The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR_ - : Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Maln Streets, Juneau, Alaska, HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - - President R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RAT! Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in_advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or frregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press {s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- ;‘me]rrrdnm in this paper and alse the local news publishe rein TATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Seattle, Wash. NATIONAL REPR Fourth Avenue Bld fallowed, and the general cost of living advances, there will be a growing manpower shortage in essen- tial white collar jobs. It is entirely possible that uncontrolled inflation could result in such a deser- tion by this class of workers that the whole war production schedule would be endangered pldiers Should Vote (Cincinnati Enquirer) “ Well upward of five million men already are in |the armed service of the nation. According to the {heads of the selective service system, it will not be | many months before all able-bodied men between 118 and 38 will be serving in some capacity. That will ’rrpresem a major segment of our citizenry And the fact poses a question: Shall so great a part of ‘lhr nation’s population be disfranchised for the dura- jon of the war? In England, parliamentary or ihave been discontinued for the term of the war. JE\w-n where vacancies occur in the House of Com- mons, the elections have been conducted in such a !way as to maintain a political truce, or preserve the status quo of the parties. ‘1 No such cessation of the democratic election pro- |cess has been undertaken in this country. Rightly {or wrongly—and we think most rightly—we have { proceeded with our elections in their regular cours /But if we are to give the maximum v'ahdity and ef- | fectiveness to our election system in wartime, the [men and women in the armed services should have leasy access to it. Some very unrepresentative and | even monstrous things can happen when an entire | generation of American manhood is, in effect, denied |access to the polls. During the last war, for in- {stance, prohibition ws adopted while some two mil- lion men were in army camps or abroad with no |easy access to the polls and the result was a re- national elections THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA . HAPPY BIRTHDAY | | 20 YEARS AGO ¥%s surrns | PR JUNE 18 i JUNE 18, 1923 Mrs. L. Botsford was to leave on the Admiral Rogers on a vacation v ‘mp to Skagway and vicinity. Waino Hendrickson ine: Mulvihill A o = by W. K. Keller, Superintendent of the Juneau Public Schools, who b }an‘l\‘ed in Juneau recently from Fairbanks, was to leave for the South to spend the summer. He planned to visit briefly in the Northwest and (i | cONtinue to New York where he was to take a course in school admin- H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E istration in Columbia University. ¥ Y Henry Roden, local attorney, left for Petersburg on a short business “The stars incline but do not compel” || W‘J SATURDAY, JUNE 19 A popularity contest, winner of which would ride in the Fourth of July parade as Goddess of Liberty, was to be started the following week and continue for 10 days. Adverse aspects appear strongly o active in. their influence during this (p.cie boat No. 38, atrived in port from Bremertoh. The ship was in day's configuration. It ‘St“:“ 10} ommand of Lieut. Comdr. F. W. Griffiths of Puyallup. Nine r avold accidents and . to. (ke B0 o((icers and a crew of 65 men, most of whom were high school boys H“:‘EART AND HOME: Misundés. |Tacoma, Portland and Olympia, were aboard the Eagle 38. The cruise standings that lead to quarrels are Was from:the Tacoma reserve. common under this direction of the | rs, Members of families may be | peculiarly critical of one another Kessler, were luncheon guests of Lieut Comdr. Griffiths aboard owing to their individual interests pagle 38. |and changed environments due to the war. This is a time to reserve erve from Gov. and Mrs. Scott C. Bone and their house guest, Miss Kate the 5 di public. or pri Melvin and Edward Keegan were passengers on the Alameda to JRERUBIEL THn ¥ 8 Pri- | end the summer with their father, Chief of Police T. E. P. Keegan vat rograms of procedure. Re- Bie T 8 | The boys had spent the previous summer here and then attended school DIRECTORY Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer Room §—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1943 Professional Fraternal Socleties Gastinequ Channel MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 BECOND 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 g Pheme 16—84 T DR e s “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG €0. | | sentment. and lack of acquiescence which was one of 'lease from parental authority may, bring about perilous freedom for i in Olympia. {the factors which finally proved fatal to the “Noble ANOTHER DANGER {\Exnfl'ilnentfl Many states Wayne L. Morse, dean of the University of Ore-|eVen where the gon Law School, and public member of the National | “white collar” workers of the nation. These, with Soldiers, we persons living on fixed incomes, would suffer most|mqjor elections with no more difficulty or red tape than the ordinary civilian voter has to undergo. The The white collar worker, as a class, performs a|states or the Federal Government should so arrange from price increases, he pointed out. most important wartime job. Without the servi it that the men performed by chinery of the nation would be stopped. Dean Morse said, they are likely when economic problems are being dis of national crises Unless the economic line is held, there will be‘[ a greater and greater tendency for white collar | | preserve it. lucra(vh.c posul ‘f‘ emplol)monl :mch’ ldeclenes. l)\; « ... a glorious benefits of inflationary vwages. nionize abor and | o achieve—and farm labor, through legislative lobbies and organized | force, are working constantly to better their incomes, | his (wages if inflation comes. 1f further wage and farm price Scottie. increases are dent involves more trouble and time than the average |sult in scandals. b Fiiitmns Toasd has atraied the danger Of fois |IOI0IeE CATIE 1§ Lkely fo devoie 19 VOLDE {1ast congressional elections, for instance, only a tiny flation, particularly in its possible effects on the ly, iion of the men in service voted absentee ballots these employees, the production ma-|a minimum of inconvenience to themselves and their 50 should be done with a rigorous avoid- 4 4 g Yet, oAb chties SRnd. Shal w " = ‘m which there will be justice for to be overlooked lance of political influence upon them. Democracy e ussed in times | should not stop short of the firing line in a war to all and equal opportunities to & Secret Service men cautiously opened the door | most. while the white collar man or woman has no con- |of President Roosevelt’s car, on the President’s recent ises war on the underworld which| centrated group through which he can move to boost | visit. Soldiers hastily presented bayonets. The wait- ing crowd was tense thoughtless girls who are wage| now permit soldiers to vote, but|earners. There is a sign that seems | process is simplified, as in Ohio, "i“’ threaten dangers that may re-; In the| BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Financial | theories will be widely discussed and Government advocacy of re-| forms in international money sys»‘ tems may cause apvahemion‘ among American bankers and busi- Iness leaders. Astrologers remind| the public that the world is to emerge from the war with assur-| |ance of better economic conditions | believe, should be enabled to vote in and women in service can vote with quire plenty through honest in- dustry. | NATIONAL While ISSUES: Hier, 1o Pebruary of 141, proclaimed: “There 15 edicine and surgers e pertorm-| " 2 " . | nothing under he sun we anno ay achieve. S d heir preser positions for more | » JUSEAD 0 ehery ol oy ns for more| . 0 "o the Axis debacle in North Africa, he ing what appear to be miracles,| ‘|persons with vision will urge pre- page in German war annals.” May yentive measures which will remove he will-many more such pages. |many of the causes of disease, among which malnutrition is fore-| There is a sign that prom- defiles and destroys men and wom- | Presi- |en, while it preys on the public. In the new order drunkenness s % to become a disgrace that is rare Out walked Fala, the 4 T A TN pointed out, the Navy will get only one-third of the oil, though it owns two-thirds of Elk Hills, the other i having been owned by ! ction Standard. (Continued from Page One) ICKES OPPOSES Ickes immediately sent Fortas’ imemo to Secretary of the Navy strange reason, furthermore, the g,y together with a blunt note Navy took pains to keep the deallopnoging the deal and demanding -:::hilx:ln the J:st:ce !:"p:‘“;;‘“:; that Knox notify the President of W supposed to negouate, this fact. at lust approve, contracts dealing| gpnox then gave the Fortas with {public lands. ~|memo to his chief aide, Adlai Stev- Three officials of Standard O’l;enson. grandson of Vice-President of California happen to hold im-igievenson in the Cleveland Admin- portant positions in the GoVern-jsration. Stevenson wrote a memo ment: Ralph Davies, Deputy Pe"or his own opposing Ickes, follow- zo;uum p::rir::l:t;i'g ::;::;"A;:d ing which Knox sent both memos siden ; “|to the White House. ard Marshall, former counsel fori Tpe president, receiving the con- sStandard, now ‘counsel for the Pe-ifjoting views of 'his two cabinet troleum Administrator; and MaX{mempers, sent their memos to At- Thbrflb“l'll-‘o“ adviser to the Stateliorney General Biddle asking him : to investi I as v Ed Pauley, who recently resigned|q;neq m:a::aneridgl':r )::s A‘HOW as secrétary of the Democratic Na-|iant Attorney General Norman Lit- tional Committee, but remains asite) in charge of public lands, who " i e S no evidence, however, that any "“m’ this that Byrnes held up the the above were involved in the|contract, even though it had gone deal. into operation on November 20. | Meanwhile, Congressman Harry {Sheppard of California, on the House Appropriations Committee, NEGOTIATIONS SECRET Jnside story of what happeied is| to Mr. Byrnes. It was on the strength | of {In the postwar civilization. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS is an ancient sci-| has held up an appropriation around $2,000,000 which the Navy| v had promised to put up as its part|Astrology which of the bargain to put the deal into|ENCE 18- 10. gain greatly. n -public effect. understanding in the next two TE: i i _Sec.|Years, the seers foretell. . Bible le{;?_y”; : {%i"";:;‘:)nfl‘l‘: 'w“lf:)i‘f {scholars who study the prophesies “I remember one night towara | L .me OM Tesiasient will flug. they e nd of 8 skesion thas-Me. Rdp{iy, o pEans s MElLO. DEERRIM | testimonies of Hebrew seers and sevelt (then Assistant Secretary of|\ii geclare that the present war the Navy) and I remained at the pag peen foretold in centuries past. Ca]mol»an night lf’“g' watching the One of the prophecies' most often legislation of closing hours fearing|discussed predicts that the end .of that some act might be passed the war will take place in Pales- that would turn over these invalu- tine. able oil reserves to parties who| Persons wHose birthdate it is laid claim to them without even have the augury of a year of great decent shadow of title.” |success in extraordinary ventures.| This was in 1918. But in 1943 the |They should guard against acci- same Mr. Roosevelt, busy with a|dents. thousand and one problems of the| Children born on this day prob- fiercest war in history, depended|ably will have eventful careers. upon a different Secretary of the|They may' worship perfection and Navy. {incline toward criticism. These (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- Gemini natives should be exceed- ture Syndicate, Inc.) ingly gifted. ¥ (Copyright, 1943) GooD (o"bu( of Embarkation of the U. 8. Army, 18 enlisted men of the Headquar- MmAls GIVE" ters Detachments were awarded | Good Conduct medals for “faithful and exact performance of duty, ef- |ficiency through capacity to pro- duce desired results,” and whose “behavior has been such as to dé- serve emulation,” according to an During a special ceremony held yesterday afternoon at the Sub Port Martin Gallwas was on his way home after spending his sopho- more year at Whitman College. He was bringing a friend who was to spend his vacation in Douglas. Miss Mary Monagle and Michael E. and John P. Monagle, of Thane, who had been attending school in the States, were passengers on the Alameda for Juneau te spend the summer. Miss Monagle had been attending Normal School at Bellingham, Michael E. was a graduate of Seattle College and John P. had been attending Gonzaga University. with a maximum temperature of 53 and a Weather was cloudy minimum of 49. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon ettt et} WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not , “She drunk a glass of water.” Say, “She DRANK a glass of water,” or “She HAS DRUNK OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Scion. Pronounce si-un, I SIGH, U as in RUN (unstressed), accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Amendment; AMEND, not AMMEND. SYNONYMS: Holy, hallowed, sacred, saintly, divine, blessed, con- secrated WORD UDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word INCLEMENCY; state of being severe; harsh; stormy. “The rude inclem- ency of wintry skies.’—Cowper. MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra LEE as in Q. When attending church services that are not familiar, should one copy the movements of the members of the congregation, or just remained seated? A. Do what the others do and you will be less conspicuous. Q. When giving a man a gift should a girl give him something less expensive than his gift to her? A. Yes; she should be careful that her gift is not noticeably more expensive than his. Q. Is it correct to use the knife and fork when eating lobster claws? A. They should be pulled apart and conveyed to the mouth with the fingers. L e e e e e e S e e e e et ittt ) 1. What books rank second and third to the Bible for the largest distribution of any books printed in the English language? 2. What two inlets are the largest in the North American Con- tinent? 3. How long would it take to complete every course offered at Yale University? 4. In the early days of golf, with what were the golf balls stuffed? 5. What is the approximate percentage of the world’s crops that is devoured by insects? ANSWERS that the Navy carried on secret negotiations with Standard of Cali-| PEREALAD] fornia during more than two| (* i months, finally sending the agree- ufOSSWOl"d Pume [T]0] ment to the White House over Sec-| AGKORE 4 retary Knox’s slggature on Novem_- . Kind of rubber 39, ber 18. The President approved it . Arablan shrub immediately. Two days later, No- % (v v e aad vember 20, Standard actually began work on this long-coveted oil pre- Fury iy : 5 ale child 44, Owns serve, It had c\sned. la_nds adjacent Wavy: heraldry 45, Alcxfionc to the government's in Elk Hills, : Atdhnmo beverage and for years had wanted to 1ay| 35 Gonfunction B1. Of sy hands on the rest. So eager was Undermine 55« fim;s”hnxh Standard that eight excellent wells ) 35 A araver ; { 21. Encoura 57. First a were drilled immediately, even| Meta) ge i ”erl!-n:om«m though the contract is now held| 31 Conlalu;mr- . Pleces out up by Mr. Byrnes. i . Was tem- o Finally, in March, five months B&fl?gfi 2wl 2 after it was signed, Secretary of Basarul - Mapoie o Toh o L. Frégsh eity the Interior Ickes heard about the : § The ainsagal deal. Until that time it had be THE “ /7 e ad been QI fl. carriage a strict secret. Why it was kept . Fish satice Eéeret-notiody knows, Awers Fanatl 2] | | B | | A | & Eneanee™ first denied that Teapot Dome had /3 7 Persisténcy . 8 been leased, but was forced to ad-| v/, . Potato: collog. Vi . Write mit it publicly two weeks after| “.%a...“./a. 2 signing the contract | . i A wilud//AEEEN//SEE [ D [alm Walt for Capable of belug de- fended Ii-tempered woman . Faithful . Saucy 16. Fw 43. Location [R(1 [B| HIAIM] [CIUNAICTTINIT BNAITIE] Rlalc IMO| T[E[SIVIE[S] Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN . Steep . Dalntily at- tractive 64. Upward bend eal 1. Back of a boat Begin . Begl . Roman em- peror . Government knew about the deal until five [E[S|U[ME] | Christopher G. Martin, Clarence M. “Pilgrim’s Progress” and “Robinson Crusoe.” Gulf of Mexico and Hudson Bay. About 500 years. With feathers. About one-tenth. announcement made by Lieut. {Col. Frederic H. Nichols. One year or more of continuous active Federal military service while the United States is at war, is an additional requisite for earning the award. The medal was awarded to the following men: 1st Sgt. Arthur Hepp, Staff Sgts. Rudolph, Charles W. Shore, Ches- ter M. Smith, William 8. Brown. Sergeants Walter H. Brazelton, Hugh F. Houseworth, and Robert Rithmire. 3 Technician fourth grade Jasper N. Beakley, Cpl. Lyman L. Godfrey, and Technicians fifth grade Virg W. Koester, Joseph M. Krayacig, Casimir A. Kubiak and Cyrus F. Speltz, Pvt. first class John J. Quigley, Pvt. Arlee Caldwell, and Pvt. Russell H. Walter. FINAL RITES FOR E MCALISTER But in this case, not even other| AEEE/ JEEENd 7l | months later, when Ickes is | ported to have received a tip from | Howard Maishall, of Standard Of | of California, now in Ickes' em- | ploy: Ickes then asked Under Sec-| retaty of the Interior Fortas to| stidy the matter. Fortas wrote a one page memo tieavenly body . Larva of the ‘horsefly . Exist . Pronous Dutch city ing oo . Railroad ties . E-eu biscuits Rosary services for James K. McAlister, well-liked and respected Juneau citizen who died at his home June 15, will he. held this evening at 7 o'clock in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Funeral services will be held to- morroy morning at 9 o'clock in the e The Charles W. Carter Mortuary ° Fourth and Pranklin Sta. PHONE 136 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Bold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfied Customers” DR. H. VANCE OBTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to §; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Anmex South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 “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 “Guy Smith-Drugs” (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM Duncan’s Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleaning—Pressing—Repairing PHONE “Neatness Is An Asset” HARRY RACE Druggist Marlin Doubledge Razor Blades 18 for 25¢ “The Store for Men” l SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Wateh and Jewelry Repairing | at very reasonable rates | Paul Bloedhorn 8. FRANKLIN STREET Juneau Melody Shop | FRANCISCAN DISHES R.C.A. Victor Records BRING OLD RECORDS INSURANCE | Shattuck Agency CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Markel: 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods s Moderate Prices H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOMR OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING ZORIC SYSBTEM CLEANING Phone 15 | Alaska Laundry | CALL AN OWL ' Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliscam Theatre | o B S T T s, ) 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—O0ver Half a Century of Banking—1943 ‘TheB. .Behrends objecting to the contract as a monopolistic throwing away of the ndtion's most precious oil reserves. He pointed out that during the first five years of operation the Navy would ot receive a single cent or barrel of oil. Even after the five-year period is up, Fortas w1k B/ ulidid AR 7 AR IREE|Y JEE/ dNEN AP Features Catholic Church of ‘the Nativity, with interment in the Elks Plot of Evergreen = Cemetery. Pall bearers ior the. serviee are Jack Keartiey, Thomas Ryan and Joe Thibodeau. e R t 5. e BUY WAR BONDS R “WAR WORKERS AT PLAY — War workers during the day, these girls and other employes of the RCA Victor plant st Camden, N. J., presented their own musical revue for their, eo-workers, including a special performance for the swing shifters.. 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