The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 10, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR' ; Daily Alaska Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks, LELEN 1ROY MONSEN - - probably give the Japs plenty of trouble soon. Already, the toll of Jap shipping taken by ou undersea raiders has been huge, stacked up against our losses. On the other hand, it should be remembered tha our recent gains in the Pacific, plus all of the gain: Empire President Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE! d Douglas for $1.50 per , st the following ri \n advance, $15.00; six months, i advance, $7.60; Yellvered by earrler in June il. postage DAl By One yea ome- month. nee. $1.50. 1 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- lvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. in the last two years, have been relatively insignifican when placed alongside of the vast territory taken ove + " {by Japan during the first few months of the conflict It is still a long road back. Uniform Road Laws MEMBER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS 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 (New York Times) The importance of over-the-road NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Al Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. \ State barriers to long-haul commerce of this type, “ | ; cli aska Newspapers, 1411 | thyough wide differences in regulations as to gross|} T"L: 'St;m 17 line el” 4 weight, lengths, lights and tax requirements. Recent |} ut do not comp 1 studies have shown that nearly 60 per cent of ail| - o livestock is hauled to market by truck. Trucks carry 25,000,000 tons of coal each year and haul 80 per cent of the pulpwood produced in the United States. These examples indicate the importance of over-the-road transportation. Indeed, there are 54,000 communities which must depend entirely upon motor transportation, since they have no rail service. ‘The anomalies of the present situation are point- ed out in a survey the Fruehauf Trailer Company, which follows a typical shipment into the complications it must encounter under the hodgepodge of restrictions now in force. If a truckload of shoes made in New York were to be shipped by the whole- made by NEW ’IHRP AT Military experts see a new circl®of bases. The islands recently in many cases excellent harbors for submarines - 1,000 miles nearer to lanes than before, a considerable cruising range of the undersea cra This piercing of Jap bases in the Central Pacific is a threat that Japan cannot ignore, ably the high hope of the United States Navy that the move will force the enemy fleet out Some naval authorities Jap fleet now has been given the the shores closer to Japan, and th be there has been no move of any large s blow by the Japanese navy. In the Gilbert group, Makin Harbor is among the best. Offering a large anchorage, 1,500 miles from Truk, Central Pacific. Ilasllmml Merry- 60-Round (Conunuea 11om Page One) lhmg is that he wants to be in there pitching for permanent peace. There is no truth in the rumor that the President has worked things out with Willkie so that he wounld give Willkie his blessing in return for Willkie's putting him in charge of foreign policy. The two men are friendly, but have had no discussions of this kind—in fact, have not seen each other for a long while. Furthermore, the President has not worked out any plans - or thought too much about jumping from the White House to a world peace organization. He is leaving that until he sees how the war goes. aonoress, can reel off Latin quota- And under no circumstances will he show his hand to the Republi- cans before their June convenfion The President has always be- lieved in playing his political cards close to his chest, and this time he is playing them closer than ever He isn't going to let anyone see what trump cards he has until he is ready to play them EISENHOWER ON PATTON STORY Don’t blame General Eisenhower for the denial which his headquar- ters first issued on the story that General Patton had struck a sheil- shocked soldier. He was just as flabbergasted about it as the War Department. This observer discus- sed the Patton story with War De- partment officials prior to publica- tion. They knew it was coming and planned to issue no denials. They have since informed this columnist that General Eisenhower was absent from Algiers when the st first broke. Presumably, he was in Italy. While he was awa) an aide issued a statement intend- ed to look like a denial without actually denying the facts. When General Eisenhower returned, ac- cording to War Department offi- he was indignant at the den- and immediately ordered the facts to be made known VELT AND WAINWRIGHT up of Republican Senators twitting loyal young Demo- Senator Mon Wallgren of Washington about the “You can't beat us.” said the Re- publicans. “We are going to nom- inate Dewey and MacArthur “I'm glad toshear that,” respond- ed Wallgren, “because the Demo- crats are going to nominate Roose- velt and Wainwright “But General Wainwright prisoner of the Japs,” one Republicans replied. “If runs for a fourth term, be of any 1944 election is a of the Rooseve how can Wainwright to him?” “That’s what I mean,” gren assistance said Wall- “Roosevelt need any nce.” won't CAPITAL CHAFF nator “Vah “'Nuy's " friends are thfeat to Japanese shipping in the latest Allied penetration into Japan's believe met mainly by submarine and air power. main enemy Submarines from saler, gross weight under the New York City law for truck and trailer could be 61,500 pounds. When the Pennsylvania line was reached, it wouid have to be reduced to 45,000 pounds. Furthermore, lights which are satisfactory under the New York law would be illegal under Pennsylvania's requirements. In Ohio anolhm 4,500 pounds would have to come off the [gross weight, but in Indiana the allowable weight | would be 5,000 pounds more than is permitted in Pennsylvania, but 11,500 pounds less than that allowed in New York. At the Illinois line the allowable ;iross taken over afford | basing American the Jap shipping distance in the ft. not conform to’'the requirements of either New York or Pennsylvania. Also, a gross weight tax of about $245 plus a mileage fee of some 2 cents a mile would | have to be paid. In Iowa, still overweight about 21,500 pounds as compared to New York, the truck would have to carry a “compensation tag” costing, $250. Obviously the burden of such conflicting regula- tions should be abated. Various solutions have been suggested, such as the establishment of uniform vehicle size and weight “floors.” The current study 3sul{m‘5ts that a vehicle which conforms to the size and 2 wmgh( laws of its home State he permitted unre- it lies less than | gprcted use in other States by the establishment of sea base in the | fyll reciporcity. The subject is one of maiur im- this base will'portance to war production and it is prob- into the open that the main task of guarding e new threat will So far le counter- tried it after on Shakespeare. They offered to bet the Washingtonian five dollars that he didn't know the date of Shakespeare’s birtk. “April 23, 1564.° promptly. “I'll go you one better. Tl tell you the date of Shakes- peare’s death. He died on his birth- day, April 23, 1616.” Note: Another memory expert in Congress is Representative Usher Burdick of North Dakota. (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.). wondering if he will probe the big liquor distillers located at Law- renceburg in his own state of In- diana . One reason for the whiskey shortage is the heavy buy- ing before new Federal taxes are imposed. one State Department of- ficial who entertains prodigally bought 50 cases just before the tax was upped from $3 to $6 pér gal-| lon. Another tax increase is just around the corner . Likeliest result of the liguor investigation' will be the diversion of 5 to 10 percent of aleohol production from industrial to beverage purposes . . . Little known is the fact that WPB's chemical division had prepared an order for such diversion in Septem- ber, but it was overruled by Don- ald Nelson and Marvin. Jones. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That on September Ccmmissioner’s Precinct, at Juneau, GEORGE E. CLEVELAND was ap- COFFEE N FORGETS Two-fisted Representative John Coffee of Washington has one of the most phenomenal memories in ceased. All present them. ers as required by law, to said ad- tions and historical finitum, In fact, Coffee’s retentive talents are so renowned that colleagues say he could make a good living appearing on quiz programs. If you ask him the date of the Alas- kan purchase, for instance, he will not only flash back 1867 but will also recite the price, $7,200,000. dates ad in- torney, ! Bhattuck Building, | within six tice GEORGE E. CLEVELAND, Administrator. First publication December Last publication December 31, Testing Coffee’s memory is a fa- adv. vorite pastime of his colleagues. = P - 5 The other day, several of them BUY WAR BONDS PR 258 o Crossword Puzzle ACROSS . Sun god 1. Ingredient of other varnish 28, Keystone state: 4. Room abbr. 9. Animal doctor: 29. Pronoun callog. Therefora 12. Wing <6 of a cer- 13. Mongolio tain color tribesman 44, Under 14. Anger 46. Responsibility 15. Swab for failure . County in Lubricate Colorado Kind of vol- 17. Untruth canie rock 18, Kind of hound 50. Verv hot 20. Liess fresh 53. Pertaining to Mixture vinegar . Congealed 56. Knack 57. Gracious Solution Of Yestérday's Puzzle 59, Anglo-Saxon o consonant water . Punctuation mark Spread to dry . Century plant upefies Comtipetént Dress trimming 60. Rubber tfee Region 61 Articlo ot aheld . Purlolned Body of an beliet DOWN . Thin metal disk animal 62. Femalo 6. Corrode 33. Arid not saridplper 1. Yourg sheep . Automobiles . Amatory Old Engiish feudal serf . Great Lake . Stir up colors, as in calico printing Exult maliciously spell 5. South can Indian Amerl- Make speeches . Protuberance a shield Prickly pear Concede v 8 air nofs- ily through the nose . Dispossexsions . Goddess of healing Sidex of a jewsl Binck bird Eht . Pillet at the top of a shaft . Two-part especially when transportation to war production emphasizezs again the existence of | would drop’ again to 40,000 pounds and lights would | ~ lceded by much apologizing for the! attending a lecture| replied Coffee | 13, 1943, in the Court for Juneau r & *. | Alaska, pointed administrator of the estate of DAVID JOHN ARGALL, De- persons having claims against said estate are required to Naura Bomhed ffom A",‘ with verified vouch- ministrator at the office of his at- Howard D. Stabler, in the Juneau, Alaska, months from the date of the first publication of this no- 10, 1943. 1943. HAPPY BIRTHDAY t S t 1 0 * Trevor Davis William F. Kelly H. E. Smith Gerald Magorty Edward A. Johnson Mrs. O. J. Gregg Elsie Ewing Mrs. M. M. Merriman Donald F. Walters HOROSCOPE 'HORO )PE | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 Adverse planetary aspects domin- ate today. Under this sway acci- dents will be numerous. The aged should be careful. | i HEART AND HOME: While this| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA 3 20 YEARS AGO £%: supine DECEMEER 10, 1923 Legislation for the revision of the navigation laws, for control i traffic in the air, and for the stabilization of radio service were amor the recommendations made by Secretary Herbert Hoover this day ‘in’ ¥ immual report of the Commerce Department. Out of 619 dairy animals tested for tubercular infection in annual inspection made by Dr. Department of Agriculture, since August, and 12 were found in this vicinity. ete., Committee of Women for Juneau. Frank A. Boyle, Register and Receiver Office with headquarters at Anchorage, to spend the holidays here. of the U. of the Order At a regular mecting configuration prevails mothers may | be disturbed by fears that holiday furloughs may result in hasty love| affairs and that their fighting son\ may marry girls of foreign lineage. | { | 'he stars presage many interna- | tional alliances which should be 1(‘- cepted cheerfully since they will fit | into the ncew order of things in postwar times. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Heads of| big business may expect growth of | power among labor unions. In the | |new era the people are to gum | tremendous strength in industry as well as in politics. i | NATIONAL ISSUES: Need of | careful expresion of American ideals | in fixed Government policies will {be emphasized by numerous diplo- {matic ptroblems. The public comes under aspects that seem to awaken {anxiety lest the principles of dem-| \ucmc\ be misinterpreted by Euro-| ‘peans and Asiatics. Political pro-| which will disturb foreign friends | and enemies. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Occultists who have predicted acts| of terrsble barbarism by the Axis| again warn of a plot centering in| |one of our large cities where Asiatic mies will try to repeat Pearl |Harbor horrors. This will be pre- Japanese and by efforts to relax internment. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of varied dif- | ficulties. They should guard against accidents and nervous exhaustion. Children porn on this day pro- bably will be high-strung and in-| clined to overdo. They should be| bright, industrious and successful. TASK FORCES LEVEL MORE | ISLE BASES Shelled by Warships | from Sea (Continued from Page One) Hellclts Do It { Naval authorities have now dis- | iclosed that the Hellcat fighters on one of the carriers in the Marshalls raid on Sdturday were the same |gallant group that on November | 11, near Rabaul, downed sixty-seven | lout of seventy Jap planes in sue- cessfully protecting the big flat top. Not a Hellcat was lost that day | |in the dramatic battle more than | 11,400 miles southwest of the Mar- | ‘shmlsA | | As was the case immediately after | | the announcement of Saturday’s dt- | |tack on the Marshalls, only brief | details of the Naura asasult in thu | first communique stated that “strong 4 forces of the Pacific fleet” de- | livered it. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held on De- cember 10, 1943, at ten o'clock -a.m., before - the Judge of the “United | States. Commissioner’s: and Ex-Of- ficio Probate Court for the: Juneau, Alaska, Commissioner’s Precinct, up- on - -the “petition ofy: PRW:M\ BOYLE for nppolmmem as ministrator of the éstate of Y |HENDRICKSON, ~Deceased, ~and for the issuance of Letters of Ad- ministration to him. All persons interested are required at said time and place to show cause, if ahy, why said petition should not be granted on the grounds of incom= asfert his own right, if any, to the administration thereof. WITNESS my hdnd and official seal at Juneau, Alaska November 29th, 1943. FELIX GRAY, United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge for the Juneau, Alaska, Commis- sioner’s Precinet. { November 30, December 1-2-3- 4-6-7-8-9-10, adv. Sir Robert Peel, the British statesman, 21, petency of said petitioner and ‘tol officers were elected for the year: Grover P. Da Worthy Patron: Mary R. Wesson, Lois Nordling, Secretary (re-elected); Rena Leivers, Treasurer ed); Fronie Mock. Conductress; Mildred Martin, and Magdalene Morris, Trustee (re-elected). H. 8. Graves returned from a short business trip to other eastern Alaska towns. = rooms is different than hers.” Say, “is different FROM hers.” OFTEN MSPRONOUNCED: Flaccid. = Pronounce flak-sid, A as i AT, I as in IT, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Eccentric; SYNONYMS: Paragon, pattern, model, nonpareil. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Weather report: High, 31; low, 29; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon three C’s, and no K. HETERODOX: contrary to some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, creed, ete. (Pronounce first E as in BET, accent first syllable) heterodox opinions were not approved by the congregation.” rrt e S MODERN ETIQUETTE * gopkrra LEE Q. Is it proper to have the ring of the bridegroom engraved witl | initials, if the marriage is a double ring ceremony? the bridegroom’s ring is engraved with whatever the bride A. Yes; chooses. Q. When a young man takes a girl to dinner and the food is not very good, should she ever criticize it? A. Never. It would be ill-bred to do so. Q. Ts it obligatory that a woman keep her hat on when attending a card party? A. 'No; if she wishes, she may remove it. ot et e I.OOK and LEARNb C. GORDON 1. the 11th? 2. In the Western Hemisphere, what city has the highest altitude? 3. What did Sir Francis Drake do in the way of navigation? 4. What is the cause of the hot springs in Iceland? 5. Can a person draw a perfectly straight line? ANSWERS: 1. He was born on February 11, 1732; when the calendar was revised this became February 22. 2. Mexico City; 7,480 feet. 3. He circumnavigated the globe. 4. Because it is a volcanic island. 5. No. IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED First Niilionl Bank " o s Pt n»w MBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE COIOOIA"lo. the C. W. Trubey, Veterinarian of the U. 8. only 15 infected animals were discovered. One was found at Anchorage, one at Kennecott, one at Sitka A convention of delegates from the various churches, ladies’ societies, were to meet at the Elks Hall to permanently organize a Central S. General Land ved on the steamer Alameda of Eastern Star she following Mrs. Pearl Burford, Worthy Matron; Associate Matron; (re-elect- Associate Conductress, South- "1 The Charles W. Carder B e T e e e e e e e e e e e e ] WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The arrangement of your Let us | paganda will add to the confusion|jncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day: Today's word: “His PSSP Was George Washington born on the 22nd of February- or on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1943 f DIRECTOR \ Y ternl So Frcl.rnc] Sotleties Gastineau CLmnel of g he Seiisidigtore G WINDOW wasmiNG RUG CLEANING SWEEPING Comp FOR 'OUND DAVE Phone Blue 510 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE No. 1z, SECOND and FOURTM Monday of each montp Dr. A. W. Stewart Dm'i‘ in Scottish Rite Tempie mmmv-mug beglnning at 7:30 p. 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