The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 10, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA . singly hard to get Dady Alaska Emplre Also, explicitly or implicitly, there is a third ; Pablished every eventne ot Sunday by the reason which may be even more important. The HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY average woman is not aware of any pressing need Second and Mein Streets. Juneau, Alasks. {for her services. She may, indeed, have read or) EELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - - Presldent ;.0 61 that women are needed; but sometimes she B BERNARD - - Wia-Prosident end Busaes |doesn’t believe it at all, and sometimes she accepts b oo e o OSSR s s - Sntered In the Post Office in Jumeau as Second Class Matter. as Oy i i e XK lit as a generalization TRS: Delivered by earrier in Junean and Dousias for §1.50 Der month. The average woman apparently feels much as One r:'x in advance, 31! M?‘d‘lh-:mm n':::"m #180; [do a great many men—that the government has not o 30, avor If they will promptly motsry | €Xhausted its MAN-power resources. jure or irregularity in the de- | This may not be correct. However, until Wash- ~lnmlhrl will confer 'ingron produces something in the nature of a MARCH 10 Lucille Fox Victor Rue Maydelle George Luch H. Sinclair Beatrice Guerin Doris Balog Fred R. Hermansen 20 YEARS AGO % eumpize MARCH 10, 1923 To welcome a company of motion picture actors on their way to Anchorage where “The Great White Silence” was to be filmed, an elaborate program of entertainment had been planned in Juneau. Sen- ator E. .E Chamberlin, of the Third Division, headed the committee and the entertainment was to include group pictures of the members of the Legislature, Gov. Scott C. Bone and the company members in the legislative chambers; an informal reception at the Governor's House; the Business Office of any "‘Baruch report” on man-power, the attempt to re- Uvery of thetr papers. reks Ty emelusively soiitied to the S m‘crun women is going to face serious obstacles. Mrs. Dell McGregor | Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. The Associated Pr Juwubtivation of ol news Simeienes Sredited 1 § or B¢ Other: The volunteer situation, likewise, seems to be " st 5 wise credited in this paper and also the local:news published Werein. quite dependent upon improved public relations. Too 'ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | many women assume that the civilian defense jobs THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. |are all filled. Too few, apparently, know that there NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasks Newspapers, 1011 is part-time volunteer work which could be fitted D T e W !il)(o their home and child-care programs. | American women are not slackers. They merely have not been impressed with the extent of the need and of the opportunity. That is a fault of govern- ment which can and should be remedied. In Alaska, we like to believe that the women | differ from those in the States upon which the sur- veys are based. But there have been many cases of |reluctance on the part of eyen our unique Alaskan female where cooperation has been asked and all but i\urned down, and the few must carry the load. | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” Thursday, March 11 Benefic aspects rule today ‘which should be fortunate for the nation. Good news from war centers is in- dicated. HEART AND HOME: Letters will brighten many homes today |if the stars are wisely interpreted. Women Build Subs |This is a time for careful prepara- ki tion for future usefulness to the | (Philadelphia Record) nation and should be favorable for One of the most interesting stories of the “home jour institutions of learning which ARE WOMEN RELUCTANT? | front” comes from Groton, Conn., where women are NOw are stressing training for war —_— | building submarines in which their husbands go to [service. Schools and colleges will isea. undergo changes of lasting effect | Not all of the hundred women employed in the |On future academic standards. Ed- But |ucation after the war is to have an added significance in national life. Various surveys agree that American women show little enthusiasm for war work, either in fac- ! tories or in volunteer war services, and suggest that |Groton plant are wives of submarine officers. i intelligent recruitment methods will have to be |Many are. And success of the women in this type _ 4 ndopl.fd if the majority of women are to be Of Work, which few would have dreamed women diggin:!:ssco‘:fip:z::x:‘m:rfifl > !could do, has led to a call for still more women to i . - interested. | Bridid. 0Ll “rhose AK ogers urged the practice of thrift The number of women in war industry has | i 2 and now emphasize the need of Outfitted in durable coveralls, with plastic hel- reached 4,000,000, but the National In.dustrlal Con- I mets, goggles protecting their eyes, these women are ference Board reports that employers find that most St 'the first ever to be put to work on actual submarine women feel no personal urge to go to work Inj.onstmetion in this country. Their ages range from factories. |18 to 38. While the work is difficult, officials admit There is no social pressure upon women to assist | they are “just as good as the men.” in the war effort, the board’s inquirers report, and, | And maybe there are more than ordinary rea- on the contrary, women still feel that such work |sons. Efficient work on those boats means that the verely hampers persons receiving| would impair their social standing. ‘,husbands and sweethearts of those women are better |set incomes. Persons who once be- The Women's City Club in New York looked |protected, have a better chance of smashing the {longed to the great middle class of into reports that women of leisure were lagging |enemy. Less chance that the enemy will smashicoml‘ortable resources and fancied | behind their working sisters in willingness to devote |them. security now will know what used | free time to voluntary war service. Women without Yes_. those womep have a double stgke in the {to be called “genteel poverty.” paid jobs, mostly under 60 and in the more-than- submarines they build: Victory for their country: | NATIONAL ISSUES: Demand| $5,000 income class, were interviewed. victory for the men they love. that city, county and state govern-| Ol sbout two aut ‘of ‘five ‘were found to be And when you stop to think about it, whether \ments as well as the Federal Gov- it be submarines or tanks, planes or guns, shell cases [ernment reduce expenses will be| enrolled for voluntary war work, and of these tWo-| o parachutes, clothing or food—whatever an Ameri- |Persistent as average citizens feel| thirds give 12 hours a .week or les.s._ can makes today, he almost certainly has that same {Lhe»financial hurts of taxes that are| The same explanations crop up in both surveys. | qouble stake in his workmanship. What he makes |difficult to pay, Again inequalities There are children who need care and there is|determines the chances for survival of his kinsmen |1 the burdens caused by war will housework to be done. Nurses and maids are in- over there. be widely discussed, because’ the o7 E AR B S ) great number of well paid Govern Merry- strictest economies extending from private life to public affairs. Gen- eral prosperity will continue to tempt wage earners to spend their money with little concern regard- ing post-war exigencies. High wag- es will cause inflation which se- ment employes increases each/ month while persons with set in- | comes must manage to meet de-| mands upon shrinking bank * iL Lewis and many a big businessfl won't have him.” NOTE: Litvinoff seldom dines ipotentate who fears him. Mrs. McLean takes a lot of peo- out, shuns Washington society, pre- | ple under her wing, some of whom fers his friends in New York to|counts. m |are now wondering how her din-|the starched bosoms of Washing-| INTERNATIONAL AFFATRS: |ners can continue under rationing. ton. Planetary influences this Spring T “I told Lord Lothian when he KNOX'S WAVE should be helpful to France. Again | (Continued from Page One) 4 o a the national spirit & {first came here,” she says, “that| por weeks there have been| SPIL Rl Eovivemin heard about it, he 1aised such a fuss that the orde: was rescinded. {he just had to know the right peo- }plz‘. (Lord Lothian, late British | Ambassador, had made 25 trips to | WAVES all over the Navy Depart- ment, but now one has been as- signed, for the first time in his- unity appears a promise of the fu- |ture. Political stability and pros- | perity, however, may be delayed| dinner and dancing for the public in the lobby of the Gastineau Hotel and a farewell at the dock when the Norhtwestern sailed. Provision for the establishment of a Pioneers' Home for women at Skagway, was included in a bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Frank Aldrich. The bill had been prepared by the Woman's Club of Skagway and in form was identical with the bill which had provided for the Pioneer's Home at Sitka. Complimentary to the members of the Alaska Bar who were also members of the Alaska Legislature, the local Alaska Bar Association was tof give a banquet on March 13 at 7:30 o'colck at the Arcade Cafe. Honor guests were to be Senators A. J. Dimond and John Dunn and Representatives Richard Decker, J. A. Murray, Frank Foster and T. C. Price. Judge H. B. IeFevre and Grover C. Winn were in charge of the affair. Robert Blomgren was celebrating his sixth birthday in the afternoon and a number of his little friends were enjoying a party at his home on Gold Street. Miss Jean Simpkins had celebrated her eighth birthday March 8 and invited many of her neighborhood playmates to her home for a jolly afternoon. Meteorologist M. B. Summers was leaving on the Northwestern for Cordova where he was to establish a special meteorological station with R. E. Eisner, formerly a member of the Territorial Legislature, as observer. The station was to be equipped with pressure and wind velocity instruments and reports were to be cabled to Juneau and to the States twice daily. Members of the high school faculty as well as the grade teachers and all the students of the high school in Douglas, were the guests of the G. G. K. Club, of the seventh and eighth grades at a dance given in Eagles' Hall in Douglas the preceding evening. Mesdames P. H Abbott and O. Swanson aided to make the evening a success. Music was furnishes by Misses Etta Brown and Rica Niemi. Buns and hot dogs were served by the club members. Weather forecast was snow. minimum was 35, Maximum temperature was 40 and Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Neither of the boys are going.” Say, “Neither (singular subject) of the boys Is going.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Legerdemain. Pronounce lej-er-de- man, first E as in LEDGE, second E as in HER, third E as in HE un- stressed, A as in MAIN, secondary accent on first syllable, principal accent on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Bell; two L's. Belfry; one L. SYNONYMS: Treasure (noun), riches, wealth, money, jewels, savings, hoard. * 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: INORDINATE; excessive; intemperate. “The passions produce certain destruction if suffered to become inordinate.”—Burton. some time. The Spring of 1947 is| most fortunate in its possibilities, for then Jupiter will be stationary Secretary of War ftimson IS .0 g A a5 head of the Rhodes | finderstond not to huve known any- ! tory, to the Office of the Secre- {Scholar Foundation, : E e probably knew | y,,y | thiug avout his general's cotton- | > 2 Y picking plans. As to waat Drom!!b;:i‘:a::‘,{mry Vatiar. Sag 1post At | In an ante-room of Knox’s of-‘ml the progressed Sun and other | td the Auny to wanl Walker's re- R e e = fice, dressed in a snappy blue uni- |Signs seem to presage the estab- port revised in order to put sol-;]v £ ?r & sent A an my dinner | gormy and looking alert, sits Mary | lishment of a new goverlnmem on dlers in (he cotton fieids, two un- St That was why he was so suc-|y5y gtevenson, Yeoman 3rd Class. |frm foundations. Foreign seers bfficial explanatins are offered: |cessful here. Why, I even sent him | She performs all the duties of the|Warn that there should not be con- (1) Th Army wanted to show its | MY dinner list with the comments|male veoman who preceded her, | fidence in pedictions of an early goodwill with the farm bloc in |Written on the margin. who is about to be released for |C105¢ Of the world conflict. order to cuiet fears of {oo big an| “Then when poor Lothian died |active duty. | Persons whose birthday it is Army and a laber :ho.tage: (2) (and the Halifaxes came, I did the| oOn being questioned closely, pul-|N2Ve the augury of a year of suc- The Army wanted to shcw that its |same for them. I phoned Lady | chritudinous Yeoman Suve"sonl“;s- Men . the armed services cotton-pcking would be a failure,|Halifax in Canada and told her. | says, “My real name is Mary Louvfxm e:‘n promotions and achieve ‘hus not he bothercd with more |‘My dear, you must invite the right |ise, but they generally call me| ch';;:d l::« o e ¢emand for soldiers in the harvest!People to dinner. I will send you|Mary Lou down home.’ bably will be ;“‘m‘;“m t‘;@fl“;&m tields thhe summer, {my list.” | “Down home” is Mount Sterling, | oo ! Processes, exceptionall No. explanation was forthcoming “But,” continued Mrs. McLean,iKy. S0 fond ot o P! s":zy intuitive fyom the Army. {“there’s one man I won't have in (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- 1“3' RECORD IS HELD BY FISHING MEN, 3 L Nk Chi i (my house. That's the Russian. Lit- | ture Syndicate.) NOTE: Labor suspected also thatl o pag peen trying to get an | piiicde A A1 S ;mnm‘:x;m);oxxi i;:::xgw: :S‘f l';"“'(z’lnvimuon from me for years, but ! ‘BUY WAR RONDS declined a 30 cents an hour mini- | snum wage to imported farm labor | Some big Arizcna planters turnecd | this down after Oscar Johnston, of | s Crossword Puzzle | Q. When issuing formal invitat: first or second person? Q. Shouldn't one endeavor to | the company of others? A. Yes. every little tacless remark or action i Q. On what occasion is an a given? I A, a new daughter-in-law, LOOK and LEA master”? MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra LEE ions, should they be written in the A. Neither; they should be written in the third person. conceal “hurt feelings” when in And one should strive to overcome sensitiveness, when s resented. fternoon tea with dancing usually It is usually given to “bring out” a daughter, or to present RN 2 C. GORDON 1. What President of the United States was nicknamed “School- 2. Who were the three great musical “B's”? 3. What United States document begins with the words, “When in the Delta growers, telephoned from ! ACROSS 42. Silkworm P A(l”( (ou' e eouie P Miipas drsuls ."? g Mississippi urging that Arizona and | 1. Cut short & Rettas i 10 What percentage of the United States population live in large Delta growers stick together. John- | 4 Jests 46, Capable of 5 cities? : Hon, pnca on the Pederal payrol,| > Pacsfor " “belog frawn Produce MoreProfein Food| 5 What is the nignest mountain peak that has been clmbed? manages British-owned planmumm: }g ;‘:gm“ in Ohio o m"vlflr‘o s P » ANSWERS: in Mississippi, is the biggest cot-| 14, Old musical 5 Pross for Y er Umf 0' Manpower 1. Woodrow Wilson. ton grower in the world. 15. Egg drink 51 alaygent 2. Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. :g '\}:fi:lln‘:'. 2y Plln,du»um.,“ ER 'han Any oihers 3. The Declaration of Independence. MRS. “HOPE DIAMON | 18, Pictorial 8. Make [ IR]T] 4. Almost 48 per cent. McLEAN o Fr;;cc%mo.”" o Dl;.c.m:::r ' @ngm SEA’ITLE._ March 10—Fisheries 5. Nanda Devi, in British India; 25,650 feet high. Rationing will change a lot of | 22 Soak up the Norty GlL]AISIS] of the Pacific Coast produce more £ e . Me: merican tein food it of d the Nation's Capi- tl prof per unit of manpower _ | ol ::l:n‘;n:x:gu?hem the time-;xonoxl*ed % &1"63;%"::‘]" He g'iz;"m“ Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle | than any other element in Amer- mm;m ::;! omt tr%s:x;rfihh{n:::: D(M]Jw llcll;“:lm photographz Mn;ém.- L : . Legal claims 60. Peer Gynt's ica’s provisioning f - i e-insurance record cards re- past; f going out to dinner. A| 3L Exist ‘moth DOWN 5 J pr ng for war, it is 4 dlnn‘enrlep:rts lsgmorc amusing. A % DR tvgien- 4. P":’i‘:.:r i Loud noise UD:A::‘.:_ emphasized in the forty-first Pish- ibgeoss. 3 u:_“:_n. “.Lm"zf ”‘;“m’d in a 99 percent sav- P ouf - —— i 2. Scent 6. Outfic erman Yearbook, just ng storage space. R s pates. doohug) 3 S Behimon & Slfih Y% 3 Crumhed gutce- T Fon Mllor Prooby by, P by m “AR RS R e Jiow s vaudeville any evening, | 36 Kind of whale 4. Loves over e.a:.'"' b o Taking its theme from the part \ g V0 th st | 35 Jumbled typs much & Kind of rlding 5w, o40 played by the Pacific Fisheries in Most famous and sometimes most | 39. Ros roa 65. Chess pleces breeches aimiesaly time of war, the Yearbook - Pl A“E ARRIV R A L bisarre of the Washington dinner . Medley that the Pacific states and Alaska parties, year in and year out, have - Galtion vield the lar jori . Smal '8¢ majority of the Iten those of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh{ ":‘“’umon national fishery production, both HI}RDW(H]I!] (@i |8 A'cLean, owner of the Hope Dia- . Valise in tonnage and in value. b facoma Haokiwgdon mond, whose play-boy husband, a . A lkl_nt ot Among canned fish more than! Bringing seven passengers from J close pal of Warren G. Harding, ‘w,:'l;“ 80 percent is derived from the|the Westward, an Alaska Star Air- 4 3 itied for a time to save Doheny by | . Narrow fabric | Pacific. lines pane, piloted by Chet Brown | saying that he had loaned the mys- | - Turg Juside Manpower requirements of the|With Robert Jacox as co-pilot ar- | Domestie and Tmported ! terious $100,000 to Albert Fall in P:‘“m Pacific fishing industry are small|¥ived in Juneau Monday from An-|j 1 1he Teapot Dome scandal. y Slr!:vl: pear compared with the food produced,|{¢borage and left a short time later| umms Mrs. McLean’s estate “Friendship” City in and as the industry is seasonal its|fOr the return flight to the Wem-:‘ was the scene of many a Harding com::.::l""h fl;zermcn and employes are avail- l'lArlrI'.‘1 % g B‘m‘ Py phrty, after which Mrs. Harding . o able for other strategic work dur- R ZOre. Sl Brae, | Complete Stock i sometimes accused her husband of 2 ""J':,,","n'u ing much of the year Lotholm, Edythe Yarbrough, Lt. 1 smuggling whiskey bottles into the | - Tumtitious The Pacitic fisheries yield an av-{Robert 8. Hall, Lt. John C. Fon-| Ship White House. | 3. Least erage catch of 63,500 pounds per taine, L. E. Linde and Jim Hickey. Industrial The McLean dinners, continuing d "°’L""¢° the man employed per year, Taking passage from Juneau Cabinet track of for Yakutat, e 'S, ture o . 0 e ol T ) 3 o) through the years, have featured Take th ‘The average catch of the other|Were. for Yakutat, Thomas Hagen, such guests as Pritish Ambassador On'ev:l"hflcmm fisheries of the United States i "' o Bl.aneketer, Sidney | Hugner, Woods Lord Halifax and Pinnish Minister Device for s e per man employed. Mrs. or:xce :rs::l‘d ‘[())srmAn::;:?" Procope, whose countries are at ransmitting | | WPlle volume of production|Mrs- Tobbe, i i Kiln Dried—Air Dried L e T o a e viant oI, |ohrank in 1942 as & result of requi-|And Wayme Johpson HARDWOODS ¢ sitioning of fishing vessels for - Xt 2P i X t respectively of their host- vy cord v S TE ?l‘:;i kr:ll up lny animated con- o:..y“nr " ltnrly 14 l‘!?dlzlhe nopey - o8 At 'l'f:'l’ll": P:;::"C:y“ .:b Juni Y4 g . Paradi; curing sufficient men ade y 3 e Junior versation; also head G-man J. Ed-‘ | Nocturnal to man the industry, it mqwm.m_ Guild of Holy Trinity Cathedral. INDIANA BENDING OAK #ar Hoover and FBI-hating Mar- | afimal tained at high level, and in a few|From 2 to 6, Saturday, March 13 tin Dies; also the glowering John | instances established new records, adv. 1} Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Bullding Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corons TYPEWRITERS Bold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. 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 Anmex South Franklin S8t. Phone 177 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—OQil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS . Bheif and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammanitien "Guy Smith-Drugs” (Careful Prescriptionists) CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Oppesite Coliseam Theatre COMMERCIAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1943 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1943 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska ~ DIRECTORY i | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. JOHN J. FARGHER, Worshipful Master; JAMES Ww. LEIVERS, Secretary. 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. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries *“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG €0. HARRY RACE Druggist Marlin Singledge Razor Blades 18 for 25¢ “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. = You'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP e R e SRR | FINE Watch and Jewelry Repalring at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Phone & Seward Street INSURANCE Shattuck Agency CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at | Moderate Prices H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING ZORIC ‘ | SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry i E.E.STENDER For Expert Radio Service TELEPHONE BLUE 429 ® Perfect comfort ® Centrally located ® Splendid food and , B. service McClure, © Large Rooms— Mgr. all with Bath ALASEANS LIKE THE SAVINGS