The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA . . {Alaska Office of Indian Affairs opened a ' pitckage Dmly Ala,ska Empl,re and out fell eight mink skins and one weasel skin And boy, did they smell! The sight and whiff of Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRR PRINTING COMPANY those furs would have twitched many a sensitive nos- Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alssks. |tril if the shipment had been opened back in the m;fi%nflww R !u.'m..'::'n:"’:"lw':\sul’\' Department in Washington, D. C. But that's where they were headed. Some natives up at Kipnuk—that's a little com- munity located on the coast up near Kuskokwim ~decided that they wanted to do something to help Botered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA lor §1.50 per month, | Delivered by earrier in Jui By mail, postage ing rates: One year, in advance, $16.00; nx “months, 1 sdvance, $7.50; B month, 14 advencs, 8185, | win the war. So they sent the skins down to buy Bubscribers will confer & favor if they :‘:1’1 ll‘fzomvfly‘h notity | some War Bonds. IS R e el i A Some of the boys had tried to join the Army, Felephiones: News Office, 602; Busizess Offics, 374 and rthey had been rejected because they couldn't P v obboion dempumasn i brsimicsty MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published |speak the English language or write it well enough |They felt pretty bad about that because they knew that they could fight well enough So they thought things over with Max Lieb, who 1. is their teacher, and sent the furs along. The furs ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | " re than $ ing tha i T OF OTHER PUBLICATION. {sold for more than $100, proving that there’s more than one way to skin the Axis. Frank Dufresne, Executive Officer for the Alaska NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. Game Commission, has just written an article for Colliers magazine about how Alaska's wildlife is helping to win the war, but we'll bet he didn't think of this angle Along with the furs, cash they could round up—-$16.50. So here we have a group of natives, 15 of them, who don't get a newspaper often enough to matter, who perhaps can get some Outside news on the radio, but many of whom couldn't read the paper or under- stand what the radio announcer was saying anyhow. And they do this for their country. That's an- |other Teason why bonds are sold. The names of these Americans who went to the extent of giving their hides for their country are: James Samson, Alex Ammakegtsak: Jacob Eeke- |tuk, Peter John, James Anaver, James Wassillie, the natives sent in all the | ;’I‘homns Kashatook, Mary Okoveak, Joseph Paul (a | blind boy), Walter Atti, John William, Sam Paul, Evd aul and Walter Dock. James Pe WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR HIDE? Sometimes we wonder about how War Bonds are sold. Probably one thing that sells many is the de- sire on the part of most Americans to do something to help their country win the war That’s what brings the steady A A Tremendom Power (Cincinnati Enqun er) sales—the kind HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 27 J. J. Connors 1 Lt. Col. Roy W. Riegle Mrs. John Mills Mrs. Thomas B. Jensen Eugene E. Weschenfelder Thelma Harvey Boyle Jerry W. McKinley Mrs. Ethel Schramm Maryln Isaak Albert Nornan HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not com; i i ) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 This is not an important day in planetary influences but there is an aspect that is ill-omened. Disap- | pointing news may be expected | from a war front. HEART AND HOME: Under this | contiguration women will receive commendation from employers and | | will prove their great value in war| | industries. Novel friendships will be established among girls from widely separated walks of life and| human understanding will extend aul, | sorrows touch many whose loved | 10ms are sacrificed in the fight tol‘ [liberty. Sustaining = courage and| splendid fortitude will mark Ameri- cans as they bravely accept the cost of war waged to sustain civili- zation. Among the casualties, wo- | Resorted to as one of several desperate expedients imen in hospital service will be list- BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Although will lapse on the first signs of reduction in the xstnndard of American life will be that keep the wheels turni On the other hand, there are other way to sell [in dealing with the economic collapse of the nation ed as vietims. bonds. One of these is to present to the people the "1 decade ago, the President’s extraordinary power |o< cold facts that they are in possession of some surplus |devalue the dollar--or mflfie its value cash which, if used only to go after a dwindling sup- [June 30 unless extended again by act of Congress. There is considerable opposition to the extension. | |1t is inherently bad to extend indefinitely the abdi |cation of Congress’ right to fix the value of the dol- ar, and the entrusting of one man with so tremen- | ’dou. a power. As a matter of fact, this is one of Another way is to make the people really mad |the many raordinary powers taken over by Mr. | about something. Once-in-a-while the Government | goocavelt which should have been returned to Con- lets down the bars and tells the real story about)gress when the worst of the depression was over. what is going on. The story of Bataan made a great One of the basic causes of the business and indus- many people so mad they went out and bought bonds. | trial uncertainty which prevailed before our involv ply of consumer goods, will bring about a damaging inflation. The answer is to invest in War Bonds and use the money which will come back at a later date, after the war, when salesmen will have jobs again. That was the least they could do to get even. Then ment in the war, was the fact that the President— | the other day, our Government told the story about the execution of some of our fliers, in violation of business and industrial circles of the nation—had the international law, after the bombing of Tokyo. That flation by changing the value of the dollar. worked, too. At the moment, the matter is complicated. There These things all hc]p to turn lukewarm Ameri- cans into hot, fighting mad Americans. There is no doubt but what this is the deal that sells the most bonds. It has been held in reserve, however. But when the much bigger loan drives, which will follow the present Second War Loan campaign, comes up, the bars are going to have to be let down It is certainly disheartening that such things are needed to really sell bonds. It should be enough merely to know that their purchase will help win the war. That is enough for many persons. Right up here in Alaska' we have a good example of that. “The other day, for example, Fred Geeslin of the | Casablanca, that Churchill tried to | |take Eaker into camp. M‘ ! But Eaker is moving in the op-| Furthermore, Mm‘ | posite direction. Instead of going Wil soon emergency powers. The economic vicissitudes of thc war, and the an «bility to move swiftly in international currency Again we say, however, the responsibility is one nation’s laws. We would say it with much greater emphasis if the a little more appreciation of their responsibility, ana a little Jess inclination to knuckle down to pressure | gxoups when inflation hangs in the balance. | It was five months after this, at' bombardier and pilot, as at present. American * planes as they have not been |cidentally would mean a loss of up to now be over the Connnent“ i | apparent, the general feeling of prosperity will be widespread. As ‘Lhe greatest of all business organi- 'zations, the United States Govern- ment will achieve record-breaking transactions, Exports of food (m relief of starving war vietims in| Europe and Asia will be so vast| that home consumers will learn much about diet. Victory gardens will gain in importance. NATIONAL ISSUES: Education- a man deeply distrusted by many members of th» g jngtitutions will differ in their | valuation of essential courses of power overnight to create a state of inflation or de- Pstudy under war conditions. The seers foretell a trend toward fam- {iliarity with foreign languages and is the question—we do not say it is a fact—whether 'scientific research. Technical train- the power to regulate the gold content of the dollar jing for all branches of the Service is a proper corollary of the President’s other wartime will be of first importance, astrol- | ‘ogers emphasize, as they forecast early stages of the peace, may require assighments of our men to conflict | in many lands and in many differ- adjustments—an argument for executive responsibility. |ing war tasks. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: that should rest with the men elected to make the |At Washington, malefic aspects af- fect the second and astrologers members of Congress would display ,foresee long drawn' out controversy | regarding financial problems. In- crease in the cost of maintaining our part in the United Nations of- fensives will be alarming to cen- servative legislators who must now realizé that economles are suicidal. ore hotels and public ‘buildings | CONGESTED BOMBING TRAFFIC will now be taken over to meet r,he] growing heeds of hespital accom- modations. Portents of heavy cas- ualties are discerned daily. Persons whose birthdate it is have | |near Ketchikan, returned to her home in Douglas on the Jefferson, over to night bombing, which in- “in force” (Continued trom Page One) identity for the American Bomber | {Command and a merging with the The average American supposes|the augury of a year of ups and that we have a great force of 1,000 'dwm in which inspiring exper- of the sky, that the Luftwaffe 1sLBx-insh. he is looking ahead to the gradually disintegrating. lnme when precision bombing will be still more precise. ‘There WAR'S MOST SENSATIONAL } is a secret apparatus NEW! jaboul to be used, in which one This is no figure of speech. Ac- |man will actually control the flight | tually it is the most sensational of the plane and the aiming and | The American |releasing of the bombs at the same time, 1astead of having to effect the difficult coordination between news of the war. Air Force in Britain has received information on Germany's air bombers in figures they are FAR LESS than that. By next August, however, they should not be less than that, and the skies over England will be so thick with outbound bombers that there | would actually be a traffic conges- tion if all operated at night. This is one reason why it power—or lack of it—which indi- | cates that Nazi fighter planes are being destroyed so rapidly that there must be a complete turnover just about every four months. Crossword Puzzle | In other words, Allied forces are | 4 PACROSD allw, (I-,xlsx ! % 5 . Press 31. Grows sleepy now destroying the total German' o o iue par Engrossed fighter strength at the rate of{ g Bamboolike 5[(:«;’!;Igr:lln:l about three times a year. This| i1 B‘b‘:l" 38, Puffs up means that all the German fight- | i3 }l?gh Bt & e Mow- ers in existence on January 1 14 W ;:alh bear :.‘1 {}.xe brown a 3. Mounta should be destroved by April 30, Kuight's 1“5,‘;‘1;’" = " " v crest 44. Thing: ) W German jshoulq: have Jeft only | 45, Recorded 46 More fre- those fighters built since January proceedings quently gl | 16, Part of the 48, Gluttonous 1. | brain animal . Behold Go before erform Obyiously it is desirable to strike the aircraft plants producing the fighters, which may be the reason "3:'\1;!;5 s behind the recent American raid gg agr\it;agel & Al:u\m!um Gl g(lrhd of balsam 2. Plaintift in & 3 . ng ime B Versar; >ull apart e- —_— on the Focke-Wulf plant in Bre- plement Anzersacy w Nomapa s::uer;lyonn’:“ e men, a city which the British have 36. Lead into PSR 1 e §7. Keen enjoy= judgment ON TO BERLIN!! 4 5 . ror 60. Asiati nent rnided a score of- times without 8. Unit of wire o o DOWN : Secury _ The real impdrtance of this story knocking out that plant ! measure- Goddess of L Russian moun- is not in the controversy between el s telay British and American ‘methods Here again is the difference he- tween “area bombing” and pxe- cision bombing.” The British sent over a great weight of bombs and lay down a blanket which is sup- EEENRE OGE0HE lflflllE [E[R[O[DIEIS ] 711 INNERIE] 8olution Of Batu’rday'l Puzzle Ma lss of float- England. The actual] cannot be disclosed, but | i iences will compensate for losses or disappointments. l Children born on this day probab- ly. will be high-strung and inde- pendent, sensitive and quick-tem- pered. They have thé indication of more than average success in life. (Copyright, 1943) advantageous to divide bombing— the British by night, the U. S. by |day. In addition to relieving traf- fic congestion over British airfields, this - constant ‘round-the-clock op- eration requires Nazi gun crews and fighter crews to work 24 hours of the day, or to operate two or three shifts. If the American thesis required any more proof icr Winston Chur- chill, here is this final persuasive fact. Losses are lower. When a flight of Fighting Fortresses and Liberators goes out on a raid, all but 1.8 percent of the bombérs re- turn, British losses, on the other hand, have averaged over four per- which is a friendly one—but in the fact that the two forces, each in its own way, are about to open a spring and summer bombing cam- paign such as warfare has never posed to cover everything for acres But they missed the vital Focke- . CovEilce n |known, destroying Nazi supplies Wulf plant, which the American r:rxmal and communications so effectively bombers, with smaller bomb loads, llot that when the moment of invasion knocked out by the simple process ““;:""Il:"' { comes, the Nazis actually will be of turning the bomb-sight on the §Lu:v. e unable to move their forces into target, in broad daylight, and then s action. letting go with everything . Former ruler The Luftwaffe is not on the - - At wane. It HAS waned. At the be- “SUICIDAL” U. S. RAIDS - PIATSr A & zinning of the war, it was the most Gy “has ‘amas 3 instrument powerful air force in the world. This accuracy has amazed the o o o e British without convincing them 0. Of that kind Now s y 5 " = What many yassed first by the British, second They were first amazed last Aug- Sorin S et A gt s ust 17, when the Americans, against n;mc- now RN sl 'shm. e il linc: British protests, staged their first | Custom 1 mer“k(; pelmgdnis daylight raid over the Continent . m;';:;’;.afl;?' ;P Wl - come el The British said it was suicidal, but roEEER" | ::el' c“:rm:h P flaiang the Flying Fortresses laid down their : Chief aetor 4 ‘.)mm' B i Luftvlll‘n W RO fl fl. % ‘“x"x'?';,‘l‘% £ 4 ’I‘h;:wtll be the moment for the without a single loss. The RAF H. .7 o 'Ame{llc“a . i fes w V railroa; asion. had estimated that casualties would | - Vi H.. //.-.. . puaEiate . e s be 50 to 100 percent. AP Features | ture Syndicate, Iac.) - 20 YEARS AGO I%e urins | | MMWM APRIL 27, 1923 Preparations for the bienmial ball, given by the members of the | Territorial Legislature were virtually concluded and everything was in readiness for the event whioh was to take place the following night at the A. B. Hall. The joint committee in charge of the ball was made up of Senators Brown and Ayres and Representatives Johnston, Wilson and Cole. Supporters of optional jury duty for women won a complete victory when the House adopted the recommendations of its conferénce comi- mitte on Senate Bill No. 53, the so-called Brown women’s jury bill. Leaving for Sitka and way ports, the mailboat Estebeth, Capt. James V. Davis, took the following passengers: for Sitka—Col. James G. Steese, Capt. P. A. Agnew; for Tenake—Miss N. Jackson, P. J. Sheridan, Miss B. Ash, Alec Berg, A. E. Johnson; for Gypsum—Mrs. James Corbett. The fishing boats Norland and Thelma were in port with halibut cargoes, the former having 17,000 pounds and the latter 1,500 pounds. The Territorial P.-T. A. had a program the previous day at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church which attracted a large attend- ance. On the program were: Prayers, by Dean C. E. Rice; violin solo by Mildred Lingerfeldt, accompanied by Edith Lingerfeldt, both of Ketchikan; a paper by Mrs. Trella Bullock, Ketchikan: and a paper by Mrs. N. Leslie, Juneau, and one by Mrs. M. O. Johnson, of Wrangell. Miss Harriet Sey, who had been teaching school at Ward's Cove, having completed the school year. Nearly 150 persons were present the previous night at the celebra- tion of the 104th anniveYsary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held in the Labor Union Hall in Douglas. H. L. Rowley delivered the principal address and an entertaining program was presented by Messrs. Kirkland and Jorgensen ,a vaudeville team from Juneau. Card playing furnished the diversion following the program with prize winners being Mrs. Wilson of Juneau, Mrs, Feusi of Douglas, W. W. Casey of Juneau, and Dave Brown of Treadwell. After the card games dancing was enjoyed and delicious refreshments were served before the crowd dis- persed. Weather was rainy with a maximum temperature of minimum of 43. 52 and a Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It is every bit as good.” Say, “It is JUST as good, or, “QUITE as good.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Process. The O as in ON ferred. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Surreptitious (done by stealth); | URR. is pre- observe the SYNONYMS: Prevailing, prevalent, predominant, general, common, current. 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: AMBIGUITY: quality of being doubtful, or uncertain, especially as to meaning. (Place accent on third syllable). “There was not the faintest ambiguity in his reply.” MODERN ETIQUETTE * roperra LEE Q. Is it permissible to examine the various dishes on a cafeteria counter before selecting a certain one? A. Yes, if it can be done with a glance, but one should not finger the saucers, ar be conspicuous in selectlng ones that seems to be the largest. Q. Isn't it a mark of good breeding when a stranger who is asked a question extends a courteous'reply? A. Yes, decidedly so. A well-bred persons is always courteous in his manner of speech. As the old proverb says, “Civil, ‘obliging language cost but little, and doth a great deal of good.” Q. How should a girl announce her engakemem if her father is dead? A. The engagement should be announced in her mother’s name. lOOK and LEARN 2 1. What is absolute zero, or the point at whxoh there is total absence of heat? 2. How many aviation training schools did the United States Army and Navy have when war was declared in 1917? 3. ‘What major league baseball player set the present modern record for stealing bases? Who was the inventor of the magnifying glass? 5. Which is the largest city in the world south of the Equator? ANSWERS. Minus 459.6 degrees Fahrenheit. The Army had three and the Navy had one. Ty Cobb, with 96 stolen bases. Roger Bacon. Buenos Aires, Argentina, . C. GORDON Three American fighter pilots grin and record with theif fingers the nine German aircraft they shot down in'less than 25 minutes of nerial ' dog-fighting when their P-38 squadron intercepted a huge transport-fighter convoy headed for Tunisia to reinforce battered Nazl fofees. Left to right: Capt. Darrell G. Welch, Midland, Tex., n_.mmuu; First Lieut.'E. S. E. Newbury, Bakersfield, Calif., ‘and Secénd Lievt. John A. MacKay, St. Albans, Vt. Altogether, U. 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