The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA ‘l.:kon into consideration in this veto. It amounts to this Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junesu, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD elected and responsible to the people of Alaska. President Tice-President and Business Manager Eotered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter, | 1! Dl veto message: SUBS ON RATES: Delivered by carrier in Junesu and Douglas for §1.50 per month. By mail, postage paid. at the following ra! One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ene month, in advance, $1.25. Bibscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of their paperd. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 tion is to promote demagoguery.”? If the appointment far more important than the Department of Labor. Why not make every office appointive by reasoning? That is not American reasoning any form democratic reasoning. A direct election by the people, in our way of thinking, comes as close to democracy as anything /that can be done. And the appointment practice, !where an election is possible, is farthest from it. — Alasks Newspapers, 1911 | One might call attention to the fact that the |vote was 11 to 5 in the House and 5 to 3 in the Senate to override the veto and pass the Labor Bill. Add the vote in both houses and it is 16 for passing the bill over the executive veto and 8 against— exactly the two-thirds necessary, could the Houses be considered together. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for revtiblication of all ispatches credited to it or mot other- m':udued n thi Dublished heretn. 4 That is not in per and also the local ne CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATTONAL REPRESENTATIVES American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. Talking Hard Faets (Cincinnati Enquirer) In his recent address to the American Society lof Newspaper Editors, Economic Stabilization Direc- tor James F. Byrnes talked plain, hard facts. There were no grandiose references to what we plan to do, no comforting assurances that in a few | months the inconveniences of war will become a thing of the past THE PEOPLE LOSE i ‘The coming year,” he said, “is going to be the hardest, toughest year our generation has had to The waction of Gov. Ernest Gruening in vetoing lmduro. But we can make it, if we will, one of the the Labor Department's appropriation bill indicates | most glorious years in our history.” the power the Federal office possesses over elected | We like to hear that kind of talk by a spokes- Territorial officers. | man for the American Government. It is the mental Simply because the people of Alaska have legally | diet on which Winston Churchill hardened the Brit- elécted o Commissiner of Labor, and the Governor, |1Sh bublic, and brought it through darigers and hard- as he would have liked,” may not appoint another hips much greater, God willing, than the American person to the job, he takes this way of completely public will have to endure. % $ 4 5 Former Senator Byrnes did not undertake to tell BRVINE W election--the Yuiee of the péople. For us how to win the war easily and without dislocation an ‘elective office is neffective without an appropria- | e oo civilian life, or without impact upon our social tion. gains and privileges of peacetime. “I must differ,” If by some freak of chance the former Commis- 'he asserted, “with the people who believe that be- sloner had been re-named to the office, would such |gause it may action have been taken? ! cause serious inconvenience to our | ot Be carried in a Separate bill. Neither is there |can win the war in 1944 as well as 1943. If any of any law which says that the increase of salary passed you saw your nineteen-year-old son in a fight which By the Législature could not have been made in the meant his death or the death of the enemy, you same bill. would not hold your punches in the belief that you The reason for this was clearly stated the could win that fight tomorrow just as well as today. House—where the bill originated. It was because the members of the House who drafted the bill felt that the Department of Labor was worth continuing, further felt sure, they said, that the Governor would knock it out by use of his pocket veto weapon if in- cinded in the general appropriations hill, which almost always is the last one out—to be considered by the Governor after the Legislature has adjourned An action of this kind should show once and for all that the people of Alaska have not a whisker of Notrie rule as long as the executive is not résponsible to the people of Alaska. The wishes of the elected Legislature were not in of a fight.” We believe that this nation today needs a great intensification of desire tc win the war in the quick- est possible time Every hour that victory is postponed by our in- dolence, by our failure or our 1efusal to put first things first, means just that many more American men—hundreds of them—&ho otherwise might have lived through the holocaust, will have to pay with their lives for the delay. We are at war. The Axis is our enemy. It's time we all act accordingly in all that we think and all that we do. The Territorial Government cannot be represen- tative of the people of Alaska until all branches are Preferring the appointment, rather than the elec- tion of the Labor Commissioner, the Governor says “To put.this office into the politics of an elec- system would hold good here, it would hold good in any elective office, many this civilian population, we must be careful not to try to |’ | There is' no law that says any appropriation may |do too much at this time, and who tell us that we | Your sons and your neighbors’ sons are in that kind | HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCH 18 | Lieut. Hal C. Mauze Olaf Peterson Elsie McManigle Albert Shaw Ryder Converse Mrs. Eni Allen Bert Bertholl Chester Shanks Alice Hansen Murray e — HO “The stgrs but do m‘s’fe’a‘%’p&" Friday, March 19 | Benefic aspects rule late today. There is a threatehing sigh for la- bor which may meet a crsis of {great importance to the future of | industry HEART AND HOME: This con- figuration is stimulating to women who should be cautious in aveiding arguments or dccidents. Nervuus} | naste may mark activities in_home | or shop under this sway. Girls will| find = the evening auspicious for | social affairs and may be fortunate |in developing from casual meéetings| | with young mien in uniform, unless| the new acguaintances are aviators. Members of the WAACs and WAVEs should benefit at this time, for the| stars presage fame for them. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Large re- turns from motion pictutes are| prognosticated. The quest for recre- | ation will bring much money to all places of amusement within easy| reach. Traveling companies of play- ers will be popular in many the- atres. in the coming Summer. Inas- much as audiences cannot travel far on gas allowances, entertain- (ments will be taken to auriences.| in amusements will Novelties be introduced in western states, it is| | forecast. | | NATIONAL ISSUES: Planetary| influences which reflect war impuls- | es will be prevalent among civilians. | Unrest and anxiety will be express- ed in unwise criticism of statesmen and others who exercise authority in Government or business affairs.| In clubs and cther social organiza- tions conflict of opinions will cause difficulties, while in families ideas and plans will be met with stubborn | disagreements. The judicial and | | philosophical point of view ‘should | {be assiduously cuitivated. Unity of thought and action will be- more | | imperative now than at any time| since the United States entered the war, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: | Retrograde aspects of the planets are believed responsible for ob-| ROSCOPE | | Reporter. Merry in business, and-have earned mor.oi than the regular' Army colonels and |also can count on the potent sup- | for a time promise benefits through | majors they serve under. WILLKIE'S HAT IN RING The 1940 GOP standard-bearer stacles in war progress. The signs port of Grace Reynolds, Republican | the establishment and employment |national committeewomgn from In-jof what has been attained. Ad- |diana, who arranged for his address | vancement by the United Nations |to a cheering, overflow audience of | Will be slow but sure, viewed as & - S For a long time friends of Wen- | 5 dell Willkie have been urging him |Republican women’s club members in Indianapolis last month. (Continued from Page One) | o P € | - {to begin organizing now if hc‘ 3 wanted the Republican nomination| In New Hampshire, however, in 1944, But he has stalled them Willkie has struck a snag. Senator | Styles Bridges, certain to be a “fa- off, either not decided whether he : & |wanted to Tun again, or else figur- | Vorite son” candidate at the 1944 warned Secretary of War Stimson that if he weren't careful the WAACS eventually would want to whole, for on certain battle fronts reverses may seem to balance suc- cesses which however actually will be decisive. The islands of static| will be in the end fortunate because | they afford opportunities to streng- | then our lines. run the War Department. That prediction has not yet come | to pass, but the WAACS today are | getting rebellious at old line army | officers and the cuspidor atmos-| phere of recruiting stations. i Trouble is that when recruiting was stopped in the Army, the Army’s regular recruiting officers were transferred to the WAACS. And under their old fashioned methods, the WAACS now must boost their present strength of 42,.- 000 to their authorized strength of 150,000; later to 375000, the new stfength to be authorized by Con- gress. This will be three times the size of the pre-war regular Army. Meanwhile, under male domina- | tion, recruiting goes down not up. In Springfield, Mass., two WAAC Ofticers in - charge of recruiting ¢hafe under a Colonel who lays down the rule that they may not' appear singly, but only together, on ‘the streefs of the city. This cits thetr effectiveness in half. Jn cities such as Hartford and St. Louis, WAAC officers would like tq be free to do a selling job, but | § they are hindered by old-line offi- cers who still labor under the ifi- préSsion: that this is a man's Army. ‘{AMJB Bomplain that they have | 0, 'sit - under’ the’ nose of ‘their male | superior, ' who even listens in on their -telephione conversations. CIGAR SMOKE AND CUSPIDORS | WAACS say they don't fear going into battle, but that even the brav- est girls are frightened off by the cigar-smoke-and-cuspidor atmos- | phere of the typical Army recruit- ing station in the basement of the | post office building. ! | In Washington, D. C., WAAC of- ficers asked for clerical recruiting | assistance and got four men who | had just joined the Army and had no training whatever. So the wo- men took the men in hand and faughy them miilitary customs, in- el how to salute ‘eak spots in WAAC recruiti are New England, New York Louis, Omaha, and the South gen- erally. Chivalrous Southern fathers hesitate to®et their daughters go off to war. NOTE: Many WAAC officers are women who have been sueecessful ing that he could repeat what he |conventfon, is opposed to pledged | did at Philadelphia in 1940—take | delegations. the convention by storm. = 3 Now, however, the sub-rosa ac-| B“lfl_GES OB:IE(‘T§ i tivity of Willkie's friends indicates| Thoueh friendly with Willkie in| “chjgren porn on this day pro- that the die is cast. |the past, Bridges wants New Hamp- lyap1y will be highly intelligent and They have been quietly sounding | shire Republicans to follow their decidedly individual. Success that out Republican leaders in various | traditional policy of sending un-|caugses envy is forecast for them. states on the idea of pledged dele- | Pledged delegatés to the convention. (Copyright, 1943) gations for Willkie at the 1948 GOp _In Indiana, a resolution inviting e contention. Considerable progress 5L 1 re at st was vy | OREEN'S MOTHER DIES - | IN SEATTLE; HE LEAVES TODAY FOR SOUTH Ralph Gates, Republican S[ate;opposed by Jedders o.r the. lgglsla- Chairman, who plans to run for|ture. The old-line chiefs, typical of Governor next year, i lending an |GOP leaders g e vparw i s attentiVe ' éar to proposals for a |ally, were against him.. However, lineup with Willkie. { Dol PRS- foropd them to | Henry Green and his family left| for Seattle today where Mr. Green was called south by the death of his mother. Mr. Green also received word that his father is also ill and ___ |back down @and consent to adop- Named to WPB Post R : now in a hospital. tion of the resolution. In a follow-up speech to the During Mr. Green's absence from Juneau, Brooks Hanford will be | Republican women's clubs that night, Willkie took the place by acting agent of the Northland TranSportation Company. b | storm. Actually Willkie made two speeches to the GOP ladies. In the > CARL BORG, OLD - first, which was broadcast, he ex- | talled the virtues of Abraham Lin- coln and pleaded for national un- ity behind the war effort. The second ;speech was delivered after Carl Borg, well known Juneau character and fomer miner. and fisherman, died yesterday at 'St Ann’s Hospital. Born in Sweden 62 years ago, Mr. he went off the air and was poli- tical with g capital “P.’ Amid roars | Borg was naturalized in Ketchikan in 1921 and has lived in Southeast of approval from his listeners, Will- kie scathingly denounced the Roo- sevelt ‘Administration, declared the only hope for. democracy rested Alaska continuously since that time. He was a member of the Luther- u{lVChurch. He has no known sur- viving relatives. Remains are at with the Republican Party. (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- the Charles W. Carter Mortuar; and funeral plans will be announ?-’l ture Syndicate, Inc.) ' James Hooker of Skagway enter-|ed iater. HOSPITAL NOTES | I A e e e mm‘s’ Sflfio THIS MORNING BY i Maureen Lovett has been admit-| 3"“‘ to St. Ann's Hospital for surg- Philtip Clark of Juneau was an| A fall of wet snow, then a freeze Persons whose birthdate it is have! the augury of a year of happy so- cial and domestic experiences which | inspire courage in war service. - Edaksey Euphranie was discharg- ed yesterday evening from ‘the| Government Hospital and has re-| ) 5 turned to Skagway. IN RESHUFFLING War Production Board key posts, Julius A, Krug izo YEARS AGO %% supins MARCH 18, 1928 The ceremony of presenting the Distinguished Service Medal tQ Ool. J. 0 Gotwals was.expected to take pla ore a joint session of the Tertitorial Legislataie March 19, at 3:30 'dlock in the afterndon, it Was announiced by those in charge of prrangements. 3 The | municipal campaign was faunched when I. Goldstein, James J. connots, Williain J. Reck, J. Latimer ‘Gray and H. R. Shepard sigried a fotmal statement announcing their candidacles, Mr. Goldstein for Mayor and the, others for ‘Oity Council. } Advancement of . 30 the time for donvening the biennial sesstons of . the Territorial Leglslatiure was prayed for in a memorial introduced in the Seiate. It asked for an anfendment to the Organic Act to make the first Monday in Febiruary, every second year, the time for convening, instead of first. Monday in Maich. James Wickersham, local attorney, left for Ketchikan on the Jef- ferson on court business. Court officials who were to attend the term of court at Ketchikan, called to ‘convene on Mu?éh 19, left on the Jefferson. They were Judge T. M. Reed; U. S. District ‘Clerk of the Court, J. T. Dunn; N. H. Castle, U. 8. Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; W. B. King, Assistant’ Clerk of the Court; Mrs. V. §. Pugh, Clerk; G. W. Folta, Court Other officials had left on an earlier steamer. Mayor R. E. Robertson left Juneau on the Jefferson for Ketchikan on court business. He eXpéectéd to be absent about three weeks. Delegate to Oongress Dan Sutherland was expected to arrive in Junéau on the following day. A joint Session of the Legislature was planned to heéar an addréss by him. Donald S. Haley received a cut over the left eye and a toe of his left foot was smashed in an accident at the Alaska Juneau dock where he was employed, when a linér slipped from a hook by which it was held while being holste?. Weather forécast was rain or snow with a maximum temperature of 41 and a minitim of 29. ‘”bfl‘ihi lem in &9“5" w . GORDON WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Give the dog a little bit of your meat.” Say, “a SMALL PIECE (or, SMALL PORTION) of your meat.” OFTEN MISPRQNOUNCED: Aviation. SAVE, not as in HAVE. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Spontaneous; EOUS, not IOUS. SYNONYMS: Gaiety, vivacity, liveliness, sprightliness, animation, Jollity. WORD STUDY: “Use & word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: IMPROVISE; to invent, or provide, offhand. “He improvised a hammer out of stone.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Pronounce first A as in v ROBERTA LEE Q. When meeting a friend you have not seen for a long time, should you greet him with, “Y’m} aren’t looking so well”? A. No. If yeu cammot truthfully tell him that he is looking well, say nothing. Q. If a woman has a friend who has a large house and a maid, wouldii't it be all right to ask if she could make her a weekend visit? A. No . This would be decidedly presumptuous. Q. Should one ever ask personal questions of acquaintances? A. Never. The majority of people resent being asked personal ques- tions. LOOK a Who wrote “Anthony Adverse”? Approximately how many miles of coastline has Canada? ‘Who was the “beloved son” of King David? What city is known as the “Dude Ranch Capital of America”? ANSWERS: Hervey Allen. 24,500 miles. Absalom. & Tucson, Arizona. nd lEARNg ¢. GORDON s 0 e [B[RIAITINSTH[E] [R] IPIEIA| [AIN[EITIEIN]S] IR LISITIAINICIE] [EITINE INIDIE D] AT [RIE] JAlV[EIR] ‘rosswo wzzle &R ( r Puzzle AIciA ACROSS Exclamation . Peeled . Clamor man . Cooking. formulas . Demolishes Burden . Not profes- sional . Staircase post . Eat or wear atway 18, Locomotive service cars . Nictitate 23. Bogk of . Age 49. Century plant ly way of . Ventitate Cup used in assaying . Bitter vetch Bible 24 Uttered words 26, Fruit of a kind of palm 29. Unndfilateuua N » Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle 30 Singing bird - 54 57. 8 . s 318y i f!orr é& k‘g&r' ‘ u;:w" 8 Bh:&‘p:'nlnl ) 3 sive mate- - - 2. Wil antagmt " il 1. Neglect 3. Material lnhuv il B 58 O FiTiLt U L Couple . One without .eourage !nlratnnnkly . Sweetheart Hh 34 b AW 2 Al 3 7 L V . City in Penn- / “sylvania . Promontory “Terrible . Direction 50. Exudation of certain trees . ‘ery, outgoing patient yesterday at thethat blanketed streets and side- ‘Guvernment Hospital. walks with a coating of ice, re- R B sulted in Bert Lybeck calling ‘out Left-handed persons are estimat- |the stréet gangs with trucks doad- ed to constitute from five to eight [ed Wwith sand early today. Later the | per cent ‘of the total population of |sun helped somewhat to aleviate l"‘e United States. iness of the streets, (above) was named to the position formerly held by Ferdinand Eber- stadt, in charge of materials dis- tribution. Eberstadt was recently replaced by WPB chairman Donald Nelson. Krug will head the require- ments committee. (International) R There Is No Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! DIRECTORY :-it.. i Gastineau Channel MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month Drs. Kaser and in Scottish Rite Temple Freeburger beglnning at 7:30 p. m. DENTISTS JOHN J. 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