The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1943, Page 4

{unpleasant and unimportant. But, as the New York Times observed cditorially, “encroachments on the freedom of the press almost | always begin with publications we can do without and affect individuals with whom most of us do not sympathize.” The paper has criticized the Darlan deal, the | Government’s policy on labor and treatment of Ne- econd Class Matter. |groes. It has also, according to Attorney General ed participation in the war by de- ing the war is only “an imperialistic clash.” Post Office Attorney William C. O'Brien declared mafié no difference whether “everything said by “|'The ‘Militant is true.” He did not show that par- | ticipation in the war was actually discouraged, or ‘('V(‘n ‘whether such an effect was intended e ‘“M‘:wrl}g‘y()”: ':gjlf‘:fil‘:};fi?nmf;fim s Yot The American Civil Liberties Union is helping lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- 10 carry the case to the District of Columbia courts redited in this paper and also the local news published |and @ resolution has been introduced into the Senate __|asking for an investigation | We agree with almost nothing The Militant says. 1411 {But We belleve it has a right to say it unless it is |proved the war effort is actually injured by its out- | bursts: That can only be proved by open, public hear- |ings in our Courts. . . Daily Alaska Empire !'\.hh\‘!/u-(( every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, HELEN TROY M EN R. L. BERNARD - A - President Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau a SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Détivered by carrier in Juneau and Douxlas for § By mall, postage paid, at the following ri One yea advance, $15.00; six months, in & one montl 5 Sub: vor if they will promptly. notty:! i the Busin lure or irregularity in the de. livery of their papers. Telephopes: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers Fourth Avenue Blde., Seattle, Wash. Insignificant? (Cincinnati Enquirer) “Plane losses were insignificant compared with ‘lh(‘ destruction our attack brought on the enemy.” Oftén, ‘in going over the day’'s war news, we read séntences similar to the one above. They al- |ways set us wondering “Ingignificant?” Perhaps, when l'of our total war effort is considered plane’ or two, with their crews, are not serious im- | pairments to victory. But to the folks at home those losses come with staggering force. |~ ‘sShort, terse telegrams from the War Department, |amouneing with regret that Private Smith ‘or Cap- | télin Jones s “missing in action” often are the most the , the losses of a ALASKA HEALTHY The Alaskan war zone, despite its drab weather, “15. perhaps the healthiest front in the world,” sa) Army doctor Col. Dwight Young, who has seen serv ice in China and tire Philippines. There are no body | lice; hence no typhus. Lockjaw is almost unknown in- Alaska, since the soil has not been contaminated with the organism as yet. Malaria does not exist, although there chrrying mosquitoes. There are few sources for spreading of social diseases in the Aleutians. who receive them. To the homes where these mes- sages fall'all hope, all joy, for the time, is obliterated by a fog of distress. Even eventual victory for which' those loved ones died is forgotten. The thing that Yemains is heartache and tears; loneliness and There are fio bedbugs.| afe malariq. | ©001d b von; dear already had been lost. But when the first shock is gone there must come to these who are left a realization of the tre- mendous value of the gift they have made to the world. They have given a part of their hearts that fréedom might be preserved for all men. Theirs is a ‘_;;r(-a( glory; theirs a noble contribution, Those are the things we think about when we weekly|read of “insignificant” losses. No sacrifice, however the Censorship Dangers (Philadelphia Record) Grounds on which “The Militant,” 4 Department establish a dangerous precedent on the ‘altar of international liberty; when it is de- The weekly 1s mouthpiece of the American fol- |signed to win happiness and laughter for all the men Towers of Trotsky and the organ of the Soclalist and women, boys and girls who shall live in all the Workers party, a Communist splinter group. It is' world’s tomorrow o s GoRoind (Continued trom Page One) proven their unquestioned loyalty— The grand jury, in Pittsburgh, but not until after the FBI and after indicting the company itself, the Army and Navy have made refused to indict company officials. | thorough investigations. The result is important. Under the ¢ T law, a corporation cannot be sent IN TROUBLE BEFORE 1t 1s now revealed that the Car- | Vidual officers can be jailed, but Negie-Tllinois Steel Company, re- this case mere fines will be paid lgently indicted ‘for falsifying rec- | The Truman Committee is waiting (he President, “what are we fight {ords for steel plates for ships, had (o see whether these fines can be - YOUR BROKEN LENSES ; o e Replaced in our own shop. Eyes DECEIVING UNCLE SAM pygmined. Dr. Rae Lillian Carison. ‘The charges against the company Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv included: falsification of reports T i Tplen 2 and manipulations of tests, similar to the present charges. PR fig/ for? Are we fighting for froe|an experience of this kind once deducted from cost-plus contracts competition, or for Nazi monopoly.)pefore. and shoved on for Uncle Sam to How do we know that Cyanamid! 'Back in 1894, the Carnegie Com- Pay himself. won't go back to its old dealings|pany was 8150 charged With ‘déceiv- | (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- with I.'G.” Farben after the war?|ing the Government. Furthermore, ture Syndicate, Inc.) Why not let the various Mexican the chargeés against it were almost e ————— — companies do business Wwith ~any jdentical with those made by the Anjerican drug and chemical Com-‘Truman Committee and the Jus- HANS H'OE ARRIVE ny they want to? We don't have|tice Department today. - g:g{ve the business all to one com-| At that time Charley Schwab, o" Bus'"ESS TRIP pany?” |later head of Bethlehem Steel, was e “The Vice President and Attorney | superintendent of ‘Carnegie, and Ha_ns Floe, manager of the P. E. &eéneral Biddle supporfed Leo 100]when called beforé the House Naval HaiTis Company cannery at Hawh Bertent. But they could mot’ con-|Affairs Committee, admitted most Inlet, arrived in Juneau late yes- vince Rockefeller, Taylor and Ache- of the charges. Schwab was one terday from the plant. gon. Finally, as the debate con-|of the founders of the NavyZLeague, Mr. Floe will be here for a short tinued, Crowley remarked: organized by heads of the big steel time on company business and is “well, T have in my pocket a|comparies to promote & bigger Staving at the Baranof Hotel while note frém the President which Navy, and Carnegie at that time in the city. may settle the /matter.” And hejwas engaged in making steel armor 3 Pliled out a memo addressed to|plates for Navy battleships. | Wallace. The President had put himself | definitely ‘on record against the proposed monopoly. That settled the matter. s v SN | JAP-AMERICAN | Maftin Dies, looking for new bo-! geymen t6 keep his Committee| going ‘dince Stalin dissolved 1 Empire Classifieds Pay! o 5 SF g 3 Crossword Puzzle ACROSS . Monkey Dinner course . Spanish hero Cut down ing . Muse: off tyric 38, Body bone poetry 41. Dish of eggs . Anocient torm - 42. Take up agaln Jfor shaping Actual metal objects 4 . Rubber tree the | Comintern, has picked on' the in- terned Japs, many of them Ameri- can citizens. This recalls an inci- dent which occurred in Pottstown, Pa., some time before Pearl Har- bor, when Willard Dorang got a ietter from a Japanese on the West| Coast saying that he had been a buddy of his son, Chuck Dorang,| killed in the last war. He wanted to visit the family of his old) friena. ! Mr. Dorang consulted a Pennsyl- | varja’ state policeman who had sérved with his son in France, but who ‘assured him that there was! no-Jap in their outfit. The police- ' man suggested that when the Jap arflyéd he would take a great| pleagtire in pinching the phoney. When' ihe Jap did arrive, he be- gan talking very intelligently with | the Dorang family about his dead | alleged comrade, when suddenly a | motoreycle pulled up in front of | the house, and the cop came in- side. The family expected an im- mediate arrest | +“@ood Lord,” yelled the cop, “It's | ‘Tokiet" ’ | 2 Agmfifimmfimm{QE.M e e | O | ] T Mo e s | EELLT ' FTT L U Vil /iludull il 7 31 Clique Arranged in thin layers Sunshade Killed by ston- 34 35. certain way 52, Toward . Ualt of wire measure- ment 57. San of Noah §8. 0ld French coin 9. Grapes 60, Devoured Plece of cloth B lngredlflr;‘l of naaon scale Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN . Charms . Mediterranean salling _vessel . Female sheep . Bristle Haglng an offensive odor Obviously self-evident . Sandarac tres . Mediocre . On the summit . Accomplished . Former Prest- dent's nick- nam . Dream Translated from cipher . Hawailan food Pertaining to ‘musical sound . Hovel 25. Kindled . Sole of,a plew . French, case- lutionist truth . Pertaining to frogs >, EL ¥V 7, tric pole §mal rug ellets n afterwards,’ “we never consid- ered TOkie a Jap. He was just an- other American fighting side by side with His buddies.’ . ‘When Pearl “Harbor came, ' how- 'zl-er, Tokie Slocum was internéd orig ‘with thousands of other Japhnese-Americans, many loyal, Some not, one-fourth of them chil- dren, He has since been released, together with others who have 39, Copy ). Passes from one state into another . Turt . First man ’3, Craz: lang Single thing dress . Goddess of discord : Haul . Winter fodder AP Features magnitude | to jail. It can only be fined. Indi-' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 17 Fredrick Maynes Magill George Francis Shaw, Jr. Mrs. Tom Taylor Henry Hansen - HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” R e FRIDAY, JUNE 18 After the morning hours adverse planetary influences dominate to- day. Shipping is subject to a threat- |ening sign. i HEART AND HOME: Nerve strain may be felt by many per- sons as summer temperatures pre- vail. Self-discipline that conserves the strength of workers of every class is enjoined by astrologers who |foresee much illness in midsummer |when physical resistance is reduced |by weariness as a result of devo tion to war tasks. The safeguarding jof health is a distinet patriotic |duty of everyone and especially of all who are engaged as employees in Government industries. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Civilian significant events ever to occur in the lives of those!needs which become more prc:~:~un51lmlr home on the Admiral Rogers. |each week will be considered to a limited extent by the Government. | Household necessities in the form of labor-saving devices will be man- jufactured more and more as the sorrow. 'To many a father and mother, wife and season advances. Women who have| |'child, 1t seems, for a little while, that the war never |gone back to the washtub will find| that the things of life they held most |relief in the restoration of modern| | methods of doing laundry WOrK. 11’)‘&5 recognition of domestic difti- !culties will be helpful, it is fore- cast, but there is a sign which |presages the breaking down of 'much household machinery. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Increased progress in our effort |to annihilate Axis submarines is| magazine, has been suppressed by the Post Officelsmall comparatively, is insignificant when it is laid|{to be expected next month when| |pew inventions will facilitate un- |derseas bombing and prevent the !success of group U-boat attacks on | United Nations shipping. The full jmoon of this date culminates at | Washington and gives added as- surance that the United States will be the final arbiter of world des- |tiny, according to a London as- | trologer. Persons whose birthdate it i have the augury of a year of strange | experience. Good fortune will be realized but there is danger of im- | position or deception in tairs. Children born on this day proo-| |ably will be remarkably clever and |talented. They should be cheerful |in disposition and most compan- {ionable. (Copyright, | S e " COMMUNICATION | i | Taku Harbor, | June 15, 1943. ’To the Editor: | June 14th, 1943, was observed re- jcently by the Filipinos and Ameri- cans in Taku Harbor as a ‘“Taku ‘Harbor Big Day.” It is very inter- lesting to note that, that was the | first time in the history of Alaska | that an American Flag was raised | on a flagpole about 100 feet high | erected in front of the Filipino| Bunk House overlooking the calm, | Iclear blue water of Taku Bay. It 1945) |very patriotic program in licans participated. | Never before, in the history of Taku, has there been such an ob- [servance in which all of us ‘had shown up our wholehearted coop- eration in making that remarkable day a great success. An American National anthem was sung by the crowd, accompanied by the ne'wli; organized® Taku Jazz Band, while the flag was raised little by little. (It was raiseéd in a military way by !the guidance 6f Mr. Artemio Ra- cimo, a ‘véteran of a foreign war and ‘at present a licensed pilot by thé International Aeronautic Asso- {ciation of U.S.A. One of the most important things which made the day very wonder- ful was the honorable presence of our beloved Superintendent M. Al N. Minard. Other high ranking employees of Taku Harbor Cannery which added to the beauty and happiness of the day was the par- ticipation of our bookkeeper Mr. Mark Mathias and our assistant bookkeeper Mr. Kenneth S. Eber- hart, and our cannery foreman Mr. A. W. Burrell. As the flag was waving up ih the air, ‘seeming to be watching and $miling at the crowd, the writer Himself delivered a welcome ad- dress, and’ Mr. Frank Carraricho the delegate gave the closing fe- marks; The Taku Jazz Band with their wonderful and mewly invent- ed instruments playéd lullaby-like musi¢ at intervals of the other part of the program. Never before have I heéard such wonderful sounds of instruments like those. Members of the Taku Jazz Band are Mr. - Method of ad- | Mike Bobila, leader and Messrs:|{#phil ‘Cumminigs Were brought be- | Jimmie Corpuz,” Rafdel Mina, Ale. jandro Callefo,” Leo Bolos It is indeed a great privilege for all the Filipinos in Taku Harbor love af-| was celebrated with a short but| which more than 100 Filipinos and Amer- | | 120 YEARS AGO 1™ suprns ] JUNE 7, 1923 Painting of Gold Creek bridge was authorized by the City Council land the work was to be started at once under the direction of the Street Commissioner. William Egbert Feero, appointed Deputy U. S. Marshai of Douglas and Treadwell to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of George Getchell, took the oath of office and entered upon his duties. i | | Independénce Day was to be ushered in by one of the fistic entertainments ever presented by the Juneau Legionnaires, ac- cording to J. W. Kehoe, Chairman of the Legion Smoker Committee Main bout was to be between Collier and Brown who were classed as light heavyweights; second in importance was the six-round semi-final match between Battling Johnson and Joe Brady and Beaudin and Wilson were to be matched in the lightweight division. * Mrs. G. F. Freeburger, her er, Mrs. Gladys Kimble and their ‘twu little daughters, left on the Queen for Portland. Mrs. Kimble and |ner daughter were here for several weeks as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Freeburger. | Members of the Moose Lodge were to hold their annual picnic in | silver Bow Basin the following day. It was to start at 10 o'clock in the | morning and continue until late in the afternoon. Cars would not be run to the grounds because of the road condition which was considered danegrous. Races and games were planned as the entertainment and | coffee with milk and sugar was to be served by the lodge as well as ice cream, for which a nominal charge was to be made. Picnickers were to bring their own lunches. { AT Ly M. H. Truesdale had been appointed succeeding William Feero. guard at the Federal Jail, | R W DeArmond and his son, Robert, of Sitka, were to leave for They had been in Juneau for several days while Mr. DeArmond took care of business. The season of Saturday half-holidays in Federal offices for 1923 had started and was to continue until September 15. Weather was unsettled with a maximum temperature of 60 and a minimum of 54. et | | | Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon | | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not s { while there.” Say, “I meant to see you,” or, OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Lethargic as in ME unstressed, A as in AH, accent second syllable OFTEN MISSPELLED: Breach (an opening). Breech (rear part of a firearm). SYNONYMS: Appropriate, adapted, becoming, proper, suitable. 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: DEFECTION; failure in duty; backsliding. “Defection and falling away from God."—Sir Walter Raleigh. MODERN ETIQUETTE * roperra LEE S e Q. {during a meal? | A. No; but it seems that the most popular guest is he who seems to enjoy all the food. { Q. Is it correct to have decorations engraved on the calling card? | A. No; the proper calling card bears no decorations. i Q. How can one fill an embarras$ing gap in conversation? A. By asking a question or making some comment, even though it is trifling. et et et : 1, Who was the only American poet ever to have his bust placed in | the Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey? 1 2. Ts there a place on the earth where the moon does not shine? What is claimed to be the oldest breed of domestic dogs? From what kind of trees do we get turpentine? What is a “virago”? ANSWERS: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. No. Most authorities believe it Pine trees. A turbulent, or quarrelsome, woman. “I meant to have seen you I intended to see you.” Pronounce le-thar-jik, E Is it obligatory that a guest partake of every course that is served to be the collie. ® @ 00 00 00 00 0o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Wednesday, June 16: Maximum 57, minimum 50. ® 060 00 00 0 0 00 —————— SONS OF NORWAY under the guidance and good man- agament of our loving foreman, Mr. | Anacleto Abella in bringing the wildered 1looking surroundings of the Téku bunkhouse to a better and more wonderful shape. In front of tm]‘mbunkhouse is a Victory Park| |Which is planted with trees and Bermuda (lawn) grass; on one end ‘of the bunkhouse is a Victory vege- table garden Which can supply, without any shadow of doubt, the whole Taku Harbor. Back of it is a big, clean raspberry farm; and at | the other end-a fish 'pond where| lots of trout and many different kinds of fish dre swimming gayly. | As you walk along Paradise Ave- lfie, you can see different kinds of . sport games such as swinging rings, parallel bars, horseshoes, shot-put, pingpong table, volley ball gourt and many others. There are lots of things around here now which are very alluring to the eyes. All of them make Taku more beau- tiful and it might be considered a | } very fascinating place and a real paradise of the midnight sun. As a matter of fact the Taku of today 15 ‘Very different from the Taku of | yesterday. Because we would like others to 'know what we are doing at our, cannery, I am writing this for The | Empire. | - (Signed) TOMMY C. PIAS. | ¢ -~ | FINED YESTERDAY | ON LIQUOR CHARGE | | “Brought in ‘early this week Xroml ‘Excursion Inlet on a charge of | possessing liquor for sale without | 'a’ 'license, Don ' Gallagher and | date! S DIRNDL — Virginia 0'Brien of the movies wears a cotton print challis dirndl skirt in red, foré the U. S. Commissioner Felix 'Gray's Court yesterday. They were| white and blue, with a wide \fined $50 each and given three-| girdle and narrow bands of black month suspended sentences, |~ velvet at the hem line, - THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1943 DIRECTORY oo, & 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 2nd and 4th Wednes- days at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers welcome. N. FLOYD FAGER- SON, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 58 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 468 PIGGLY WIGGLY Fer BETTER Groceries Dr. John H. Geyer Room §—Valentine Bldg PHONE 763 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG €0. j HARRY RACE Druggist Marlin Doubledge Razor Blades 18 for 25¢ The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 138 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. | | You'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jeweiry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN BTRENT Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES" READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING Juneau Melody Shop FRANCISCAN DISHES R.C.A. Victor Records BRING OLD RECORDS INSURANCE Shattuck Agency L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Bold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Ce. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batistied Customers” DR. H. VANCE OBTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 16 to 12; 1 to 8; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Anmex South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Marxe 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 H. S. GRAVES “This Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING Picnic, Sunday, June 27.—Save the' Rice & Ahlers Co. PLUMBING HEATING Arc and Acetylene Welding Sheet Metal PHONE 34 SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 : Alaska Laundry JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company Shelf and Heavy NMardware CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliseum 3 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 535 Coy ol Do NYAL HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM Duncan's Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleaning—Pressing—Repairing PHONE 333 “Neatness Is An Asset” BUY WAR BONDS 1891—O0ver Half a Century of Banking—1943 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS