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

PAGE FOUR Dmlw Alu.sl.a Empm’ ! ery evening except Sund IRE l‘iu\n\(. COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Al ®ELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - President R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager ska. Eitéred in the Post in_Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RA Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for a e following ix months, in advan office ver month. | . $6.00; 1 favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office fatlure or irregulurity in the de- | Hvery their » I ‘elephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, i 1 practiced MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | ssociated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for | news dispatches credited to it or not other- paper and also the local news published (more than that is spent ALASKA CIR THAN ULATION GUARAN' THAT OF ANY OTHER D TO BE LARGER BLICATION NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Building, Seattle, Wash. | | | PROGRESS® INTERRUPTED Because of the war the not be 200-inch telescope can- Physicists who devoting their lives to probing the secrets of the atom have abandoned their cyclotrons to improve death-dealing weapons. Mathematicians who once constructed new relativistic universes now solve problems in ballistics. | Biochemists who studied the chemical process of the | searched out new vitamins and hormones | problems of nutrition. Progress | completed were and now deal with the Has necessarily been interrupted to wage a war which 15 a struggle for cultural survival What this interruption means is apparent in the report of the activities of the Rockefeller | which for many years has encouraged | there were distinguished scientists and good laboratories. The appropriation for 1942 of $8,227,867 was $1,000,000 less than for 1941, so that work in the natural sciences was of necessity cur- tailed. There is regret in the report, yet an un- grudging acceptance of the cause for which the war is fought and a clear declaration that long-time pro- jects must be continued, as that is possible, for the sake of the The fruits of the long-range policy are apparent. | Because the Foundation has succeeded in controlling yellow fever in South America it is able not only to body present Foundation, research wherever so far next generation Kilday. groans | L HOGS, M | was {to re-cstablish if research in the natural and social | saries of | nave i that even in the roughest storm a seadrome will rise | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA Africa knowledge than bullets native population a disease which Because malarid intensively studied years, the Army knows how to cope with it in parts of the world where it is impossible to drain swamps and fight mosquitoes Because China needs the program of agricul- tural research and rural reconStruction is carried out as if there no war. Because cultural values must be preserved, libraries and museums are sup- social sciences encouraged. it is astonishing how much the accomplishing. There science can still be aid our troops in and the but to pile take up more of can more lives HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 14 William Byington Doris June aves Brice Mielke | Thomas A. Morgan, Jr. | Christine Snelling Elbert Y. Thomas F. M. Harrison R. M. Lewis -o for food were ported and the Despite the war Foundation has succeeded is no slackening of effort where Research in what is still called pure sci- is regarded not as a luxury but as a necessity. ,227,867 is trifle at a time when in an hour of war, yet ii lamp burning and to pre- would be difficult in is ence I'he sum of $ e — HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” S A a mere does mucn to keep the serve a cultural pattern which it | sciences ignored | werc completely | rULbDAY JUNE 15 | Man-made Atlantic Islands | This is not an important day m, planetary direction. Routine work should engage women of all ages It is not an auspicious date for| making any decision, especially if| it relates to domestic affairs. HEART AND HOME: Attention |to attire is advised by the seers as most important, for they warn that inclination to forget beauty culture will be prevalent among girls who are doing hard work. Working clothes that are comfortable will be worn when not needed, the stars indicate, and slacks will be more {numerous on the streets than for- {ferly. Informal dress influences {manners, the seers declare, and they urge that old conventions bc[ observed BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Sales 0( (New York Times) Man-made steel i ds stretching across the At- lantic, each complete with a hotel, repair shop, radio station, fuel tanks, rooms and other neces- aerial transport—newspaper readers must rubbed their and asked questions when they read the advertisement recently in which Ed- ward R. Armstrong’s seadrome was described. Was | this an engineer's romance? What will happen in a storm? When Mr. Armstrong first projected his dar-' ing structure over thirty years ago he was well aware of the difficulties that had to be surmounted. And that they have been surmounted the Government encouragement of ten years ago and the endorse- ment of engineers testify. Models leave no doubt storage eyes and fall no more than a foot, that waves will pass through buoyant support without breaking, and that the maintenance of stability is assured. Two decades ago Mr. Armstrong located his ar- |SPorting goods and camping mat-| tificial islands 400 miles apart. Now he doubles the|erials will be brisk this month when stages because planes so large, fast and safe. ;“‘““0" days are enjoyed by thou-| With war transports and bombers traveling several |21ds Who overcome gas limitations. thousand miles on a single charge of fuel, with clip- | TTailers will gain popularity among ers flylng directly to Europe, with 150-passenger{{smilies of workers who seek reet| L P s e twnd recreation. Large amounts of planes in sight that will have a range of at leas ‘mum,\ will be spent in escape from 7500 miles, the public must wonder whether the (i, o, tant contemplation of war scadrome is not already outmoded. The problem of |, cqc and war results. ‘In many | payload is still paramount. If passengers are Willing|cnqa)) country places merchants will to stop at sea islands every three hours, Mr. Arm- profit. ‘ strong has the solution. His best chance is the|” NATIONAL ISSUES: Gertal plane designed to carry payload of high intrin- \cions are read as presaging “Nazi c value. Not that the freight steamer will ew-x‘LUu“h toward a premature peace 2o the way of the windjammer, but that the cargo|that will gain supporters in the plane offers no attractive transatlantic future if it|United States where former isola-| must wing its way to Europe on a single heavy |tionists will intrude in discussion of charge of fuel. Even in these passenger-carrying|postwar plans. Unconditional sur-| days the islands of the Pacific, as well as Bermuda [render will be firmly demanded by | and the Azores, have their uses—nature's stepping-'the United Nations, astrologers de-| stones. For business reasons Mr. Armstrong’s care- [clare, but there will be much dis- fully developed design is much more than a Jules cussion of possible leniency, de- Verne dream in blueprint form. The fact that an|spite heavy losses inflicted by the| important airline is ready to adopt it and a ship-|enemy and wholesale treachery g building company ready to construct it speaks for the code of Hitler. itself | INTERNATIONAL AFFA!RS' - i it Marked improvement in shipping ‘m‘umd transportation is forecast for| {next month when' United Nations \ull make great progress in over- |coming the submarine menace. are land, and labor involved. Here | the conclusions IORE COWS 1. Hogs will return more calories | l'annual Flag Day exercises this evening at thé Elks’ Hall oné of the best | to give the address of the evening. | story of the Flag. | the table before the dinner is served? 20 YEARS AGO T supirse JUNE 14, 1923 Every effort was being made by the Elks of Juneau to make their attended and most successful ever held by the lodge. L. L. Harding was Vocal solos were to be sung by Mrs Crystal Snow Jenne and W. G. Culver. B. A. Rosselle was to give the That Alaska ought to hdve a greatér measute of sélf govérnment was the statement of Senators Charles Joseph Robinson, minority leader in the Senate, and Senator A. A. Jones of New Mexico, two of the seven members of Congress who made brief talks at the banquet given in their honor the previous night. For the first time in the history of the First Division of Alaska, a Marshal's Court was in session at Juneau this day. Everett Nowell was a passenger for Junecau on the stcamer Jefferson to spend the summer visiting. From 9 until 12 o’clock the previous evening, Gov. and Mrs. Scott C. Bone entertained with a public reception to meet the members of the Congressional party. Dan A. Sutherland, Delegate to Congress from Alaska, was in favor of having land offices at both Anchoroge and Juneéau and stated that if the order of removal of the land office from here to Anchorage was carried out, he would endeavor to have another established at Juneau. J W. Kehoe, local attorney, returned here on the Alaska from a business trip to Wrangell. The space beneath the Coliseum Theatre and the beach was entirely filled with crushed rock and work of closing in this foundation was being done this week, according to W. D. Gross, owner of the building. Weather was fair with a maximum temperature of 52 and a mum of 42, mini- Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do net say, “There is no need of us going with them.” Say, “of OUR going with them.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mercantile. The I as in ILL is pre- ferred; the I as in TITLE is also correct, but never as EE in FEEL. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Reveal (to divulge). Revel (to be festive). SYNONYMS: Pernicious, deadly, destructive, injurious, ruinous. 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 MOTIVATE; to provide with a motive; impel; incite. “The knowledge that their country needed them motivated their deeds.” MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ womprra Lem Q. What amount of tip is customary to give to a bellboy who brings a telegram to one’s hotel room? A. Ten cents. Q. Is it proper to place the spoon for the after-dinner coffee on A. No, it is brought in when the coffee is served. Q. What should one say if one cannot understand a person when talking over the telephone? “I cannot understand you” or “Will you please speak louder.” DIRECTORY i, Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Buflding Phone 86 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH OENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 468 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room §—Valentine Bidg PHONE 762 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. QGraduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and - Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 138 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P. A Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Bold and Berviced by J. B. Burford & Ce Professional 1 MOUNT JUNEAU LOBGE NoO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH 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 2nd and 4th Wednes- days at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers welcome, N. FLOYD FAGER- SON, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. PIGGLY WIGGLY Fer BETTER Groceries Phons 16— e ““The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists SUTLER-MAURO DRUG €0. HARRY RACE Druggist Marlin Doubledge Razor Blades 18 for 25¢ “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'li Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn 8. FRANKLIN STREET Juneau Melody Shop FRANCISCAN DISHES R.C.A. Victor Records BRING OL! D RE | | 1 | Few people realize the extent of per unit of livestock feed than any A. Say. \the Washington control over the other type of livestock. Whole milk Washington production and consumption of the|from dairy cows is next in value. {New underseas craft will ‘'be em- |ployed by the Allies in epochal con- iflict that will hasten the defeat of | INSURANCE Merry- Go-Round |nation’s food suppl (Continued trom Page One) | By dispensing —lor by witholding through, |lishing price floors that this|ings; by rationing )not some foods entirely, the jan engineer fore the call could go someone persuaded her was not the thing to do B3 from STIMSON Henry Stim-!panel. filling on the| A twist of this Kilday bill, which would give|up the production fathers deferment priority over single men and married men with- out children, has left the young) author of the legislation, Represen- tative Paul Kilday of Texas, slight- Iy bewildered All in all, DOUBLE-SHIFT Secretary of War son’s backing and {turn of another The twists about in favor | dairy |tion of hogs. (been increased gr |animals are eating Washington the Secretary of War took three different positions. When the bill was before the House Military committee, Stimson condemned it as unworkable. Later,! in letter to the House Rule committee, he took Position No. He averred that the War Depart- call the “nutritive iifferent types of Ii onsidering the benefit them; by estab- rationing .others; Government before will alter the eat- ing habits of the entire nation. of higher products and lower produc- Hog experts have made a study expense of ies. 2. But dairy products returnigigler, The next fortnight is to more protein than hogs do, or'make history in battles of such than any other livestock product. scope and ferocity that all pre- And protein is a more critical ltcmmous war records will be broken. in the diet than calories. Persons whose birthdate it is 3. In terms of labor cost, dairy have the augury of a "year of products are the |advancement, but strange exper- most efficient, | A eggs are second, while cattle |lences are indicated for both men hogs tie for third place. and | 4. In terms of land cost, dai land women. | Children born on this day prob- products yield more proteins per acre than any other animal pro- {ably will have talent for the duct. payments, and price ceil- some foods and by removing civilian markets like an instrument valve will bring of pork, and a | Ability to succeed in music, liter ‘(\ue or in dramatic interpretation | |may be expected. The final conclusion is that “our| (Copyright, 1943) best utilization of labor, feed, and| land would require further empha- | sis upon dairy production and on complete utilization of dairy pro- ducts.” This means that the people sit ting at the control panel in Wash- |ington are closing the throttle| vestock products, | marked “pork,” closing A\no(hel {ture Syndicate, Iric.) feed, marked “fat cattle,” and opening| & TIE Y to be made are production of the throttle marked “milk.” Both farmers and consumers may soon expect directives from Wash- ington to put these findings into |effect. | (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- numbers have eatly, but the us out of grain therefore of what they contribution” of ment “would have no objection” to the measure if the Military Com-| miftée interpreted it properly Specifically, Stimson took excep- tion to a Military Committee port construing the bill to mean| that ALL single men and men]| without children should be “in- ducted” prior to fathers. He point- éd out that because of shifts in| population and other factors, no Selective Service director could be sure that every single man in a| State had been called up, which| might bar the inducting of fathers| needed in the service. If the phrase, “called for jn-| duction” (with respect to single and husb without chil- | were substituted, Stimson | this would not preclude the induction of fat and the legis- | Iation would be satisfactory. The House Military Committee promptly inade the desired c in plemental form, stating fore, it will be seen t the com- Mittee is in agreement with the War Department as to the m|>er' construction of the bill However, Kilday and the com- mittee were due for a rude awaken- ing about six weeks later when the Senate Military Affairs Committ voted to shelve the father-def ment bill. It developed that the adverse vote was chiefl by a letter from Secretary Stim- son. This was the third different position he had taken. This time he stated that the bill couldn't be| adininistered “without seriously ducing the orderly flow of men into the Army in the proper num- | bers and with the appropriate qualifications.” “I can undefstand a man revers- | ing himself once, but not twice,”| re-| ACROSS . Aeriform fluld Term of address ut short . High mountaln . Sheeplike . Greek letter . Huge wave . Pertaining to a branch of the service Title of a knight Fine cotton fabric aft Demolished . Front of & boat . Epoch | Piece of foliage oft Come out 34, Sun god a ‘sup- | “There- inspire re- N\HEEEL § “Pusde JERE] N Y NAZIS DOWN =lamT lERSERE 26FL 'NG FORTRESSES ,Many Enemv Fighter Planes Destroyed- 35. Take for granted 37. Medical 39. Symbol for nickel . Revolved 2. Application o Kind of lettuce Dillseed Moisten again nging syllable Music drama Agreeable Plece of cloth Lubricate [OOK and LEARN ?_ C GORDON 1. What male animal mates for life, and does not mate again during its lifetime if its mate dies? 2. How many inches are there in one span? How is castor oil made? Of what is péwter composed? ‘What temperature does a falling meteorite develop? ANSWERS: The fox. Six inches. It is extracted from the béans of the castor plant. It is an alloy of tin and lead. About 7,000 degrees. (B force Vloihen, Trained at Home, Fitting Info War Industry Jobs (Continued from Page one) fered by a single U. S. air in a raid in this theater. The pre- vious high was 16 during the last previous attack on Bremen, April 17. The British lost 24 bombers in their Saturday night raid on Bor-| hum and other targets in the in- dustrial Ruhr Valley. The Germans conceded hcfl\y‘ damage was done in this attack as five 4,000-pounders a minute poured down on the chemical plants and armament works. Afterwards, thou- sands of incendiary bombs dumped on the’ ruins. i Sed lcbsly clean. One amusing find that the bur- eau made is that women who meti- culously follow recipes in cooking, | measuring out ingredients to the WeIe | ast fraction, make the most pro- | ticient shell loaders. | There are many women who run their sheets through electric man- gles on wash-Mondays. It's only slightly different from operating a | blueprint ‘machine and there isn't |an instrument of war that doesn’t require thousands of blueprints. . Gone by 61. Contemporary author . Charact “The Faerle Queene” 63. Lair . Horse . Number Attack Still On (Continued !rom Page One) Solution Of Saturday's Puzzle 3. Birds i . Simple or- ganism Pertaining to grand- parents . Turn oft Literary frag- ments. in DOWN 1. Labor for breath 2. Opposite of aweather no bombs were dropped. Meanwhile, RAFP Beaufighters torpedoed two enemy supply ships and damaged' four escort vessels in an attack ‘'on an ememy convoy off the Dutch coast last might. At the same time, Germanr night raiders struck back in reprisal, causing an alert in London and some damage. The double-barréled attack yes- terday by the Eighth U. S. Air Force wrought new destruction on the German naval building cen- ters. The unescorted bombers al. downed a great number of enemy fighter planes out of the strong- est German interception force ever encountered, The American raids were made at the cost of 26 Fortresses, chisfly around Kiel, but Brig. Gen. Fred- érick Anderson who command one wing of the operations, said the “price was not too high for the. results achieved.” Heaviest Loss Yet It was the heaviest toll ever suf-s . Fuses. By the side of Of the ear Co‘v-nn: of & r Bovine animat t again Na!ln of birds of prey . Huv}’ board . Soldering flux by a Face of a gem Large bird . Roam about Absolute Type of auto- ‘mobile Distinguished 44, Northwestern state Brazilian macaw Heats . Helped along . Toward the mouth y_attendant Belonging to me Cover the In- side . Ardor . Small island AP Features Through the U. S. employment bureaus, which do the hiring, al- locauon and making arrangement ror free training school attendance,| ‘lhe Women's Bureau is really driv- | |mg hard to replace the 12,000 men| 3 > ‘a day pouring into the armed ser- lampedusa, Linosa Garri- |vices. sons Surrender fo Their “aptitude survey” promises |to be a big stride toward answer- A = ing that question often asked by mert housewives and female hobbyists: e (a"s | “But what could I do?"” P | If you've never dong more than (Continued from Page one) ol a baby carriage in the park, you can push parts and tool bins around a factory. It's as simple as that. SIDNEY THOMPSON GOES SOUTH WITH PRISONERS U. S. Deputy Marshal Sidney cal target for the next phase of the offensive. A communique from the Cairo Middle East Command, meanwhile, | said at least eight planes were de- stroyed in the raid on Gerbini, three of which ran into bomb bursts in attempting to take off. 8 ot Oatanis: 23 miles to: the eas:“night with three prisoners and| : | three insane cases. Serious damage was done to the|' prisoners for Seattle were Charles hangars and aircraft on the ground.| chyek and Charles Peebles. William Dense, black smoke was reported |R. Nunn will be taken to San An- billowing up from the hangars hit | tonio, Texas. on the west side of the airdrome. Two insane cases are being taken| e to Morningside from Juneau and *” BUY WAR BONDS fone from Ketchikan, DR. H. VANCE OBTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 18 to 12; 1 to 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Anmex South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 B —— “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI|" Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. PLUMBING HEATING Arc and Acetylene Welding Sheet Metal PHONE 34 JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Nardware Guns and Ammunition "Guy Smith-Drugs” Duncan’s Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleaning—Pressing—Repairing PHONE 333 “Neatness Is An Asset” Shattuck Agency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Marxet 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNXR & MARX CLOTHING ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Colizeum Theatre Juneau Heating Service B. E. Feero 211 Second St. INSTALLATIONS and REPAIRS Heating Plants, Oil Burners, Stoves, Quiet Heat Oil Burners Phone 787 or Green 585 BUY WAR BONDS 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1943 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS I l 1 |