The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1943, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire rupluh;d-;:i,nemnl -_‘x'eo;:’ :;n‘dl-; by the Second and Main Streets, Junesn, Alsska. HELEN TROY MONSEN President B. L. EERNARD ice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Pu‘ofllu n—Jun-u [ lt!tml Class Matter. Delivered by ca nl D-n!n ‘for §1.50 per month, PAIA, st the Tollowime Fates: One year, i $15:00; eix months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.28. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of mpe failure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of thelr papers. Telephones: nxr Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMEIR OF Anoclu‘lll The Associated Press entitied to the use for tepublication of all news dnnuc o8 nndmd 10 1t or mot other- #0se credited n” Vits paver atid also the local news published rein, ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICA’ TTVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1811 Was) LARGER JON. NATIONAL REPRESENTA’ American nuumm Seattle, | THe New York Times reports that the Securities | But censorship of opinion is something else. Attempts of high-ranking War Department of- ficials to remove certain independent news commen- Itators from the air moves over the borderline to | censorship of opinion On a recent Sunday night top executives of the |Blue Network rigidly censored the script of Drew | Pearson, the Merry 0o-Round columnist who writes for The Record, and Columnist Walter Winchell. | | Pearson was not .permitted to comment on the fact that Senators Wheeler and Nye opposed the impend- ing trial of 33 reputed seditious conspirators, although {their opposition is a matter of public record and |had appeared in most American newspapers i War Department brass hats would never dare | |to censor newspapers in this manner—for several {reasons. Ome is that newspapers are ever ready to fight for freedom of the press. Another is that radio I chains 1eprescqfi “big money,” ever inclined to be ;llmld | Another, perhaps most important, is that the | Government—through control of air waves and kilo- | eycles—holds the power of life and death over radio. | | Wheeler, for instance, is chairman of the Senate | committee which handles radio legislation ! We believe the President should launch an im- THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIRE——JUNEAU ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCH 4 Mrs. W. A. E.nghsh Mrs. J. C. Kirkham Mrs. C. H. Metcalfe Gene Roehm Betty Clark | Carol Ann Olson i Mrs. Charles E. Hooker R. H. Stevens Marcus Carlson - ' HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” mediate investigation to find out why War Dcp.m- ment officials are censoring opinion in the interest | of certain Senators. Freedom of speech is unpom\mJ on the air, too—even though radio is timid in dc»\ fending that right. | | How Not To Control Inflation (Cincinnati Enquirer) | affecting Iseen in the horoscope for this datc.! | | 3 | | Friday, March 5 This is not an important day inj| planetary direction but evil portents labor and aviation are HEART AND HOME: Women} should be cautious under this con-| figuration which tends to reduc-*} | Other guests were to be Gov. Scott C, Bone, Capt. John Boedecker of {the Unalga and Capt. P. A. Agnew, Disbursing Officer of the Alaska 20 YEARS AGO 7% eupire MARCH 4, 1923 Col. James G. Steese was to be the honor guest at a banquet to be given by a number of local business men and friends at the Arcade Cafe. Road Commission. John B. Marshall, Prohibition Enforcement Officer for the Alaska District, has received a telegram from Roy Haynes, Prohibition Com- missioner, offering him appointment to ‘the litgation division attached to the Washington Division. He had accepted the position but had not vet been informed as to whether the transfer was to Washington, D. C., {or Washington State. James Fozard, Superintendent of the Latouche mine, was aboard the Alameda for Juneau. He expected to remain in Juneau during the session of the Legislature, Delegate Dan Sutherland was to return to the short time, according to word received here. Territory within a The most enjoyable school party of the season was the masquerade | dance given on Saturday in the high school gymnasium by the En-Ti-Ty Club for the students of the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. Prize winners for costumes were Leola Langdon, Fred Bussey, Harriet Barragar, Mary Wilson, Eva Tripp, Billy Kirkland. Judges were Mrs, Oja, Mrs. Holmquist, Mrs. E. J. White and M. Russell. Carl Jensen, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jensen, was injured THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943 DIRECTORY .=, qumq} Societies tinequ Channel MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple Freeburger beginning at 7:30 p. m. DENTISTS JOHN J. FARGHER, Blomgren Building Phone Worshipful Master; JAMES W, - LEIVERS, Secretary. B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothérs wel- come. ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- alted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Sec- retary. Drs. Kaser and Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phese 16—84 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Blag PHONE 763 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and ey "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. confidence in their ability to over-| come obstacles. The wise will con- {and Exchange Commission has under consideration a plan to deal with the developmeént of a “boom market” by such radical means as closing the stock | exchanges, prohibiting all margin trading, apd plac- |ing heavy taxes on income from dividends. Supposedly, such a program would be intended as | on the head, receiving two severe gashes, when he fell over a rocky shelf centrate upon routine Work. Gooa | On @ steep grad on Mt. Rober.ts and rolled about 100 feet to the road in news from husbands and sons in Last Chance Basin the preceding afternoon. He was fully conscious and the armies of the United Nano“s‘qblc to walk and started for home. When about half way in he met a may be expected. Aged persons of|passerby who took him to his home. Dr. H. C. DeVighne was summoned, The Charles W. Carter Members of the Territorial Legislature, in con- sidering all proposed legislation, regardless of merits | or faults, are finding that the question of much will it cost?” keeps coming up. There is no question. but what 'the Territory facing one of its most critical periods. going to be tougher as the months pass. The legis- lators must take the next two years into considera- tion with peéssimism as far as revenue is concerned. | And in addition, a glance at the payroll in con- junction with present and probable Federal taxes will show the revenue well shrinking. It won't be long before it's dry . i Bills are pending to grant a pay raise to| teachers, to pay old age pensioners more money, to | increase Department appropriations, All of these | bills seem more or less worthy. It is the assump- tion that they would not have been introduced other- | wise in this session. But where is the money com- ing from?: Few of -us would like to be in the legislators' ! shoes this session. A glance at the proposed- appro- priations shows little room for slicing. Yet some §licing ‘will have to be done if the budget is going to be balanced Y “How ! is | Things are | Censorship Dangers (Philadelphia Record) Every newspaper and radio station in the coun- try has been perfectly willing to comply with our wartime censorship regulations No American wants to give military information ,to the enemy, whether it involves weather forecasts ia | tion. |nearly so much as some other elements of the na- !semble a boom market. { economic conditions in the nation. last resort means of checking a runaway infla- ; However, we are not even sure that it recom- mends itself as a last resort procedure. The stock market has been markedly inactive and stable during the period of war—fluctuating not tion’s economic structure. The volume of trading last year was the smallest of any year since before | World War I. And while it has shown rather more life this year, it certainly does not in any degree re- Operating under reasonable regulation, the stock exchange provides a fairly accurate barometer of If a state of de- {flation exists, it reflects it; if a condition of infla- tion exists, it reflects it, provided only, as we hme‘ said, that the market is operating as a place of in- | vestment exchange and a means of industrial finance, and not as a gambling device. Under the uhlmg\ regulations, it most assuredly is not operating in the latter manner at present. We fervently hope that if an uncheckable spiral of inflation does develop, the government will not | undertake to halt it by closing the stock exchange We can think of no device more likely to create and | spread panic than that. And as far as aiding in the stopping of inflation is concerned, it would be very much like trying to remedy a dangerous boiler pres- sure by tying down the safety valve. Should one come, a “boom market” would be a symptom of trouble further down in the economic structure. ‘The Federal Government in recent years | has so completely insinuated its control throughout our economic structure that it surely has the means of handling such a contingency without so drastic or movements of tloop‘ the 75-franc .rate Morocco because the Germans made the this area, franc n while th |able to weaken the franc French Africa. The Treasury is supposed to gov- ern U, S. financial policy. this case, Mr. Murphy went to ba'«‘lm governor of Louisiana . . these | SO vigorously for his French bank- bankers knew in advance that U.S.|Ing friends, that eventually he got | pick Gov. Bricker of Ohio as their troops were going to land in Nortn hold of President Roosevelt in Ca- | nomine (Continued from Page One) Germany, apparently with Africa. How they knew this mili- fsablanca and the tary secret in ample time to send siued an order fixing the rate at 50 {Heir' money to Algiers—though the francs to the dollar, U. S. Cabinet did not know it un-, Over-night, the til a few days before—has not béen thquo which had profited from the this side ! forced sale of Jewish and ‘union property had their 25 billion circumstantial | {ranc nest-egg increased in value facts are significant. The charming rom $350,000,000 to $525,000,000. definitely established on of the Atlantic However, certain and naive Robert Murphy, had as his close friend Jacques Lemaigre- Dubreuil, head of the French As- sociation of Taxpayers, a big busi- ness lobby—financed by many of these bankers. Lemaigre-Dubreuil worked hand in glove with the Corhite des Forges, or Steel trust, which had property in Austria and Axis countries. He had led the fascist disturbances in Paris in 1934, ‘shared the same political phil- osophy as these German-collaborat- ing bankers, and was close to them. Strangely enough it was Lemai- gre-. Du\neuu whom Murphy chose tohandle his contacts for the in- vasion of North Africa. It was he who picked General Giraud, ar- ranged to get him to North Africa i11 ‘disguise. ‘and who was Murphy's key man in. this vitally important operation ““How much Lemaigre-Dubreuil fold his Banker friends in Paris #bbnt- our 'military plans is his secret but: it is an incontrovertible faet that they moved their 25 bil- G ‘franc profits, wrung from un- | fortunate Jews and labor unions, | to North Africa shortly before the | U. 8. landing FRENCH BANKING LOBBY After U. S. troops landed, the State, War and Treasury depart- ments had “agreed to keep the ex- change rate at 75 francs for one| doliar. Whereupon the French bankers immediately launched lobbying campaign to peg the franc at 50 to the dollar. Obviously this would greatly enhance the 25 bil- lion franc nest-egg they had sneaked out of Paris Strangely enough the bankers re- ceived vigorous support from the naive Bob Murphy. His argument was” that in PFree French Africa to the south, the franc was pegged at 50 to the dollar, it should rot be 75 to the dollar in North Africa. However. CAPITAL It was. shortly ACROSS . Coarse fabric . Deny . Garden spider . Eplc pgem . Towar: . Footlike part . Slight taste of iquid . English letter . Conjunction Arret Snoop Exist 26. Richly deco- rated . Andiént Roman military ma- chine Rlfl?h r jar Humx work: . Lnnln( ani- a| YR 50 Washington had fixed and foolish an expedient and | Senator Ellender telephoned Loui had | siana’s state Supreme Court Jus- | much weaker, in |tice Archie Higgins that he was ey had not been |sure to be appointed to the U. S.| in_ Free | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, that FDR appointed Texas' Jimmy All- red to that judgeship . .. It looks But in a5 if Judge Higgins might now run Jim Farley thinks the Rep\lbhcans will in_Algiers e. Jim himself is partial to Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois as| the Democratic candidate, but he doesn’t count out Henry Wallace, Jimmy Byrnes, Paul McNutt, or| even—Jim Farley . . . A delegation from the Democratic National Committee will call on FDR March 2 along with Frank Walker to dis- cuss the moot question of reward- ing more Democrats instead of more CHAFF | Republicans—which the Committee Lowsiana’s (Says_has been the White House White House is- French banking labor after 42, Ganus of the maple tres . Side piece of a barrel . Symbol for Pilot 54, [ 7. Provided Cravat Instrument ard :{rrlk-rzenxly Near Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN. Greek letter sition [ . 1 63. Heaa covering Kind of moss . Ingredient of Rest ) 69. Escapes by subterfuge ok A i8S £ .’ Send out of the l'll 1 country Rufal: pcoson | Women's or- tg\;lutlon, abbr. . Long-estab- lished con= vention 3. Part of a flower 25. Encountered 27, Pull . Roman sena- torial gar- ments . Excess of the solar over the lunar year . Gerrus of m- [ . Mediterranean sailing . Dispersed . Web-footea Preeed«ng night . Cordid fabrie . Biblical char- acter ost mature Astern ares ailors, Entry in an account Bathe 60. Device for # \:'llsldn( cloth Mail -+ In behalf of Opening s, Dad 70. Suffice both sexes should safeguard health.|and ordered him taken to St. Ann's Hospital where his wounds were Much illness is forecast for this|dressed, and ten stitches were taken in his head. month in which the scarcity of| physicians and nurses will be of| grave significance BUSINESS AFFAIRS: War for tunes will be numerous despite pre— ventive measures by the govern- ment. In the process of leveling| wealth which is a result of the, world conflict, large possessions will | be reduced while humble callings| will produce large profits. Great re-| turns from dealer in junk will|that which is unusual, or queer. Weather was cloudy with a maximum tempearture of 40 and a mini- | mum of 31. PSSO - S e ; Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon b s WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “That is funny” to express Use FUNNY to express what is laugh- bring prosperity to a large class of'able. |tradesmen. From small enterprises giant corporations will develop. New synthetics will establish large en- | terprises NATIONAL ISSUES: As ration- ing extends this spring, human na- ture will reveal novel forms of self- ishpess. Planetary blind men and women to their| ! shortcomings as citizens, but vision revealing the weaknesses contemporaries will be clear. Heat- ed discussions in Congress will be frequent as many men of many| minds champion ways of enforcing| wartime restrictions. Expert book- keepers will be in demand as tax returns cause widespread perplex- ities. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:| Although our plishments have been amazing in| the last year the submarine menace | will continue spasmodically, accord- | ing to the stars. The terrible waste | {will be new designs in undersea | craft that will assure the destruc- |tion of enemy U-boats. The seers again warn against undue optimism regarding the early close of the| war. This year is to prove decisive for the United Nations, but there will be extended struggle by des- perate foes. Again the seers declare | that the price of victory will be' great. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of gain Profit through ultramodern inven- | tions or activities is foretold. Children born on this day prob- ably will be bright of mind and ex- ceptionally gifted. Intuition that is almost psychic may be possessed by certain ones. (Copyright, 1943 practice in the past. This questiun{ nearly blew the lid off the recent | Chicago meeting of the Democratic National Committee and it was decided to send a delegation to talk it over with the “Chief.” BIBLES FOR SENATORS The Gideons have presented ‘each member of the Seriate with a hand- some Bible bound if white leather with His name embossed ‘on the cover. Perhaps the following un- recorded incident ‘convinced the Gideonis that the Senate needed to x?fld the Bible. ' Recently the ' Senate *has been inviting’ Chaplains ‘from Various de- hominations to deliver the opetiing prayer. This inVitatlon was’ extéhd- ¢d récently to Dr. Prank’ W. Biink- 1} leading Christian "Sclentist, whe observed ‘the ceremony of silent prayer, followed ‘by the repetition of the Lord’s myar 'by all assem- bled. ‘The Sehdtors stood respect- tully with heads bowed during the period “of silence. But' théen when Dr. Bunker asked that they join him in the Lord’s prayer, it seemed as if only two or three of them knew it. At least hardly a voice could be heard in the gallery above. Shortly théreafter came the gift from the Gideons. (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) LACON, IlL—The manpower shortage has’hit the sports writing] traternity, too. At the tri-county basketball tour- nament, the press box was occupied three girl reporters—and there were no boy scribes. ¥ gt 5 BUY WAR RONDS increase our vocabuls influences will| ABHOR; man.” of their { OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Tedious. Pronounce te-di-us, E as in | TEA, I as in IT, U as in US, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Advisable; SA, SYNONYMS: Needless, unnecessary, WORD STUDY not SEA superfluous, uncalled for. “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us y by mastering one word each day. Today's word to detest to extremity. “Ingratitude is abhorred by God and | L’Estrange. MODERN ETIQUETTE ** ropprra LER ) Q. When someone says, “I am glad to have met you,” isn't a smile in reply sufficient? No. One should at least say Q. Should a waiter ‘Thank you.” pick up a glass or a bowl, with his fingers shipbuilding accom- | overlapping the top? A. Never. bowl. Q. Whom should one invite to attend a bridal shower? A. Only the very intimate friends of the bride. LOOK and [EARNA C. GORDON 1. Of what substance is glass principally made? 2. Which is known as the “City of a Thousand Churche: 3. Who said, “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's”? 4. What is the largest inland city in the world, not situated on navigable water? 5. “Who was the composer of “The Merry Widow' ANSWERS Sand. Philadelphia, Pa. Jesus. Indianapolis. Franz Lehar. His fingers should not touch tMe edge of the glass or Found Her—but Too Late! “THE ARMY CORPFORAL found a photograph of a pretty gi New York subway train. The corporal, Leonard Bender entered the picture in a contest to find a “Miss Air Force” in New York. The picture won first prize and Bender set out to find the girl, with the hopes of a possible romance, Bender found the girl, Elizabeth Hauser, but he found her six weeks too late. She had been married siX weeks ago to Herbert Gould. Anyway, Corporal Bender and Mrs. Gould, both shown ahove, will attend the premiere of the new movie, “Air KForce,” which prompted the contest. Mr, Gould, too! | HARRY RACE | Druggist Marlin Singledge Razor Blades 18 for 25¢ Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET RCA Vicior Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Beward Street Phone 6 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING l_:.c.s_—' mith and Corona Bold 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 Anmex South Franklin St. Phons 177 [ CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices “Say It With Flowers” but “SKY IT WITH OURS!" Juneau Florists Phone 311 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—O0il Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 1| AlaskaLaundry JUNEAU - YOUNG e Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Bhelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammanition E.E.STENDER For Expert Radio Service TELEPHONE BLUE #29 ) or call at 117 3rd St., Upstairs 15 Years’ Expericnce ® Perfect comfort ® Centrally located ® Splendid food and service ® Large Rooms— all with Bath ALASKANS LIKE THE Hortel ]I CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliscum Theatre 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1943 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS