e wood. He may have something there. " paq4c wac found guilty of first | — e | b |degree murder for the Killing of | Teny Simin, by a jury composed of | nine women and three men after| less than three hours deliberation. D - NO SHOW—THEY WAIT Going by way of Granville and Dominion Creek, T. Anderson and A. Johansen, trappers from up the Stewart River, recently arrived in NOTICE Dawson to replenish their food and Dr. Carlson has returned to her clothing and to see a movie. The Juneau practice. Eyes examjined theatre was closed because of cold and broken lenses replaced in our | weather but they said they would own shop. Blomgren Bldg. Phone | wait for a break and would not re- |636. turn to camp without seeing a! e, imovie if they stayed all \vmfie | BlY WAR BO | | | | f \ | tled out of court and the {RA LAUCHLIN CURRIE e Lo CIVIL CASES ARE SETFORTRIALIN DISTRICT COURT Two cases WV several others reset for e been District Court. | The case of the U. S. of America | trial, in the U. S. vs. Louis Paul and Peter Sing was set for trial February 16. Council| waived services. H The case of C. J. Bailey vs lea‘ Groh, set for trial today, was scl-: ase dis- | as | vs. missed on motion of attorneys was the case of A. W. Quist W. D. 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