The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR . M Irespondent, now with International New: e, al y askda "lplre warns us in Collier's that Japan has already won Published every evening except Sunday by the [HER war, while' we have not yet started in earne EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY |fo fight OUR war Second and Main Streets, suneau, Alaska, Japan, he writes, has seized all the territory and ““”’ET““‘ NN i e e ";“”"“‘ |resources she needs; she requires only time to de- NARD - - Vice-President iness Manager | Ramo i '“."’ o N [velop them. While Japan has won an empire of Sitered 1n the Post Office In Junesu as Second Class Matter, | 300,000,000 people and 3,250,000 square miles, we ha SUBSCRIPTION RATES: . |taken “one airfield and three jungle towns." Japan lvsred ol e e Taowie e ™o lis becoming a continental power, while we have One vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; | taker, only outposts. one month, in advance, $1.25 i 3 Bubscribers will confer a favor i they will promptly notify | _— the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers i i ; . Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. i Freedom of the Air MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS (New York Times) he Assoclated Press usively e ; The Assoclated Press s exclusively entitled to the use for| e pgye puilt an immense airplane industry news dispatches credited to it or not other- is paper and also the local news published | Thousands of our flying nearl, |over routes never republication of & wise credited in t herein over ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. aerially strong, w {and other nations |demand of more |“rule the air” or tically called ! In Parliament NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Building, Seattle, Wash. | bases than any ot '(Iml to exact wha “due share” of ai |to the Interstate pleads for the old leignty extends to | must fly over | Europe, Mackenzi | canada Afr Lines ation and coope mediate national how “our overridi international WHAT IS NEXT? } fan Success of our attack on Attu appears a mili-| tary certainty. Eventually we will also drive the Japs out nf‘ Kiska, 172 miles to the east, and the Aleutians will be under the American flag once more. We may hear about the victory from the Tokyo radio instead of our own publicity-shy Navy Depart- ment, but we will have the victory. What happens next will tell us whether the Aleu- tian action was a purely defensive operation, or From these a companies still th war, economics an all this means Lor development of insure that the whether it is the beginning of our war against| v] er it's B r smash the | : 4 GRERT; CwiSRIRr (08 W s B e (e | governments for political, economic, cultural and e, g i £ military aggression. Accordingly, he renews the| Our invasion of the Solomons, it appears NOW.| ramjjjay suggestion that there should be full freedom | was a defgnsive operation we have made no major move on this road to Tokyo.| by an internation: oOur only advance has been the occupation, unop-| posed, of nearby Russell Islands. In the same way, driving the Japs from the Aleutians may be intended only to prevent attacks on Dutch Harbor, the Alaskan mainland and our Pacific coast. But there are other indications that we may be giving up the idea of fighting a holding war against Japan and starting an all-out drive. Attu is 100 miles nearer the Japanese base of Paramushiru in the Kuriles than it is to our own | eent passage” be aerial future? nearly so favorabl |or Great Britain. are needed and t |as it is curbed on jbase of Dutch Harbor—and Attu is 500 miles nearer | nauties Board, and with our “Tokyo thah it is to Seattle. We have need to speed our war against Japan. whatever policy is ilhere is danger of a scramble for and that governments and the executives of private we published recently. | production will be on hand” Our pilots are acquiring experience in every ocean and continent and before traversed by planes. Great y ’Exxum and Canada, though outdistanced, are also ith Russia and a reformed France still to be heard from. Hence the than one Congressman that we at least assume what is euphemis- “leadership it has been pointed out that Great ! Britain and her dominions and colonies control more her Power, so that she is in a posi- t Lord Londonderry regards as her erial traffic. In a brief submitted and Foreign Commerce Committee |of the House the National Aeronautics Association i reciprocal agreements and adher- ence to the established doctrine that national sover- the very sky. Because our planes Canada to reach most of Asia and e King wants a place for Trans- and favors “international collabor- ration” and promises to support “best calculated to serve the im- interest,” but without indicating ng interest in the establishment of order” is to be attained without |the abolition of war. nd other opinions it is clear that ink in terms of national interests, nd horse-trading for rights. ‘d Davies set forth in a letter which It means new rivalries, the national airplane industries ‘“not ‘only to secure the lead in civil aviation but also to and personne! for aircraft if there should be an- plant {other conflagration, and more airlines subsidized by!the urge to extend pipe lines nnd‘ We succeeded in stop-|of the air or the right to fly over any country nnd'v.he draft, ping the Jap offensive southward. But in the three |y, Jand anywhere without special permission, months since we completed conquest of Guadalcanal | that the world’s aerial traffic should be controlled in the expansion of education. Sur- and | al authority. Like the delegates who attended every disarma-|arouse to action civilians who will| ment conference held since 1919, Lord Davies reahzesll-“")mote better living conditions in| that freedom of the air and war are incompatible American cities where women of and that only if there is nothing of military impor- |limited means will benefit from tance to see from on high can “the right of inno- assured. What, then, of our own| geographical position is not e for bargaining as that of Canada | But with an international author- ity to encourage the creation of airlines where they ‘Unned Nations will' conti t nue to in-| o curb senseless competition, much a national basis by our Civil Aero- planes flying to every| ‘mldxoms in the world, we have everything to g“""rhe stars seem to presage amazing and nothing to lose if we champion control of arma- Clark Lee, former Associated Press Pacific cor-| ments and freedom of the air FRIEND OF VIERECK'S Furthermore, Garey's partner, Raoul Desvernine was a Liberty League opponent of the President’s and had other interesting connec- tions. He also knew George Sylves- ter Viereck, at one time convicted as a Nazi agent, and now up for 1a second trial on June 18 (Continued trom Page One) — | Viereck's apartment, but said he knew the Nazi agent only slightly.| He said Mrs. Desvernine had met the Vierecks on a boat returning from Europe in 1938, and had been to his house on one or two occa-) | sions. SACRIFICED FDR JR. Into this isolationist, anti-Roo- aerial supremacy | What | States in might not have been such a fail- ure. Churchill at first tactfully side- stépped comment, explaining he didn't want to stick his nose in American affairs. However, he fin- ally observed with a grin that he knew & little about politics himself dand probably could offer one sug- gestion. a League of Nations| Viereck was engaged in publish- | ing various anti-British, pro-Nazi|sevelt, Wall Street law firm, young ‘books through a publishing house Franklin Roosevelt was thrown as ;run by Sigfried Hauck, and Hauck a sacrificial lamb—all for the sake later informed the Justice Depart- of Jim Farley. yment that he had seen one of| But after one month, Jim began \Desvernine's manuscrips “War Bad Business” in Viereck’s apart- | ment. Viereck apparently was con- became apparent that the agree- ment with Mrs. Roosevelt was off. sidering it for publication Whereupon, young Franklin was Desvernine, when subsequently pulled out of his uncongenial sur- queried about this by the Justice|roundings in the Garey-Desvernine Is knifing the President again and it| “What is it?” chorused several af the politicos. | “Appoint a delegation that is| Department, did not deny that one of his speeches had been 'm law firm. That made Eugene Garey sore as blazes. strletly bi-partisan,” Churchill re-| plied, “half Democrat and half Reépublican.” If the President named such a commission of outstanding leaders Crossword Puzzle of both parties, the Prime Minis-| e‘l?“"o“ :: g;‘"“ thr added, his chances of winning| & Humble i Saum 3. Cohgealed 37. Genus of the Cangressional approval of a treaty Whter maple tree atfiong the Allied powers would bg| 1% Neroof the 28 Open vessel gréatly enhanced. 13. Forgive 10 ;pfikl of fhe idea evoked some smiles, but| j& Andinet = o o oo, hndan was generally applauded as a prac-| {g ‘vmr % mlnuu open- RIEP[A) tical suggestion. | 3 o8 hua 44, Chide IRIT L [AlVIMAIN] 18. Alwi 45, Movable 30 Dutoh ity 50. Masculine | 21 Stua: FARLEY, ROOSEVELT AND | 22 el 51 Highest point MRS. R. Responds to a 3 Indigo plant % 5 g Trade g" ’fifcel:leficfa Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle ; . Musical direc- 57. Black bir Uil tew peaple dnow i, butv n not to 58 Siamese coin DOWN 4. Southern con- back in 1940 just after the Demo- play 59. Wing-shaped 1y, t stellation : ; 31. Organ of hear- §0. Clear profit - "ARIS MEINES. ctdtic Convention in Chicago nom- g é1. Constellation 2. Over 5. Be fitting inated FDR for a 3rd term, Mrs.| 32 uu comb. 62, More palild 3. Sing {n & cer- 6. Among Boosevelt had a friendly talk with| 5. Batory ISRy [ W Sgiin to Jim Farley to try to make peace| 8. Summer: tween Jim and her husband. | ranh %t talk, strange as it may seem, X sl onkh baa 2 J 7 10. Woo had some interesting reper- 11. Eagles cussions on an important Congres- 19. Black snake sional situation—the Congressman 21, Moccasin Cox investigation of the Federal | .. 23. Small child Communications Commission. 1. 8ia % 27. Resources Mrs. Roosevelt had always 28, Faucet thought & great deal of Jim Far- 29, Anclent wine ley, and hée had respect for her Their talk appeared to make some progress. One of the things Jim! requeted of Mrs. Roosevelt as al part of the reconciliation plan was} that her son Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr, join the law firm of his old friend Eugene L. Garey. Mrs. Roosevelt, anxious to please | Farley, agreed. So young Franklin | joined the Garey law firm. This| wis & rteal concession, because| Garey had represented the big Wall | Btreet enenles of young Frank- Un’s father, and the son of the President in any law firm means ieal business, of /%///flllflll Al AR / l I 7/ A £ ] Ywadm od of Teceptacie HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 16 M. S. Whittier Ronald R. Lister Frank Maier Gussie Terzick i Ben Leaming Mrs. John Pastl M Peter Carlson Mrs. Lisle Hebert Robert Leo Jewett ,,- — ittt et HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” it it | THURSDAY, JUNE 17 | | Benefic aspects rule through the busiest hours of this day. Toward| |night air mail service was to be established between New evening labor comes under @& threatening sign HEART AND HOME: In dren will be general and planned parenthood which assures the best| tom, the seers foretell. The birth-| rate which has risen since the be-| ginning of the war will fall off before the close of the conflict and| child-bearing will be a patriotic} duty in the future. Science is to| serve families of every class and | haphazard methods of caring for| children will belong to the past. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: This| should be a stimulating day in the world of trade. It is most for- |tunate for advertising. Women are |subject to a sway which promises good opportunities in the profes- sions. In the coming Aquarian age they will be foremost among the| lawmakers of the world, it is pre-| dicted. |sort should be pushed today when to build new roads should be strong| in the United States. NATIONAL ISSUES: Through!| benefits will come to| many Americans hitherto ncgle(t,ed |veys made for war needs mow will |cooking lessons. Food scarcity is 'to be in the end a blessing to the {nation which now must study | nutriment values ana learn wise emnom!(‘x INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: {flict great damage upon cities of ‘Germany and Italy as their air forces gain in numbers and power. success through surprise offensives that are quite different from'pat- terns imagined by their eneémies| who are to suffer tremendous losses before the end of the Summer. Certain foreign seers foretell’ that | ,both the Atlantic raids. Persons whose birthday it | have the augury of a year of act-| ivity, much of which is pleasant. |Furloughs and leaves will be en- Children born on this day prob- tably will have great personal charm |that contributes to success. These | | reliable. (Copyright, 1943) Now, on Jim Farley’s recommen- dations, Garey has been appointed | counsel of the Congressional Com- mittee, conjured up by Congress- man Cox of Georgia to investigate the Federal Communications Com- mission, This appointment came after the Federal Communications Commission recommended criminal {prosecution of Cox on a charge of accepting a $2,500 lobbying fee. At present, bitterly anti-Roose- velt Garey, and bitterly anti-FCC Cox are investigating the agency which had the temerity to ''move against Cox and which still retains some semblance of Roosevelt liber~ alism. | (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) MAGNETIC MINES | PROBLEM SOLVED STOCKHOLM—Swedish navé ex- perts, working with techniciansyof the Swedish General Electric Com- pany, have solved the problem of magnetic mines, they announce. The Navy has opened a demagnet- izing station outside of Stockholm, on Sweden’s east coast, and offers the service to merchant shipping free of charge. While technical details have not been made public, it is said the ships are treated to an ‘“electrical massage” by passing through pow- of the ship Is also wired with ca- bles similar to the De Gauss de- vices first used by Great Britain. Experts claim the treatment and wiring completely protects a ship against magnetic mines lying 33 to 45 feet below & ship’s hull; though “it is not practical to com- pletely eliminate the m"‘ifiu‘ qualities of ' the steel masses®in- and Pacmc, coasts will be bombed in nuisance | is | joyed by men in the armed forces. | Gemini folk should be talented and | | the | office. postwar world the desire for chil- of the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Constructive work of every|it?” erful high tension fields. The hull |’ 20 YEARS AGO 7% emrire JUNE 16, 1923 In spite of numerous other activities and enticing weather, a large Ierowd was present in the Elks’ Hall the previous evening to hear the Flag Day exercises at which L. L. Harding gave the address of the evening. | Members of the committee in charge of the entertainment were J. Davis, H. Lucas, and P. Colburn. i B Lester D. Henderson, Commissioner of Education for the Territory, took passage on the Princess Alice for the South on his way to the National Education Association convention which was to meet in Oak- land, California B. D. Stewart, Supervising Engineer for the United States Bureau of Mines in Alaska, left for the South on the Prinecss Alice. One of the objects of his trip was to secure a mining engineer for the Matanuska coal fields. arly in August, continuous day and York City and San Francisco, assuring delivery from to seaboard in twenty-eight hours, according to an announcement of the Postoffice De- { partment. During the latter part of July or seaboard Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Stepp left for Prince Rupert, where Mr. Stepp was to relieve Frank R. Havens in charge of the United States Customs Mr. Stepp had been in Juneau for some time in the local office Mrs. Ed Crowe and Mrs. A. Morgan, of Douglas, jointly entertained health for families ,will be the cus-|a¢ the home of the latter the previous afternoon, complimenting Mrs. |G. Oakes, of Vancouver, B. C. About 15 guests énjoyed the afternoon which was spent in sewing. To film scenes for a pictorial study of Alaska, Earl Rossman, well known photographer, was in Juneau and planned to headquarter here ‘until after the arrival of the Presidential party. Weather was unsettled with a maximum temperature of 65 and a minimum of 60. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “However did you manage Say, “HOW did you manage it?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Despicable. Pronounce des-pi-ka-b’l, E a sin LESS, I as in IT, and accent FIRST syllable, not the second. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Presumptuous. Observe the PTU. SYNONYMS: Sedate, serious, sober, solemn, stald, quiet, grave, de- mure. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Today's word: “The prime and increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. LINEAL; descending in a direct line from an ancestor. ancient right of lineal succession.”—Locke. MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra LER Q. Should one ever mention to friends and acquaintances the priges one has paid for possessions? A. No; this is extremely ill-bred . Q. What should one say to a bride when seeing her for the first time after her marriage? A. Mention her wedding and wish her luck and happiness. Q. Is it all right to eat custards with a fork? A. No; they should be eaten with a spoon. LOOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON e e e et ] 1. What word in the English language is the only one where the letter H is pronounced SH? 2. Approximately how much would a billion silver dollars weigh? 3. How much larger in area is Texas than New Jersey? 4. What is the average length of life of an elephant? 5. Who was the author of “The Prisoner of Zenda"? ANSWERS: 1. Sugar. 2. 31,250 tons. 3. About 32 times larger. A 4. 150 to 200 years. 5. Anthony Hope. CARD OF THANKS | TIDES TOMORROW sincere | We wish to express our " thanks and appreciation to our| Low tide—7:2¢ am., -28 feet. neighbors and friends for theirkind| High tide—12:40 am., 182 feet. deeds and expressions of sympa- Low tide—7:23 pm., 16 feet. thy shown us in the loss of our| High tide—1:41 pm. 157 feet. ERESRS i 5 baby girl, Bernice; also for the lovely flowers. MR. AND MRS. PETE TERENCIO. A “sea lawyer” in Navy slang is a person who argues the precise ‘meaning of Navy regulations. adv. ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA WAS THE WIFE OF THE . POSTMASTER Q‘ !ihl I * The MAI LS DO GO THROUH’ o Rog. U, 5. Pal. Offce 334-566, May 5, 1936, by National Foderation of Post Offce Cioks On August 27, 1883, the destroying 36,000 inhabitants volcano Krakatoa erupted completely volved.” s BUY WAR BONDS, .y of Angers with but one exception, the the poctmnter. This eruption caused a tidal wave v}v,hlch' was Stones were the noise being "heard in Rodriquez—3,000 miles wife of noticed in the English Channel—11,040 miles away. hurled 17 nulel high, distant, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1943 DIRECTORY Professional Fraternal Socleties Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Buflding Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. JOh.?n-I?.-. Geyer Room §—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Giasses Pitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Frankiin Sts. PHONE 130 Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Streets Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Coroma TYPEWRITERS 5 Bold and Berviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batistied Customers” DR. H. VANCE OBTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 16 to 13; 1 to §; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Anmex South Franklin S8t. Phone 177 “Say It With Flowers” bui “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 Hardware Guns and Ammunition “Guy Smith-Drugs” (Careful Prescriptionists) Duncan'’s Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleaning—Pressing—Repairing PHONE 333 “Neatness Is An Asset” MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND 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 évery 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 Phone 16—34 “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG €0. HARRY RACE Druggist Marlin Doubledge Razor Blades 18 for 25¢ “The Store for Men” Yoy'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP JFINE Watch and Jeweiry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STRENT —————— Juneau Melody Shop FRANCISCAN DISHES R.C.A. Victor Records BRING OLD RECORDS INSURANCE Shattuck Agency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Marxet 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods as Moderste Prices I H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man" HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry CALL AN OWL Phone 63 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 SABIN’S | Front St.—Triangle Bldg. 1 4 Stand Opposite Coliseum o Theatre