The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1943, Page 4

- — THE DAILY ALASKA EMP UNEAU ALASKA [RE— . . [can Legion Auxiliary at meetings in Juneau are 5 Daily Alaska Empire .. o e S s s , blished Ing . t Sunday by the organizations are also. HAPPY BIRIHDAY ! 20 Y E A RS A G 0 T PTRR PRIVTING COMPANY By Memorial Day when the flag passes by in yys PRI THE EMPIRE | : parade, we should remember to stand with our President |01 hands over our hearts. That is our new sa- If by habit anyone extends his hand in the Beeond Ahid Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. EELEN TROY MONSEN - - WL BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business 1t = in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter, | NANNET of the former salute, he will not be arrested UBSCRIPTION RATES: |as a Nazi, for there is no penalty attached to violat- |ing the amendment to Public Law 623. But Congress thought enough of the matter to i1l promptly motity |change the law—so let us think enough about it to arity 1N the de- | 4 do as Congress decrees The right hand over flag pal One year. in advance, $15.00; aix one month, in advance, $1.28. bscribers will confer & favor if the; IfiNels Office of Afy failufe of frr ry of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Busine the heart is our salute to the MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to the use for T T DI Ve Pepublication of all news dispatches %0 1t or mot other- Not Feel He's Fighting a War, & credited In this paper and also the local news published ‘ Hl‘ “"\. e Y b re But He Keeps His Eyes Fixed on Victory ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | (Seattle Times) | This is a message from an average American. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasks Newspapers, 1011 ol " s o " réry et R 2L It is a message he wishes he could send to every - | American on every fighting front. This rage citizen is not doing anything spec- tacular in the war. He has not been earning any unusual income because of the war. He does not 'work in a war plant, though éventually he may be [found there. All these months he has been going {about his customary job, because it, too, is impor- Ilnnl in the scheme of things. He is not altogether satisfied with his lot. Who would want him to be? He has had as square a deal from his country as any man on earth, but |he realizes that social and economic inequalities do lexist' in this world. He believes that everything |should be done to correct them |ested in right now. He is not disposed to walk out |on an important job to improve his own or any other person’s lot. He is not primarily concerned about the future boundaries of Poland or any other coun- try, because he believes far more important issues are at stake. on some of these questions. e s L R | This average American has a one-track mind. week” be the learning of the proper way to salute|a; ¢his nour he has but one interest. He believes the Amertcan flag | that every issue that interferes with that single pur- Congress, by H.J. Resolution 359, amends Publicipoge js beside the point and temporarily outside Laws 623 relating to the display and use of the flag|the agenda. of the United States of America Whatever else needs to be done on earth to im- The old flag salute for civillans—raising the|prove the condition and enhance the rights of man, right arm to parallel the brow, with the palm open |he knows that the first of these i§ to whip the AXxis —has been changed. to the ground. He has no other present ambition, As amended, the law reqgcires “that the pledge [and does not intend to be diverted from this purpose of allegiance to the flag be rendered by stand- | This average American wants to see this war ing with the right hand over the hear Hence- forth the right hand is not to be extended at the words “to the flag.” According to Jack Stinnet, whose Washington column appears daily in The Empire, the old salute ... means to stay on his single track. with hand extended was tob much like the Fascist This average American wants the men who are and Nazi salutes and the Congress thought some|peing wounded, and being taken prisoner and dying, changes should be made. or are daily exposed to all these dangers, to know We learn that the American Legion and Ameri- | exactly how he and millions like him feel. — SALUTE THE FLAG—AND DO IT RIGHT| Let one of our lessons for “I am an American | won cans, tens of millions of them. Whatever other blocs of people, groups of people, organizations of people, or nations of people may be doing or planning that leads away from thi§ purpose, this average Ameri- P T Kaplan telephoned friends in Loul-’Purcha. ng Commission. 'mhw |siana that a wealthy relative had‘ A. Bennett Fey, who testified died leaving him considerable | that he had paid $3,300 to Mon- money and that he had changed | roe’s hostess, Mrs. Eula Smith for his name to John Monroe. At that!“research,” is also close to Mon- |time he had a plan to sell uni-|roe. But the brains behind Monroe's —_— |forms to the Army in conjunction |operations is Sam Kaplan of V (Continued trom Page One) | with some of his relatives who are| Vestry Street, New York, who at- —————— e !textile manufacturers. He wanted | tends most of the important din- with la-!the help of Louisiana Congressmen discharged in connection t ners where Army and Navy offi- bor troubles. in putting the idea across. cers are present. He is usually re- John “Monroe, who refused even| Since coming to Washington, ferred to as “Uncle Sam.” to tel) the Military Affairs Com-|Monroe has not been backward| One Army officer seen at Mon- mittee what his name was, also about his achievements in negotiat- | roe’s and Mrs. Smith’s parties is | But these are not the things he is most inter-| He must put off making up his mind| Theré are millions of these average Ameri- plenty of raw materials for the MAY 19 MAY 19, 1923 The first shipment of lumber, approximately 1,700,000 board feet, to be made to Australia by the Juneau Lumber Mills, was to be started !June 1,'when a sailing vessel was to arrive here to take on the cargo. | The vessel was to be in port 40 days loading, according to R. Rutherford, | Manager. ( | | Mrs. T. J. Pyle Dale M. Roff Mary Ellen Spain Francis F. Davis Mrs. F. M. Campbell Ella F. Craven | 2 ¥ t g vas i Mgl e [ The lighthouse tender Cedar, Capt. J. W. Leadbetter, was in port A. F. Shane |from Point Retreat where a crew of 20 men were employed in installing “.1 light and fog station. - Establishment of a Territorial School at Unalaska was announced by Commissioner of Education L. D. Henderson, the first term to open |in the fall. Coincident with the establishment of the Territorial insti- tution, the school heretofore maintained there by the Federal Bureau of & Y The stars "whna |Education, was to be discontinued. | but do not compel” g s sororosoooeesoess | E. G. Culver resigned from the service of the Biological Survey. |had been with the Survey for about a year | He THURSDAY, MAY 20 serse planetary ots are ac-| Obto Wicklander, proprietor of the Enterprise Foundry, accepted a 'mfidfiififir‘ififl‘ifién@lfiuon hicn, | Position with the Alaskan Railroad Commission to install and operate seems to be unfavorable to certain|® foundry for the commission at Anchorage plans for our air forces. Labor| - again is subject to sinister sway Frank Cook left on the George, Jr., for Windham Bay, where he was making for lack of harmony within|to do development work on his mining claim there unions. becle 0¥ HEART AND HOME: Everyday Mrs. D. F. Malloy assenger interests should benefit today which | juneau. She had been away for several wekes may delay ambitious activities. Al- was a on the steamer Victoria for 2d. i’l:fl"fl‘ l::“"m’_’:m:::e i “‘]‘j:;cl‘fn‘: Miss Jane McNally, well known in this city and sister of Mrs. Elmer ;\s the stars encourage simpler |A. Friend, was a passenger on the Victoria enroute to Anchorag modes of living homemakers will| » . discard many superfluous posses- Mrs. Lou Bennett, formerly of Washington, D. C,, arrived in Juneau sions. Books that are treasures now and was to become managing housekeeper of the Juneau Apartments for should be bestowed upon the armed Mrs. Bertha Hogan. | forces, astrologers say. Domesm‘ i values must be thoroughly apprais-| ed. Girls may expect cheering news .]m)m men on distant battle fronts. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Trade | {and commerce v;'il] be more prom-‘ % % 2 b |able than sanguine economists pre- D | L E I h dicted. This month will be note- a'y essons ln ng |S . L. GORDON worthy in mining projects. New de- | posits of rare minerals will be dis-| covered while increased output of |old workings will be substantial {The stars are read as promising | Weather was rainy with a maximum temperature of 45 and a mini- {mum of 44 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “My work is some easier {now.” Say, “is SOMEWHAT easier | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ttalic | fratiahdens uses belonging to. war IT (not as in LIE), accent second syllable. 3px'oduction. Women will be efficient OFTEN MISSPELLED: Martyr. Observe the TYR, pronounced TER in banks and in branches of big| SYNONYMS: Assembly, assemblage, conference, congregation, con- bustheds vention, group, gathering, meeting | NATIONAL ISSUES: Controver- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us {Sy concerning the size of the Army,|increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word DOGMATISM; positiveness in assertion in matters of opinion. “The self- Pronounce i-tal-ik, first I as in ¥ | ROBERTA LEE || |Navy and armed forces needed this |vear as our share of United Na-|importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of his conversation.”— {tions manpower will end definitely| gir walter Scott. |this month, because each day's war |records will demonstrate that over- powering strength will be necessary {in the struggle for final vietory. In MODERN ETIQUETTE la democracy many men of many {minds insure caution in matters of national expediency, but this year| will prove that obstructionists in| Q. When an affair is given in honor of a debutante, in her home |war plans postpone Axis defeat |should she receive with her mother |and exténd the conflict many A. Yes. She should not join her friends until all guests have ar- ““‘;’;}‘“5- rived, unless one or two are particularly late. Then she should be watch- :m‘tmffgrsiA:i%Ngé‘cm‘::;:‘l I:eii | m}i and lreavc‘l_\' at all times to be introduced to a late guest, or speak to one {turies may pass before the events| ™ © 'S leaving ; {of this period in history can be| @ May fried chicken be eaten with the fingers? : iséen in their true perspective, em- A. This is all right at a picnic, but at the dinner table the knife and fork should be used. is reported to have breakfasted on oné occasion with Jesse Jones, and | to have sent Senator Happy Chand- lex of Kentucky to New York to confer with Dr. Beardsley Ruml of Ruml Tax fame. In addition to his other activi-} ties, Monroe is credited with oper-| ing war contracts. He has given the impression that he can sell tanks, guns almost ' at will. One of his rifles and 1,000,000 rounds of ammupition to the Do- minican Republic. deals in' 1941 was the sale of 3,000 | | Springfield Col. James Mclnerney, 4 specialist |Phasize the fact that world evolu- | on Army tanks, At one of Monroe's 0N Will be amazing within the poker parties Representative John|decade. It is estimated that it re- | McCormack, of ‘Ma&sachusetls,lqmres 2,160 years for the zodiac loi House Democratic Leader, was pre.s-“:’ms ERocgH Cne cnnswll_ation_ Ak ent, together with Lt. Gov. Homer he’ beginning of the Christian era | { ‘ / it” was in Pisces ich ‘it is| | Casteel of Mississippi, Colonel Olm- | now to poss intofr::lua‘:fish Nx[;fli;n 'stead ‘and George Knox of the|gstroiogers believe that the Aqunr-l ian age has already begun, but the . K is still many! tion about which Monroe was ques- years distant, although its inrlu-l the House Military Af- ences are beginning to be felt. The fairs Committee, was first organ-|main purpose of the war, it is sug- | ized in Boston in 1937 to handle!gested, is to shatter existing condi- | real estate deals, then revived i tions and to prepare for a scientific, | 1940 to place contracts, commis- humanitarian and idealistic period. {of the world? Q. Is it right for a hostess to expect punctuality of a house guest, at all {imes? A. Yes, and every well-bred guest will respeet this rule. e e e e LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ corpnon B e ] 1. What two characters of ancient history are always spoken of as the types of true and noble friendship? 2. What was the first animal domesticated by man? 3. Who succeeded Jess Willard as the heavyweight boxing champion ating an anti-Roosevelt bloc in| AFFILIATIONS AND Navy. Washington, and with having CONNECTIONS The mysterious Perkins Founda- majority think it helped inspire the Louisiana “bloc”| Monroe also has had some af- in Congress which for a time filiations with Frank Celesti, Demo- | tioned by threatened to bolt the President, Cratic candidate for Mayor of Lake- Congressman Jimmy Morrison of | Wood, Ohio. They attempted to get Loufsiana, a leader of the anti-|a contract for the Tampa Marine Roosevelt bloc, has been a frequent|Company to build boats for the vigitor at the lobbyist's parties. Navy, but wanted a check for $2,- sions, ete., for 15 nianufacturing nroe always seems to know|500 in advance. The: Tampa Com- firms. 4. To what does the term “white coal” refer? | 5. Of what book is Jean Valjean the hero? ANSWERS: “ Persons whose birthdate it is have | 1‘the augury of a year of changes en the Louisiana CongressmanPany, however, was only willing to is going to make a speech andE urges newspaper friends to cover |able to the Navy. it. SON OF MILLIONAIRE “RAG KING” Monroe was born Kaplan, son of} a prosperous junk dealer some-| tinies called the “Rag King” who| dfed leaving around $1,000,000 of| which a reputed $350,000 went to this son. Entering West Point ih 1918, Monroe failed in his studies | il the spring of 1919, but was re- instated at West Point in the fall. However, he finally left the Mili-| ry Academy in 1920 because "hcn‘ s needed at home by his fam- B 1 flyuwr he became a reserve cap-| in the Army specialists corps, isigned in 1937 and in 1940 Send- tor Carter Glass of Virginia ap- plied for his reinstatement. The! Army did not reinstate him Around 1937 he went to Mans- field, La., organized an oil com- pafiy and drilled a well six or seven miles from town which brought in 400 to 500 barrels per day. Then he went to New York, and largely on the strength of an efiflier ¢onnection with the Petro- | 18lim Heat and Power Company of Pepnsylvania, he borrowed $80,000 1tdm “the Continental Supply Tom- pahy Which stpplies pipe line ment. ick in Louisiana, Monroe or- | ganized a pipe line company, but | never laid a mile; built a ware- notise; bought a fleet of Lincolns, Caglillacs and Packards. About this time he was sued for delinguency in meeting a bill for $1,000. He threatened to hire Ho- mer Cummings as attorney and fi'lnz all sorts of dire consequences | on the head of his creditor. Mean- | while other companies brought suit, | give them an advance check pay- Monroe also has been shown around Wasltington by E. T. Hun- ter of Columbia Aircraft Indus- tries, who took him to the Greek Legation and also o #he British T ACROSS 35 Leave | 1. Cistern 2% Bnwmhgie «. Sliver coing 41 Measure of 9, cured 2 Greedy 12, irely 44. One skilled in 13. One of the a certain Muses language 14. Finial 46. Old-womanish 156. American 47. Ingredient of author varnish 16. Medicinal plant 48, Rescues 17. Born 50. Tree 18, Vanquished 63. Ridlcule 20. Add 56. Metric lana 22, Searcer measure 24. Bxisted 57 Black snake Pull 25. Expert 59, 27. Causing feeling C0. Sonth American 3l Wait for . Indians . Partly open 61 Rejoice 23, Drink slowly 62, Metal-bearing 34. Forward rock 35. Returns 63. Devour VA until Kaplan was faced with 22 shits in all. Eventually he went| into receivership. | Shortly before Pearl Hnrbor,l Crossword Puzzle Its directors include Robert T, that are developing and helpful in | P. Storer, Boston investment bank- |many ways. It is wise to concentrate er; Donald G. Stork, and Joseph UPOn practical work. | Driscoll. Monroe is their chief con-| Children born on this day prob- tact in Washington and is reported‘al’,ly will - have lives of dramatic to have handled various war con- ¢'ises and interesting experiences. | tracts for them. Good fortune will prevail. How much he is paid is not| (Copyright, 1943.) s | [A]lVIOININAIPERINAIC]T] |k , but the r RIENEMLIENORNRIAIC] |at 2101 R, Street Is $500 monoumy. [CIRIEIS[CEENT/SMT] 1 [N] [HASTEMS[EE]s MMIA] |His" entertainment bills cannot be | meagre. | Monroe gives the impression that |he is on the inside of inside Wash- ‘lngtqn. One statement he made to friends was that Vice-chairman | Eberstadt of WPB would soon take jover Donald Nelson’s job. This, he |sald, came straight from the White House. (Nelson later fired Eber- stadt). N{onroe also says the Pen- tagon Building has seven roofs because of confusion among con- tractors who never consulted with each other. (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- | ture Syndicate, . Inc.) (AN N E [LIDIE]A] & Flilher.ll DOWN 3. Orlental com- 1. Sharp point mander 2. Dmf.-)"'oxdln. it . Goddess of . peace . Humarn race . Voleano §. Perennial “barb 9. Book of the 3 4. 5. [1 7. At a special meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose last night three R, o Coust Guardsmen were initiated. “‘f‘ rrplnl Those who rode the goat were Pal- 4 ok irea mer B. Gaylord, Cecil D. Ferguson 3 and Hugh E. Ward. “{:&fi;" Refreshments™ were enjoyed fol- ng tx:l“‘;l{;a lowing the initiation ceremony. 1 3}’" ‘atlonal The Moose Légion will meet on Friday night, May 21. *‘_:’ —pne. ® ® 00 0 0 0 0 ° 0 0 o Wards off | Feminine name o WEATHER REPORT o 4 g:”zn” . (U.'S. Bureau) PR ' Public véhicle e Temp. Tuesday, May 2., e by lf uv‘:f ¢ Maximum 47, minimum 42, e Wortiiess g | ® Rain—026 inches. o ® o o & & 0 0 ° & 0 0 1. Damon and Pythias. 2. The dog. 3. Jack Dempsey. 4. Water power. 5. “Les Miserab ' by Victor Hugo. New Navy Fighter Plane ‘The Brewsters F3A (above), the newest fighter plane for the U. S. Navy, a gull-winger, single-seated monoplane, produced by the Brew- ster Aéronautical Corp., goes through a flight test successfully at the company’s airpert at Johnsville, Pa. The new Navy sky-battler is a counterpart of the F4U Corsair, and was designed for aircraft carrier . operations with the fighting fleets. | Walch for THE COMMANDOS!...lke a rajer they slrike! % EAGLE SQUADRON" 'i’her;a IsNo Susmuie for s Newspaper Advertising! - Drs:. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Offive Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer 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 Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Strees Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITEES Bold and Berviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batistied Customers” DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 16 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS|” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. PLUMBING HEATING Arc and Acetylene Weiding Sheet Metal PHONE 34 JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Sheif and Heavy Nardware Guns and Ammunition "Guy Smith-Drugs” (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HOB;.gECK's DANISH Duncan’s Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleaning—Pressing—Repairing PHONE 333 “Neatness Is An Asset” WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1943 DIRECTOR Professional Fraternal Socleties Gastineau Channel — MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 BECOND and FOURTE Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. JOHN J. FARGHER, Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS, Secretary. B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers wel- come. N. FLOYD FAGERSON, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. 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