The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 14, 1943, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— [they burn up $375000 worth of gasoline, $1,000,000 worth of bombs, Alaskans, by mieeting their quota, could pay the |cost of one of these trips which have so shattering an effect upon the Nazi enemy. Citizens of the Northland, by meeting their quota this month can ‘p;l_\ for many a raid on Kiska and Attu. ?aily Alaska Empire arop Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets Juneau, Alasks. BELEN TROY MONSEN - - =~ =« =« President R L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Entered In the Post Office in Junesu as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: RA g | Delivered by earrier in Jumean and Douslss for §1.60 per month. By mail, postage paid. at the following retes: | advance, $15.00; aix months, in advance, $1.80; advance, $1.38. | PROGRESS NOTE Rl oy Coming events cast their shadows . . .. Subscribers will confer a favor ff they will promptly fotify ' WASHINGTON, May 9, 1923.—The United. States {he Bustness Office of sar fitlurs or irréqularity Ia 188 e- | i) aqyance no objection to plans by the British Ad- Telephones: News Office, 603; Business Office, 374 |miralty for developing Singapore into a huge and {powerful naval base. PR, .| O A T R o the uag for | AMerica’s naval experts do not consider the Brit- reublication of all news dispatches eredited to ft of ot other- ish policy in building up a powerful base aimed at ey Sredited In thls paper and aleo the local news SublieBdd |\, ;niteq States, buf rather. at, Japan, Whosé in- {creasing power in the Pacific is known to be a source of worry to the British The project at Singapore finds a sequel in steps 3 |being taken by the United States to develop a pow- jerful naval base in Alaska. Secretary of the Navy | Denby has appointed a board of naval experts to hnake a thorough survey of Alaskan waters and {mainland with a view to the establishment there oi an important naval base. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BR LARCER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 101 American Bullding, Seattle, Wash, | { Scandal in Steel (New York Times) No aspect of American industry has been more | emphasized than its precision where precision is de- tmanded. The ‘tolerances” on airplane engines and ‘many other instruments have been whittled down to | thousandths and even ten-thousandths of an inch | Similar tests for qualities desired in metals and metal ‘alloys have been devised. The X-ray and the elec- |tric ‘current have been called in to supplement old | methods of measurement and analysis. It is for | these very reasons that last week's testimony before |the. Truman committee that a plant of the Carnegie- [ EC— MORE FOR YOUR MONEY e | Minois Corporation furnished defective steel to the | United States' Navy and to the Maritime Gommission are | shipyards is shocking. Serious defects in ships’ plates There is no question but what Americans HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 14 Miles @odkins. Mrs. J. C. Ryan Patsy Radelet George M. Stmpkins Mrs. Olive M. Cole Frances Paul Mrs. Bessie Jonas - - - e HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” B e Thursday, April 15 Conflicting planetary aspects are active today which may bé nérve straining and apprehensive. Good news may be expected in the morm- ing, but not from war fronts. should perform important sarly today which may be marked by keen intuition. Accidents and frustrations may be encountered toward sundown. This is not a lucky day for romance or for hos- pitalities. The wise will avoid argu- ments or discussions. In families spring, fever may be prevalent and the young may be careless concern- ing, their usual hosehold tasks. Girls amPloyed in shops or factories may! find those who direct them hard to Jlease. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Good luck getting more for their money as far as war bond in- i might kill sailors and even lose battles. The fact that perhaps five percent of the steel shipped from this plant bore fake analyses is not denied. One may well believe statements of high of- | ficials of the company that they are as startled as lany one else. No possible motive exists for throwing millidus of dollars of good-will down the drainpipe to save a few thousand dollars. But somewhere along the line—and just where the testimony does not es- | tablish—some one got the idea that output must be s caad . _{kept up at whatever risk of defects, that a lost analy- ::;;::1 bi‘l“}‘i:';’m(::m‘;u:":h:‘m‘:zfl:n;:c?:‘i :::[ PET fsis could Jjustifiably be faked and that sub-standard i e 3 Ridsg Y Ay ¢ steel could be raised to standard by juggling figures. Today the Japs in occupied Alaska—Kiska and|geveral questions are raised. Did some one decide Attu islands—are building airfields from which tolthat Government specifications were umnecessarily launch an attack on Alaska. And in the Southwest | exacting? Did some one believe that technically de- Pacific, huge troop and plane concentrations north of | fective plates were better than none? Did some one Australia are preparing for an invasion of another [ have a misguided sense of loyalty to the company great continent. in preference to the governmental customers? Why In the spring offensive in the Aleutians to date, | Was there no double checking at the plant, and what | our pilots have carried out 58 bombing raids on|Was the matter with the checking system used by Kiska Island. And the offensive must be maintained | the customers? Were the Navy and the Maritime if Alaska is to be safe from attack or invasion Commission taking the plants’ say-so instead of find- . |ing out for themselves? Already the Japs in Alaska are rushing airfields |~ ~ A toward completion. One is expected to be ready by The dismissal of guilty persons is a matter ol vestments and Allied strategy is concerned this year. | The Second War Loan Drive, started on April 12 and continuing until the end of this month, will deter- mine whether or not we are willing to pay for offense. Americans as a whole are heing asked to. invest in $13 billions worth of bonds, Alaskans are expected to take over $1,780,000 of that amount Alaskans have done very well to date in war 5 | course. Yet what is needed is a system of inspection the time Easter rolls around, very shortly, and the | {hat cannot be wrecked by anybody’s carelessness other, ironically, by the Fourth of July. stupidity or wrongdoing. The Truman committee But the Jap isn't the only enemy. Every time our pilots send 1,000 planes roaring over Germany or some other investigating body, ought to clear this matter up at once Sk % | They do. They come for a day and Means Committee, of which "‘fllmfl” lor two, sometimes for a week. But | Congressman Doughton is chair- they go their ways, and see little | man, salary, $2,640 a year; Reba - |of the President. He will dine with | Doughton, daughter, clerk in Con- |them once in the course of the |gressman Doughton’s office, $800 a s‘-km‘ | visit, but the rest of the time, “din- | year. !ner is served” for two or three in| George Sadowski. of Michigan |the private study. {pays a daughter, Eleanor, $1,340 a | In short, evenings are very quiet|year for clerical work in his office. at the White House, and exeept| [Earle D. Willey of Delaware em- \for the President’s own late hours|ploys his wife, Agnes G., as his /at his desk, the electric light billsecretary at $3,900 a year. is the lowest in years. Leonard A. Allen of Louisiana, has his. wife, L. M. Allen, on his S10- Watson passed it along o, thel ON RUSSIA | office payroll at $2,100 a year, but President. “Meat,” said Watsom, “or Mrs. - Evalyn Waxs?l McLean,ln_lsc has two sons in overseas ser- anything that passes for meat, is |00 Of the Hope Diamond andjvice. P4 precious = gold these day | mother-in-law of Senu_mr Bob Rey-| OCharles R. Ch?sonvo( Massachu- T President enjoydd the free [m_‘nolds of North Carolina, has been |setts empvloys his wife, Emma P, nils haddte. 2 |looking very dappen these da‘ys injas a clerical assistant at $2,000 a If Grace Tully is there for din- |NET New air raid warden’s uniform. | year. y Sl 3 menns wark. atter dinner.“s.he wears it, helmet and all, to| NOTE: W'abch for future lists of OR the average of two evenings a;dl{mer on all_ nights when an nh-jRepresenLnuves and Senators har- week. the “dictation isit- finiatied | P1 Slarm.might: be expested. pRetRIB: (yIsLITRe S e | Dayiolid in the daytime, 'and Grace stays dosldentally, «she n!so wefu'a n.“”.’ oW, Fot the war has not decreased | .ov¢ Diamond. Muing air ralg, MERRY-GO-ROUND | the President’s dictation. Jimmy alerts. On these occaslons; airplane| Palm Beach, Florida, might well Bymes remarked the other day, “1 | SPOUters stomp through the ornate be ye-named “Ruml Beach." Tax- don't see how he can handle so (Continued from Page One) secretary. Mrs. Roosevelt is off- again, on-again, as usual. A friend of Gen. “Pa” Watson, aide to the President, sent him| i) some finnan haddie the other dap.l MRS. McLEAN s prognosticated for. prospectors and mine owners in Western states. Much needed metals will be discov- ored for use in the war industries. Small towns and inland cities are to enjoy prosperity through the summer months when there will be | >xpansion of factories producing | urplanes and muitions. Banks and | sankers come under the most for-| tunate direction of the stars. Again he seers suggest that men in high authority in trade or politics should | rain assistants, because the stars| presage many sudden. deaths among | 'xperienced executives. HEART AND HOME: Women| work | APRIL 14, 1923 Mrs. Theodore Kettleson, wife of the Superintendent of the Pioneers’ Home in Sitka, arrived in Juneau on the Admiral Rogers for a visit and was staying at the Zynda Hotel. | Costumes for the Girl's Glee Club Concert to be held in l,:m High School auditoritm had arrived from the South and included everything from Indian robes and héadbands to dainty frocks from the minuet days. Jacob Britt and Harry Ellingen, stage mmanagers for the concert, de- clared they had abtained an Indian setting so real that it would seem a veritable relic of pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. J. Doran were to move their residence from Juneau to Thane. He was assistant to B. Lévine, Manager for the Northwest Steel and Products Company at Thane. Ted Doogan arrived in Douglas from Willilam Henry Bay the previous day in response to word regarding the illness of his family. Upon his arrival he found them almost fully recovered. % S . | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Otteson were returning to Juneau on the Queen and were to go to their mining property, the Alaska-Dano Mine, at Funter Bay. Their daughter, Mrs. C. L. Tubbs and her baby were also passengers for Juneau on the same steamer. They had all spent some time visiting in the States. : P. R. Bradley was expected to return to Juneau about April 25, laccording to word received by Fred Sorri, Manager of the Gastineau Hotel. Theatre attractions were Gloria Swanson in “Under the Leash” at the Coliseum on a double bill which also featured Harold Lloyd in “Cap- tain Kidd's Kids"” with Bebe Daniels, while the next feature scheduled was Thomas Meighan in “The City of Silent Men." At Spickett’s Palace Harold Lloyd was also playing in “Just Dropped In" with “Daring Danger” also on the program. Members of the Territorial Board of Education, the Senate Commit- te on Education and the House Committee on Education were the guests of the Juneau Board of Education at an informal dinner given at the domestic science rooms of the local school the previous evening. Others present were the Commissioner of Education, the local school board and the teachers of the local schools, The dinner was prepared and served by the girls of the domestic science classes. The April term of the United States District Court was to open at 10 o'clock the morning of April 16. Grand and petit juries were to report and the civil calendar was to be called. Weather was rainy, with a maximum temperature of 45 and a mini- mum of 40. NATIONAL ISSUES: Educators| in many small colleges now will be- | ‘ome the unsung heroes of thel war. The stars presage success in| managing their institutions as training centers for soldiers. Thpi nfluence of seats of learning will| e of special value, it is indicated. Commendation of co-eds who have! jecome Waacs, Waves and Spars will be stimulating to the wartime! florts of teachers and students. Through changes made in various | cademic courses, under the sudden train of national emergency, prac- ical reforms in old-time methods f imparting knowledge will be i oasis of wealth talks about . . .| Nicest compliment Representative Warren Magnuson of Washington received on his report for the Na- val Affairs Committee regarding | ship-building bottlenecks came from the Navy Department, which Mag- nuson criticized for delays in sub- mitting shipbuilding plans and specifications as well as in fur- nishing materials. . Under Sec- retary James V. Forrestal wrote:! “I want to congratulate you both on the thoroughness with which your work was done and the re- straint with which . your criticism and suggestions were phrased.” ... A new sign posted in the Ellipse, favorite . parking spot . behind the White House for hundreds of gov- ernment workers, reads: “Park 90 degrees only.” . . . Remarked one confused employee: “That’s a fine sign to put up in winter weather." (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) McLean mansion, which looks more | forgiveness is about all that lovely much paper work.” = like a museum than a residence,| Fact is, the President is leaning | ' 12K¢ thelr position on the roof, heavily ‘on letters, and cutting |while Mrs. McLean patrols the | down interviews. His appointments Aapnieio@ibitralia; thh-Hoge mn" run from 10:30 to lunch, with an {mond round her neck and two dia- | oceasional conference at 2 o'clock. jmond bracelets, two inches, wide,| Byt afternoons are reserved for R O ACROSS 31 Epochs . Smudge 32, Self-satisfied | 2 | jaround her wrists. 36. Corrode . Pack down 37 s is it | C it dictating to Grace Tully. The only |, MrS, MeLean is one of the most| oS00, (PO (o83 FRTES oy, ke forthright wardens in her area.| harvest ments thing to throw this regimen out of |, s | 40, | e e i |“One night,” she says, “I found a | 13. Talk irra- 0. Head cook gear is an afternoon press eonfer- light ok nl i 1, | tionally 42. Traditional tale ence, a talk with a man like An- 8Dt Wh body-weould tumn.ofl, | gy, (il e S ing . B¢ Didkem chars [0 I just broke a window, went in | t —O0] - 14, Contend 44. White poplars “}:;g Bagpsor. the sprinig’, stn ‘and put that light out.” | 15, Above * i 46. An'\ealcanv 3 Mrs. McLean also has forthright }-‘, FRetar g Put .‘,ap" New Zealand 41. 50. Make ldce 52. Live a passive P Kistence Sometimes the President swings ;1 Views on other things,. including around from his desk, takes a quick of B T Atuthe. sun chine - oher zne‘v"‘"’ Russians. If Comrade’ Stalin| 19, ;. {could “hear her, and if he. believed South Grounds, and says to his| o 21 Seottie, “Let’s go for a :'me~whnt \she represented the American ‘peor | 23. tree Adrioriish ln\mu; a .d’ea"l,- i o 5 Billnes “eE £ Pitchers 60, eedy L Small_wild ox 24, Insect 6 do you say, Falla?” >pl'e, the Russians would not be} 2. King who tried 'of Celebes overly encouraged to keep on fight- | Lair 1o stop the fig. 30, Athicdn worm, Gi AdAd HERE/4dN Military cap Barrel ing. A RIDE IN THE COUNTRY | “These ——-— Russians!” ex- This means a quiet tour into the claims the owner of one.of the larg- country, without motorcycle escort, est diamonds in fhe world. “T tell | in a car which looks like anybody Henry Wallace just exactly what I else’s shiny limousine, and stops|think of him for being so friendly at the traffic lights like the car(to the Russians. He doesn't like of any ordinary citizen. it, but I tell him just the same. Members of the President’s inti-| “The other night he came for | mate staff insist they see no|dinner, and I said: ‘Now Mr. Vice | change in him under the pressure | President,. suppose you were in a of war. The war hasn't alteted ms|barrwm brawl and got rescued by | mood or his methods. He still!a barroom bum. He might have laughs heartily, eats well, and dic- | saved your life. But would you tates methodically, with never a|take him home and let: him. share | “read that back to me.” | your home with your daughter and | Grace Tully explains it by say- Wwife?'” ing the President is & psychologist, | -} 4 | and he keeps a good temper for | NEPOTISM ON CAPITOL HILL | the, sake of the people around| Here is another batch of House of Representative nepotists wno T T Sdusd AN dmEZd him. The slackened social ~activity have billeted relatives on their| doesn’t shut out the house. guests, | payrolls: however. Any day, Mrs. Roosevelt | Bob Doughton of Notth Catelina, | is likely to get a letter from old |chairman of the Ways and Means friends or relatives who are com- Committee, has a cousin; J. Bain | ing to town, and she replies, “Won't }Dougmon. as assistanti clerk .and you stay with us?” | stenographer of the House Ways | i [§ AP Features Puzzle T TR AdEEE AEED/dNEE )/ dEE y dsimin 7 WM KA 1 ANNE ddslid mE/ 77 A AN Ml dmdul AEN7dEENZ ANNNL JNEZANNN/ JEDE TR LT T [EPnjeme] <Al [r > Daily Lessons in English % L. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We have passed through several erisises.” CRISES is the plural form. (Pronounce last syllable as SEIZE. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Lever. as in ME or as in MET. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Debonair. BONNAIRE. Pronounce the first E either Preferred to DEBONAIRE or DE- SYNONYMS: Mercy, compassion, clemency, forbearance, forgive- ness, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity. 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: INSTINCTIVE; determined by natural impulse; acting without reason- ing. “Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends?"—Hall. MODERN ETIOUETTE ™ sopemth vem | Q. Is it necessary for a man to rise when being introduced to an- other man, and also shake hands? A. Yes, to both questions, unless, of course, they are so far apart that it would be awkward to shake hands. Q. When the host is very short of stature, is it permissible for him to stand while carving? A, Yes. « Q. What does it indicate when a person argues violently? A. Ill-breeding. '.OOK and lEARN ?A! C. GORDON What is a sabbatical year? Which is the largest outlying possession of the United States? Which is the oldest wind musical instrument known? 4. Whese portrait appears on the two-dollar bill? . 5. In which Book of the Bible occurs the story of David's slaying Goliath? ANSWERS: 1. A missionary’s furlough, or a year of vacation from a profession, particularly teaching. 2. Alaska, with an area of 586,400 square miles. 3. The flute. 4. Thomas Jefferson’s. 5. The First Book of Samuel. Lol o o Solution Of Ysterday's Puzzié DOWN 1. Forehead 2. Molten rock 3. Exaggerate 4. Coat with an allo; Knead: dialectie 66, Formerly 67. Otherwise. of tin and ledd . Soft minerat” . Sandarac tree 5 7. Sl 2 7. Clown 8. Heavenly body g. d 22 Genus of the tree maple 24 Fish sauce 25. Bibllcal i vl!rllr’eh | Pertatning. ‘to R S l,/'y/é 3 g)“t‘g:' marning o) IR n " il . Pl of fnside Infor- mation L3 = ;"gm':u.,. a rivation . Body of water o |ALBIN FISHER HOLDER INTERNATIONAL, AFFAIRS: | _ A v Norway is to benefit. in, coming| 49 Vi ‘m ‘u months, according. to astrology. | 11" su"’ Promising aspects seem to indicate | that August of this year will bring| IS TALENTED PAINTER rélief to the unhappy country. In! tHis. month the Moon square to| That Albin Fisher Holder, 17- Mars and immediately after con-|year-old boy who lives with his junction fo Saturn presages a de- | parents on an isolated mink ranch feat, for Germany which may be back of Haines, has remarkable of greatest. significance to the sub- |talent as a portrait painted is am- Jects,of King Haakon. All the signs | ply eyidenced by a portrait of little appédr to presage for the late sum- | yyo_year-old Joann Gay Erbland, mef of this year remarkable events wpicy was brought to Juneau by favoring the United Natfons | s g 2 her father, John Erbland, of Haines. Persons whose birthdate it is have |y portrait, of Joann's head and Ahe s sugury. of ? year .ot ’d"nce'\shculders, is nearly, life-sized and, ment in the Army, Navy and Alr;m expri n, texture and propor Forces. Daj is- asion, Bt nmerstnndri!xf:; ?nq"::: i d‘:m,e?:k: shows the talent of a fin- circle is foreseen. p |ished artist, though Holder has | tion, never had a lesson in his life, ac- cording to Mr. Erbland. As Joann, who has golden curls and sparkling blue eyes, becameée restless sitting for her portrait, Holder finished it using a tiny | snapshot as a model. Holder caught with perfection, the charm of child- |hood, and the likeness would be | remarkable done by an artist of | extensive training and experience. Mr. and Mrs. Erbland and little Joann are visiting in_Juneau from | Haines for several days and are |staying at the Baranof Hotel while ‘in the city. Children born on this day prob- ably will be talented and popular, ambitious and industrious. They ! may be impulsive and dictatorial and shoul@ be wisely guided. (Copyright, 1943) oy e — TIDES TOMORROW Low tide—4:51 am, 53 feet. High tide—10:55 am., 13.1 feet Low tide—5:11 pm., 26 feet. 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