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

Daily Alaska Empire |5 e ShivsiNa DAFE Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - prestige. phasizes what al Germany, ir Sntered in the Post Office in Junean as Second Class Matter. SUBS( TE! single victory. ing retes: e , in advance, $7.80; | Africa, Sicily Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. What they haye Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. e MEMBER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS G The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited In this paper and also the local news published berein. When Mr. CI that the Germa close quarters” rocket-assisted g NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. aircraft” he conf weeks. Crewless guided. are exploded at Mr. Churchil by submarines. if new it can be are so formidabl tained they mus was silent on th ITALY DECLARES WAR Italy's declaration of war against Germany i5 @ |{no homb even wi natural follow-up to her surrender, unconditionally, to | yef] themselves i A p | the United Nations. hits must be rar It has been the Nazi cue to pretend that nothing | a large bonib-laden airplane rising to any great height, serious has happened as a result of the surrender of | "lt'asmz_ils load the Itallan Axis partner and the present alignment |The tactical obsf ih arms alongside of the United Natiohs. “These OVercome The Allied conquest of Italy is both a military and a diplomatic conquest, and Germany has lost much Although this declaration of war only em- extent, it is another slap in the face to Hitler. another, from Stalingrad through El Alamein, North and now Italy. The Germans are making frantic efforts to regain a height and is directed toward its target by a parent have been controlled by radio in target practice pedoes and a score of other devices have been similarly Anti-aircrait shells have been devised which remote radio control lawyers call the “ that matter, unmanned a perimentally guided by radio in peace. months not a single transatlantic ship had been sunk that ships have not been sunk by the new weapor | the glider-bombs are released is greater than the range of anti-aircraft batteries, and therefore at least 25000 feet, it must be hard to follow the course of Despite the experiments .o( Prof. R. H. Goddard, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA house down abeut his own shoulders. HAPPY BIRTHDAY OCTOBER 14 Iready has been happening to a large n more than a year, has had not a e It has been just one defeat after Etnest Parsons Olive Feldon Mrs. H. V. Colburn Mrs. Harry 1. Lucas J. A. Kendler Harold Swanson Hans Arp Mts. Hans Berg Bill Alexander Clarence Foster Louis J. Israelson Harold Pedersen lost lider Rocket-Bombs (New York Times) hurchill told the House of Commons ns are using “upon our shipping at what he deseribes “as a sort of lider which releases its bombs from iy IHOROSCOPfg “The stars incline but do not compel” S irmed rumors that have been rife for obsolete battleships under full steam ! Tor- ! \ height by radio. So far as concerned, what the patent as developed long ago. For planes have also been ex- any FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 After the ecarly morning, mildly adverse aspects rule foday. It is wise to finish what has been well yegun and to avoid any sort of in- itiative. HEART AND HOME: Women are under the kindly direction of a benefic aspect planet today which hould be employed wisely in set- ting homes and offices in order. There is a promising sway for love affairs and for reunions with mem- sers of the family long absent from nome. The day should bring hap- piness to many but also much work to make others comfortable. In- formal entertaining comes under good vibrations and friendships will have new or special meanings. The aged should receive attention. It has beén foretold that many older I made much of the.fact that in four This does not mean, necessar called. The difficulties to be “aced e that if any losses have been sus- t have been small. Mr. Churchill e point. If the height from which th the best instruments. And if ships n smoke-screens, the usual practice, | e. At sea it is difficult to imagine and returning to a mother submarine. tacles in any event are not easily | | matters have been foreseen” and “mean very Mttle in| . qoongtration by the late Max Valier of a rocket- persons will close their careers this a military sense” the German people have been t0ld. | ;01164 automobile near Berlin before the war an year, thus making way for the rising But at the same time, the Germans know better. | na yse of rockets in launching heavily loaded bomb- | generatiors. Hitler knows that he must do everything ifi his power |ats, the progress made in rocket motors has been In the end it will probably turn out that the ‘Oerman adaptation of the rocket principle to bombs to keep the airfields in northern Italy from falling into Allied hands—witness the German strategy in Italy now. The bombing of German cities already is | having a tremendous effect upon German morale. Secondly, Germany needed Italy to reinforee uphold German power in the Balkans. slow. invelves nothing | ean be Jittle doubt that the bomb has been provided |cost of living. 4nd with wings and rudders—a provision that hardly de- [essary to restrain expenditures of mands exceptional ingenuity. }ctmtrnlled by well-known means BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Astrolo- gers who have repeatedly warned of inflation read in the planetary signs There |evil portents of persistent rise in the It is absolutely nec- that was not well known. And the rudders can be |persons in the lower income brack- If the Germans ets, they declare. Since recipients But more important, Nazism cannot survive defeat. | ;- .. qeveloped anything new it must be in the tactical |of incomes from $1200 to $3000 rep- The spectacle of Ttaly overrun by Allied armies, |se of their wing especially with Italy taking her place at the side of [seen in the case the Allies, can easily be the first step in bringing | variably offset by other tactics or by special weapons. ed bombs. And tactics, as we have resent almost half of the nation’s of air and tank attacks, are in- |total consumption, to them belongs a great responsibility. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Taxes again plan was successful and the Japs were routed. MacArthur recommended Thomp- son for the Distinguished Service Cross and a captaincy. After con- ciderable delay the citation was granted, but the captaincy was | withheld by the brass hats. Nashinglon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) indignant letter velt had no right ying Mrs. Roose- W to wear a Red| MERRY-GO-ROUND Cross uniform on her South Pa- American doughboys in Iran have cific trip; also claiming the ARC 10§md a good way to dodge U. S. was playing politics by sponsoring | military police and get out of camp the First Lady's jaunt * * * To this &t night. They take advantage of the Red Cross replies: (1) It did not | _th Mohgmmedan custom of veil- pay Mrs. Rs expenses; (2) She had | ing their women, and s}m on a every right to wear ‘a Red Cross | full-length, cover-all veil which uniform, having been an active can-| Il'aman>W0men wear from head to teen worker in the last war and toe, Military police have been in-| Honorary Chairman of the National |structed to protect Iranian women Committee on Volunteer Service in and prevent all flirting, so they this war, to say nothing of con- don't dare stop a veiled figure to tributing a large monthly check ask her (or him) to lower the veil, sent to ARC; (3) Red Cross Chair- and see whether an American man Norman Davis asked Mrs. R. doughboy is behind it. * * * Though to visit American hospitals in the COIRIs scarce in the U. §. A, it is South Pacific. scarcer in Mexico, and special Good Neighbor envoy Dr. Francisco Del Ri0 of San Antonio has comé from CURLEY WANTS FRIENDS |President Avila Camacho to see if Congressman James M. Curley, some U. S. corn, badly needed as former governor of Massachusetts it is here, camnot flow across the and many times mayor of Boston, border. © * * Political scouts report long has been a bitter foe of White that in addition to she swimming House assistant David Niles. One pool presented to Senator Happy of the leading liberals of Boston, Chandler, another thing which sent Niles has been a thorn in Curley's his stock to such a low ebb was side, and the big, burly Massachu- the motion picture debut of his setts politician has gone out of his Hollywood daughter. Kentucky way to spread critical stories about home folks were not invited to the him. theatre while society big-wigs were. But the other day, coming down (Copyright, 1943, by United on the train from Boston to Wash- Feature Syndicate, Inc.) ington, Niles saw his Fullman com- partment door pushed open and there stood his old critic. Jim Cur- ley. “Dave,” said Curley, “I know you feel I've said some bad things about you, but I want you to know that I think you and T ought to work Sheeis of glass ., SO0 more harmoniqusly together. We | @ FHeadglecs 3 Guid can @0 a lot of things if we pull R St T e together.” * Horse Niles did not appear too enthus- el T jastic, but Curley persisted - “You and T ought to be seen to- gether in public occasionally = Owr ley suggested. “so that people will realize that we are friends The meeting ended inconclusive Niles gave no promises Curley is under indictment by Justice Department Niles & ar influential member of the Adman- stration Ourseives : Prepared for a t cont AcrosS n Serpent EH Iy defamation Ase Edged o0l SPANISH DISCRIMINATION Fair-minded Assistant Secretary of War Jack McCl has (ried to rectify the Army's former unfair diserimination against youngsters who fought in the Spanish Civil War, many of them barred from| either commissions or combat ser-| vice. However, there is still room | for improvement. i One Spahish veteran is Robert on, who commanded a com- | pany of Loyalist troops in Spain. | Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, he| went to the South Pacific where he | was cited for bravery by MacArthur. | ‘Thompson, only a sergeant, rec-| ommended a plan by which ms' company could cross a stream in | the face of enemy fire. The plan | was for Thompson to swim the| stream pulling a rope after him, and then use the rope to steady the other men as they crossed. ml /// dan 4 12 . ANNES - AN el | L T V051 1] will occupy attention and increased | |burdens must be carried by all the |people of the nation. The stars | presage such heavy expenditures for |war that there must be actual sac- |rifice to meet the costs of the global |conflict. Extra appropriations for | hospitals and for the .care of the wounded in nursing homes must be of first concern this Autumn, the History Repeais Itself S |cers foretell. The prediction that 2 |the cost of war in human sacrifice German Guns RiNG |youd be great has been fastimee. . ' lit is emphasized. Vatican CI'Y INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: —— | Astrologers foretell for postwar set- BY ZACHARY TAYLOR |tlements the establishment of re- AP Features Writer gional federations in Europe. These lwill be composed with the idea of satisfying old claims as well as of assuring justice. Amq these a |defeated Germany will® offér prob- " {lems’ from which must be elimin- the first Germans to desecrate thel, .. po sense of outrhge and re- Holy' See. Down through the Cen-\.nes which will be widespread on turies, the German hordes, pagan ., globe among victims of the war. and Christian, have sporadically | powever it will be necessaty to pre- swept through the Bremner aNhd ven; aj futwre military or i into Rome. |strength Call it divine justice or fate, but|gor ti, :z‘fi:i amz?t,-r,efi:niflf such violations of the sacred Vafi-|fijots. can often have meant disaster for the perpetrators. In mounting gunsithe augury of a year of great dc- within Vatican walls, in forbidding tivity which brings success. Thrift services in St. Peter’s, Hitler takes is urged. a step which Mussolint avoided. | Children born on this day prob- The French have an old saying:|ably will be endowed with many “Qui mange du Pape en meurt” [talents and strong characteristies. (Who eats of the Pope, dies) which | They have the prediction of sue- has some validity. oo Alaric Plundered Rome | There was young Alaric of (he" o) Germanic Visigoths who plundered‘to Ravenna. In a tfew months, Rome ‘in 410. Pope Innocent I fled Alaric was dead at 34, while cam- 1paigmng in southern Italy. The Vandals plundered Rome in 445, but Pope Leo the Great successfully pleaded for the lives of ‘the Romans and the Germans withdrew without harm to Leo. Theodoric the Great and his vie- torious Ostrogoths became patrons of Pope John I until his influen¢e reached even to Constantinople. The jealous Theodoric jailed the Pope at Ravenna in 526. The con- finement killed the aged John I— and Theodoric died & few weeks later. POPEIS NOW PRISONER IN Again the Pope is the Prisoner in the Vatican. _ Hitler’'s Nazis are by no means (Copyright, 1943) [AINIA [SIclARERMTIO LIAIRIGIEML V]| BIE(S E| Another Attempt Probably the most netable strug- gle of the Middle Ages was between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VIL ‘The Pope upheld the papacy as a divine institution. Henry IV Was in- furiated—and excommuniéated. In January, 1077, outside Caridssd, castle, he stood for three days in a penitent’s robés wailing for forgive- ness. i Red-bearded Frederfak' 1 (Bar- barossa) swept into Rerhe with his conquering legions im*1166 because Popé Alexarider IIT fefilséd 10 ack- nowledge imperial supremacy. ¥ erick put his ‘own man. (Pdscal HD oft the papél throne. ‘Tiien his atm- ies’ were decimated by & plague. AnotHer attempt to maréh on Rowme ended in défest in HMT7—and | Ptederick kissing the feet of AMx- ander. § His grandson, Prederi¢k 11, Qev- astated Rome on two occasions, and Pope Innocent IV fled to Lyons. In 1246, the Pope declared Predet- ick deposed. War soon became gen= Selution Of \Yesterday's Puzzte DOWN 1. At a distance 2. Soft drink 3. Alléged réason 4. EQIbIE tuber 5: Maseyline name 6. pinch 7. Turn inside out €4 Slur over in* pronouncing €5, Steep or owering: 9. Phutographlc xmgrumenu 10. Edible seaweed 11, Frult of the gourd family 10, Vikdeatood. bt not expressed 21 Chesd 23 Comp 24, Veneering fotms Attack 40, Refuse 43. One adateted to mi G wordk 45, Silkworm s Aronmtie plant ” 61, Hrigtle 52. Holly %?,‘ own court was ., His_ex ( pire fell, ‘and he died, broken-spir *d, in southern Italy. Locatfon . Polynesian yAu - s Persons whose birthdate it is have | eral i Europe. In 1248, i'r;tflel’l MWW’ i 0 20 YEARS AGO #%s cxrizs ||| DIRECTORY OCTOBER 14, 1923 Observation of Alaska Week opened this day with an Alaskan exhibit in Seatle. Mayor Brown proclaimied the week to commemorate the fifty- sixth anniversary of the purchase of Alaska. The schedule for the week included an Alaska Club carnival, a dinner under the auspices of the | Young Men's Business Club, a luncheon devoted to Alaska during the week by the Rotary Club, Members Council of Chamber of Commerce, £xchange Club, Lions Club and Ad Club. Open house all day at the Arctic Club with a High Jinks in the évening. Educational matter, ‘eaturing Alaska was to be read in all of the schools Seattle during the week. Notice of the Alaska Anniversary was to be thrown on motion oicture screens of the city and radio talks on Alaska. Charles Goldstein left on the mailboat Estebeth for Skagway enroute to Atlin on a business trip. He was to be absent for several days. The purchase of one-half interest in the building occupied by the Consumers’ Store and the lot on which it stood, at the corner of Third and Franklin streets by Lockie MacKinnon from Mrs. R. E. Clark, was announced. “Mr. MacKinnon was already owner of a one-half interest. Considerable improvements were planned by Mr. MacKinnon, the work to start immediately. Miss Madge Case, Office Deputy in the local U. S. Marshal's head- quarters, arrived from Ketchikan from a short trip there on official | business. ! Cash Cole, well known local business man and Speaker of the 1923 Territorial House of Representatives, returned here after an extended stay in Seattle. | S Weather report: High, 55; low, 42. S e - Daily Lessons in English %, 1. corpon et e et et} WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I shall try and go tomor- " Say, “try TO go.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Divulge. DID, not as in DIE, accent last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Rebuttal; two T's. SYNONYMS: Intoxication, drunkenmess, inebriety, inebriation. 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: INTRIGUE (noun); a plot; conspiracy. “They were engaged in a dis- graceful intrigue against their country.” MODERN ETIQUETTE " goprrra LEE Q. What is the proper way to eat whole peaches at the table? A. Usually small silver knives are provided for this purpose; the peaches should be cut into quarters and then conveyed to the mouth by the fingers. Q. How should the wedding cake be distributed to the guests if there is to be no wedding breakfast? A. It is cut into small pieces, placed in white boxes, and tied with white ribbon. Q. When a couple is attending a party, should the man or the woman suggest that it is time to go home? A. The woman. row. Pronounce di-vulj, I as in L e LOOK and LEARN‘IZI C. GORDON e i e i 1. How was cold air excluded during the winter months before glass was used in windows? 2. What point of land is the most northerly in the world? 3. Is a child related to one parent more closely than to the other? 4. What is the length of the United States-Mexico boundary line? 5, What is the meaning of “carbenated” water? ANSWERS: By squares of oiled paper. Cape Morris K. Jesup, on the northeastern extremity of Green- No; it has one-half common blood of each parent. 1,744 miles. Water which has been infused with carbon dioxide gas. Defeat For Napoleon !rore Hitler to take possession of Napoleon and Pope Pius VII we,-,‘me Vatican by force. In 1870 he constantly at odds. Napoleon wasSeized Rome and other church execommunicated in 1809 upon the lands. Popé Pius IX protested, and invasion of Rome. On July 5 of that| Would n6t accept the annual re- year he took the Pope prisoner into | Mmuneration allowed by the Ital- France. They had many stormy ian government. Thus began the 1 meetings, the Pope opposing Na- | self-imposed “imprisonment of pole#n's divorce of Josephine, the Popes” that continued to the time deposition of cardinals and bishops, of MusSolini and the ‘“liberation” the seizure of papal states. act of 1929, signed by Victor Em- But defeat reduced Napoleon to Mantiel 1T, grandson of the origin- exile, Even before his fall, in 1814, &l conqueror. he released the Pope, and, ironlcnl-;’ Today, the Vatican is surround- ly enough, it was Pius VII who|ed by a new German horde, and interceded with the British to per-|Pope Pius XII, one of the most. mit Napoleon to have a chaplain | skilled diplomats in the world and during his last days. thead of 350,000,000 Roman Catholics, The Italian Victor Emanuel I, faces a new chapter in papal his- first Itallan king, was the last be-]tory»—and Hitler. A. 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