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

Daily Alaska Em ire Published every evening except Sunday by m EMPIRR PRINTING COMPANY Becond a5d Main Streets, Junseu, Alasks. WELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD ice-Presdent nnd Busiross Mansger Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as SBecond Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: "Deliverea ., earrier in Juneau and Douslas for n.u per month. By mail. postage peld, at One vear, in advance, $15.00; ‘sne month, In advance, $1.28. Bubscribel the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity ia the di Uvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. at the following ri six months, 18 ldvlm $1.80; ER OF ASSOCIATED PRES! The Associated republication of ail news dispaf Wise credited in this paper an ‘Berein. credited to it or mot other- ALASEA mcuu'non GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ‘THAN THA’ P\TBUCATI.OI NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alssks Newspapers, 1011 American Bullding, Seattls, Wash, President rs will confer & favor if they will promptly nnl-lf! is exclusively entitied "o the use tor nlon the local news publisied | Whil¢ the judge was blowing off steam, a strange thing was happening back in New York as the busi- ness office of one of New York's largest newspapers issued a plea to the United States government to slice through its red tape questionnaires and accept without payment a three-cent copy of the news- paper. The government refused Earlier, a messenger had arrived at the news- paper bearing a requisition from the Office of War Information, duly filled out and signed, requesting i 'a single copy of the pnph‘. promising “a confirming purchase order will follow in a few days.” The next day, this promise was kept—with a vengeance. The messenger arrived bearing the con- |firming purchase order, filled .out in 14 different places, with an “important notice” letter giving in- strucgfons on how to fill out four attached forms, oue.\\hllt‘ and three yellow, in order to obtain pay- ment of the three cents. y The newspaper officials looked at the forms, #called the OWI and asked if the office please wouldn't accept the paper as a gift. The OWI wouldn't. A clerk struggled with the forms for a - time, finally called another government official who QUESTIONNAIRE AGE During last year, according to a Congressional committee report, 48 different Federal agencies sent out 7,025 separate questionnaire forms to business managers of industry. According to testimony before the committee, the full-time services of 188,000 per- sons were needed for that one year to assemble and tabulate the required data. The committee concluded, ‘“obviously this red tape increases costs, delays production, and lengthens the war.” This, of course, probably is true. Never-the-less, some of the data obtained may have been needed. But that is debatable It is fairly certain that a large amount of the | red tape which the new Federal bureaus have flood- ed the mails with in the shape of questionnaires | and other forms is just so much trash. Some of the forms are so complicated that the value is lost at once. Down in the States oil is being rationed. Wil- ifam G. Long, Seattle Superior Court judge, appar- ently had some trouble with his questionnaire. After filling it out, he sent it along to the OPA with the following letter: “Gentlemen: I have filled out this application to fhe best of my limited ability, but T am not at all Sure that it fully complies with the requirements of the Office of Price Administration. “I'have only had 17 years of active law practice and 10 years on the Superior bench. Therefore, I do Hot fesl competent to understand _ uirements.” agreed to accept the paper as a gift, pending the okeh of his superiors. Alaskan newspapers run up against the same thing in printing small classified ads and legal inotices for various governmental agencies, finding time and time again that the time required in filling out the weighty forms that must be sent along with the bills is worth far more than the price of the advertisement As The Daily Olympian, of Olympia, Washington, recently declared: “There are no girdles on government forms.” Attacks on Kiska (Cinecinnati Enquirer) American fliers based in Alaska are ladling out almost daily aerial drubbings to the Japanese bases | on Kiska, closest possible enemy springboard to the | mainland of the United States. As the weather continues to clear it is to be expected that these attacks will increase in intensity The Aleutian Islands are shroyded in fog and Imm most of the year. Early spring offers the best |opportunity for air activity, and the United States fighters and bombers are making the most of it. During the next ten weeks, according to weather |experts, flying conditions probably will be at their height. | The thick weather aided the Japanese in their {infiltration into Kiska and Attu. Small boats, slip- | ping through waters which the men from: Nippon {had mapped carefully over a long period of years, | were able to carry soldiers into the isolated and barren islands. The fogs hindered our ability, to| obserye enemy movements; prevented us from con- centrating forces where defense would have been | possible. According to reports from the north, the Japs | seem to be strongly .installed, particularly at Kiska It is to be expected that they have on hand supplies | to support their garrisons during the good weather. so0 that the cutting of supply lines for a few weeks will be of little importance Our new strength in' the Alaska mainland and on some of the Aleutians indicates that any further attempts of the Japs to crawl closer to our shores | will_be thwarted. The latest series of aeridl bom- | bardments may be the forerunner of an offensive all of the w-,auned at tossing the yellow fighters back toward |to Tokyo. “This circular is regarded asnon- quired for reclamation. mailable and the i attention.” matter will have AAA., Los Angeles, Cal..—War Department’s Pentagon Building | HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 5 Donald Bonner. Mrs. Nell Kilburn Forest R. Bates Mrs. Anna Winn Ernest L. Carter Mrs. M. S. Jorgensen James Sey Perry Tonsard Victor Crondahl Betty Ruth Allen Dave Burnett Louis Aubert e HOROSCOPE “The stars incline’ but do not compel” Tuesday, April 8 This is not an important day in planetary direction but moderately | fortunate for most activities. ' Avia- tion is subject to benefic aspects. HEART AND HOME: —Undex this configuration there may be a | tendency to analyze changing social and domestic conditions. The stars presage good luck for women of vi- sion who make sacrifices in the way of luxuries before such self- | denials are . imperative. Girls to- day should be inelined = to feel | their new industrial responsibilities and to give whole-hearted service in tasks that promote war facilities It is a lucky day for brain workers | of all types. Romance will not be prevalent during ‘this rule of the stars. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Industry| should be marvelously accelerated today as production reaches record- | breaking volume. Novel methods of mismg added billions for war ex- ! penses will be suggested and even |advocated as expenditues on a col- | ossal scale become increasingly nec-| essary. A new national bond or se- curity with a special lure is fore-| cast for early offering. Agnculturc will be most promising. Food dis- | | tribution among civilians will be | more equitable as the summer pro- |gresses, despite tremendous drains | for velief in Europe and Asia. NATIONAL ISSUES: Necessary| drafting of men for the war in- | dustries will cause much dissatis- Ifaction in certain quarters. where |the real significance of our part in the terrible conflict is not yet realized. The line between essential and non-essential industries will be invisible to many who are called the widely scattered battle fronls Again the remarkable adap- | tablmv of Americans will be dem- | onstrated as life assumes ~novel | phases that ‘test: the national mor- ‘al INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:| The Post Office Committee which |has a cubic volume of 90,746,000 | handles censorship for Frank Walk- | feet and capacity for 40,000 work- JuPiter in kindly sway presages |er is composed of W. C. O'Brien, |ers. ! Ccatholic, John J. (Continued trom Page One) A lian NOTE: to these hearings because No news the NODL goes ir Incidentally, the Pentagon is Gregory, Catholic, | one of the largest single coffee con- and ‘Calvin ‘W. Hassell, Episcopa- |sumers in' the world. . . . | HG., New York City:—Your in- The Washington office of | formation is correct that. gravedig- 1to the most min- | gers are being organized, and that | prosperity for ‘Canada where re- |cent financial strain due to war ex- }pen:.e\ will relax. Bitter political jdifferences are foretold for Aus- tralia. In Spain the Royalist party {will gain supporters while General |Franco. encounters many grave releases were sent out naming the /ute detail in examining manu- meu union is the United Cannery, | | problems. There is an evil portent magazines or giving the dates and times of thes hearings. “Most respectfully yours, William Smigh.” Postmaster General Walker, when questioned by the Washington Merry-Go-Round, indignantly de- nied that members of his own re- lips pressed hers” touched ' hers.’ MAIL WPC, pts. For ingtance one editor was | | Agricultural, required to ‘change the line “his | ‘Workers of America. Packing and Allied | They call| “his llps‘memsel\es “cemetery worken: In}| | addition to digging graves they are ;engaged in landscape work in the | cemeteries. | MSF., to read BAG Montgomery, W.,Va.: \for the dictator whose power will {be rapidly sapped as the ultimate ivictory of the United Nations each week becomes nearer. There is a isign of warning for Russia where | Stalin comes under an ill omen. ‘As the year advances great gain is Atlanta, Ga.:—Explana- | Tne Red Cross does not sell sweat- | presaged for the Soviet government ligious faith were influencing his tion of the acres of rubber tires|eps or anything else to members|and its head. policy in barring magazines from is that these are stockpiles held o the armed forces. Articles of -~ Persons whose birthdate it is have the mails, by Rubber Res However, ' the Acolyte, organ the National Organization for De- Plants cent Literature, gives him full |at capacity, credit, storage = space, Hailing a long list of magazines |~ but of | waiting to be moved to reclaiming | These plants are working | the tires must kept in Aegionu swokpnleb unul re‘ erve Corporation, | clothing are supplied free by the | Red Cross, but only on request by military officials. since they lack be (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- ture Syndxcme Inc.) regently barred from the mails, the NQDL Acolyte says: “POSTMAS- " GENERAL AI1IDS NODL, CAMPAIGN—The U. S. Post Office | Department has recently revoked ! or denied the second-class mailing | '1. Noblémen privilege to certain magazines. The | 6 Renown Department is to be commended ! '% TheBrinters for. its vigilance and efficiency in, (‘.ou exun citing these magazines and in re- fusinig to grant second class mail- ing' privileges to offensive publi- cations.” 1 ‘!‘pen follows @ list, all but two of which were cited by NODL be- | fore’ Frank Walker acted. The list 1rpmdes: College Humor, Real; Scréen Pun, Squads Riot, Flynn's | &mu. Amazing Detective, Froml Detective, Film Pun, Spotlight | 34 Smal wheel Defective, -Argosy, Gripping Detec- | o+ rHages tive Cases, Exclusive Detective ACROSS sy um lmulcll . Foli; . Dl A 21 ants .hri‘ . G reek letter “tuber Another letter .to Bishop Nou.j from Arthur D. Maguire, Detroit,, Mich., also indicates the recogni- tion Frank Walker is given by lead- ing Catholics for this new unoffi- | cial censorship. Maguire’s letter, addressed to Bishop Noll, says in! part: 2 “Frank Walker, is as you know, a graduate of Notre Dame, and I am sure he will do what he can| within the limits of his power to' stop this Knickerbocker Company using the mails in this way Frank Walker eame through a right, for in a letter to Mr. Ma- guire, Walker's Solicitor of the Post-Office Department Vincent M Miles, said: [‘The Postmaster General has re- ferred to me your letter of the 28th ultimo, transmitting a folder advertising various books, received ugh the mails from the Knick- ker Publishing Company, 92 Liberty Street, New York A&/ a4 II// dEEN dE L4 II Crossword Punle mpjement for maushing botatoes 8. Holsting ‘device . Tropleal birds {0 Sure: dialectio [lFlEle Nl Els| TIE] AN AL] NI [Elr 1Pl CICINCIAIVIOTRIT] [RIATPIT [N|ERMEIPI [ [CIATL] [EIT[EINITIS IsTEIcIAlLE] 'Solullan ot M(ur“y‘- Puul" DOWN 4. Fola or 4 Ge U e or circle 2. Indiffecence 3 l‘v{' lrlhur‘. Novels and romarces . Take Into’ legal custody // . Author of ] . Pronoun . Instruments for measur- ing distance Pl&k In xho lmprqvn . Soull(tr'h con~ slelation Anlmll' stomach . Senlor:. Erench Fragrance Hetoie race Black eye: slang Thought Instrument Tniolent taush nelogent ta 3 "'l‘(’"[llrl - . Alack . Malign . Bark. 3. Optical orgam . Adjective suffix atvies -~ |clined to enjoy life when success1s,nauo“7 |the augury of a year of success. Those in military or engineering | tasks should be fortunate. | Children born on this day pro- (bably will' be talented and ambi- |tious. They may be too much in- |15 ‘assured. I (Copyright, 1943) . | CITY ELECTION TOMORROW Eléctors of Douglas may go ' to, the polls tomorrow, located in the city hall and give a vote to' the candidates for office of mayor and councilmen and member of the School ‘Board for the next term. | For Mayor, ‘E.. E. Engstrom: is| there are just enough candidates to fill the vacancies as follows: Tom Cashen, Jr., Sante Degan and 'R, A. Hollingsworth. For School Board, Arne Shudshift is the only candi- date to succeed himself. The voting hours are from 8 am. to 7 p.m. IN FROM INLET families here are Noland Hamm who has a week's vacation and Kenneth Benson. ‘ TERRITORIAL GUARD MEETING Tomorrow ' evening' ‘at the’ asual {hour, 7:30 o'clock, Territorial Guards of Douglas are scheduled to meet in the - Natatorium for further drill instructions: Parkas, caps and gloves and regular ‘equip- ment is the routine ordered. EAGLES TO MEET R Members of 1ocal Aerie F.OE. are scheduled to meet this evening at 8 o'clock. ‘ . 20 YEARS AGO /2 pyprne | B e e e e APRIL 5, 1923 0 J. P, Williams, Forest Examiner, and Harry Sperling, Chief of Mainte- nance of the U. S. Forest Service, left Juneau the previous night on the Queen for Ketchikan. Mr. Williams was to be in charge of a timber survey party to cruise timber in the southern district and was to be away | from headquarters about five months. Mr. Sperling was to assist with ‘v-mk in the Ketchikan office for the next month. 1 The mail and passenger boat Estebeth was in port from Skagway and way ports. Passengers arriving were H. L. Faulkner and J Ansalen, from Haines. { W. J. Mulvihill, trainmaster for the White Pass and Yukon, was ]pnssenger on the Princess Mary bound for his headquarters in Skagway. ! Delegate Dan Sutherland left Juneau on the Queen for Wrangell on |a tour of the southern district. He was to return on a boat in the near !ruture on his way to the Westward. | a H, E. Biggs and his son, William, left Juneau on the Queen on their way to the States on a pleasure trip. They had shipped their care on the | boat and planned to tour the Southwestern States during the summer. The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey boat Explorer, Capt. Hawley, 'left Juneau at 8 o'clock on the first trip of survey work in this district during the present season. The ship ‘was to be in the vicinity of Port Frederick, near Hoonah, where wire drag work was to be carried on. It was to return to Juneau in two weeks. A crew of 20 men left Juneau on the gasboat Iowa for Siems and arlson Camp No. 1, on the Tee Harbor road, Auk Bay, to start work on road. Camp supplies were towed on a barge by the Iowa. |Ci the Mrs. Guy Smith was guest of honor at a surprise party given for her the evening of April 3 at the home of Mrs. G. Grundler, in Douglas, the | occasion being her birthday. About 30 ladies were present and enjoyed whist, which was played. Prizes were won by Mrs. Joe Riedi, Mrs. Gordon Mitchell and Mrs. Frank Pearce. Mrs. H. A. Vanden Weyer won the cut prize. Mrs. Smith was presented with a beautiful ivory and nugget | | bar pin as a souvenir of the occasion | 1. Goldstein was elected Mayor in the election of April 3, with Coun- | cilmen elected for the two-year term, J. L. Gray, Thomas R. Judson and J. J. Connors: and for the one-year term, H. R. Shepard and William ‘Reck, Elected to the School Board for the three-year term was M. L. | Merritt and for the one-year term, M. B, Summers. Weather was fair with a maximum temperature of 49 and a mini- mum of 38. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon e e e ettt} | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He is some better than he was when you saw him.” Say, “He is SOMEWHAT better.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Rigmarole. Pronounce rig-ma-rol, | unstressed, O as in ROLL, THREE syllables, and not rig-a-ma-rol. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Benefited and benefiting; only one T. \ SYNONYMS: Impediment, obstruction, encumbrance, hindrance, bar- | rier. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabmlary by mastering one word each day. Today's word SENTENTIOUS; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression. “A sententious style of discourse.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * poerra LEE A ? Q. When a man who has been invited to dinner sends word a few hours in advance that he will be unable to attend, what should the hostess do? A. Telephone an intimate friend and ask him to fill in. This friend 'should never hesitate to do so, if at all possible to accept. Q. How far in advance of a theatre party should the invitations be extended? A. Not later than a week in advance. Q. From whom should one ask for applying for a position? A. Only from one whom you know intimately. LOOK and LEARN & 1. What is the derivation of the term “black sheep,” when referring to a disreputable member of a family? 2. Over what international boundary line is there the most travel? 3. What is the standard length of a cigarette? 4. What is an ampersand? 5. Who became Pncsmem of the United States after Lincoln’s assas- a letter of reference, when : C. GORDON ANSWERS: Generally in a flock a black sheep is valued lower than his fellows. United States-Canadian border. 2% inches. The sign for “and,” A.ndrew Johnson. namely, “&. the only, candidate and--for council|} Arriving Sunday from Excursion | Inlet for a short visit with their{) ym Al Tribuani of Wllmln'ton, Del.,, plmu olu on the nose of umr triple champion Henry Armstrong of Los Angeles in the fifth round of their 10-round fight at I’hl.hdelphll. 'hlc‘h m-min Henry won by a unanimeus decision, N o DIRECTORY ;. Gastinequ Channel ! MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month In Scottish Rite T Fr eeburger begianing st T:30 p. o DENTISTS JOHN J. FARGHER, Blomgren Building Phone 8¢ | | Worshipful Master; JAMES W, 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. Drs. Kaser and Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phene 18—34 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 Rexall Store”’ Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary . PFourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 HARRY RACE Druggist Marlin Doubledge Razor Blades 18 for 25¢ FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will 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 Repalring at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn 8. FRANKLIN STREET RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Beward Street Phone & 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 C. Bmith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfled Customers” DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 13; 1 to §; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Anmex South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Market i 478—PHONES—371 | High Quality Foods as I Moderate Prices “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNRR & MARX CLOTHING ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry i Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—O0il Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Nardware Guns and Ammunition CALL AN OVL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliscam Theatre "Guy Smith-Drugs” (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S ICE CREAM SEATTLE ® Perfect comfort ® Centrally located e Splendid food and service McClure, @ Large Rooms— Mgr. all with Bath ALASBKANS LIKE THE W VASHINGTON 1891—0ver Half a (entury of Banking—1943 TheB.M.Behrends Bank Qldgst Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS petrek Yol e Duncan’s Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleaning—Pressing—Repairing PHONE 333 “Neatness Is An Asset”