The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published evers evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets. Juneau, Alaska. CELEN TROY MONSEN President Eatered in the Poll Office in Junesu Becond Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA’ Jelivered by nrfler in Juneau and Dou, By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.39; six months, In sdvance, $7.5 one month. in advance, $1.50 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, for $1.50 per month. 02; Busipess Office, 374. MEMBER GF 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 fu this paper and aiso the local news published berein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers. 1411 Fourth Avenue Bidg., Seattle, Wash. CRYING FOR PIONEERS “To any soldier who may be listening to the voice of despair, I have this to say Alaska has scarcely been touched. In Alaska, there are fertile lands that could support an agricul- ture equal to some of the best in the States: there also is untold wealth in forests and fisher petroleum (we hope), and other min s. crying for pioneers.” The above is a quotation from an article written by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, part of an argument to prove that America is not all “washed up” and that the Government has something in mind It will be for the 8,500,000 soldiers who will be demobilized after | the war. Congress willing, says Ickes, the Government will spend some three billion dollars in a broad reclamation | program as soon as the war is over, opening up arid acres in the West to returning soldiers who will want an opportunity to earn a peacetime living. And it is very probable that Mr. Ickes is correct in | assuming that a great many people will want to make their homes in Alaska after the war. however, they will want to know what they are going to find. Various Government agencies are now at work surveying and investigating the mineral deposits in the Territory which offer fields for peacetime industry, mapping our areas suitable for new town- sites, parks and farming lands along the new highway, and other things. Assuming that the new highway will be kept in shape after the war, link with the States, the lack of such a link one of the just been limited amounts of to be used in a But the industry there’s ‘no had. “The corset in coal, iron, | First of all, | Alaska will then have a land | amended synthetic industry is things which made the Territory before to those in the States. One thing is certain, however. If new residents are to come to Ala . much of the land now held in by the Federal Government is going to have be openéd up to homesteads, prospectors! and private enterprise. This includes the wide strip along both sides of the new highway. seem s0 remote reserve to “Mene, Mene"—— (New York Times) In the flames of burning Berlin there can be read a writing on the wall. The prophet Daniel translated the first words of the famous inscription, “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin,” as meaning, “God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it.” This modern writing says the same thing. It says it in paradoxi- cal fashion. The Nazi kingdom is based on total war It has been total w; nce Hitler took power—first, total war against all civilized people in Germany, who were naturally enemies of the Nazis; then total war against other nations. The paradox is that total defeats itself. Tt does this because it involves every member of a nation, demanding complete assent from each one and the utmost endurance and exertion from each one. And these two things are just what a purely arbitrary Government cannot command Britain could endure, in 1940 and 1941, a sitnwation apparently more hopeless than that of Germany today She could sustain air attacks that seemed to be the ultimate, though we now have proof that they were light indeed in comparison with what can be done She could bear up under defeats by sea and land She could stand firm when she was almost defense- less. But her people did not rise to these heights at the order of the King, the Prime Minister ¢r any ruling Power to endure and to strike back came up out of the hearts of the people - Churchil is a great man, but his greatness in that crisis was in his ability to reflect and focus the greatness of the common man and woman in Britain. In his most lordly moments he remained a servant of his people He could ask from them the ultimate sacrifice because they willed to give it. He could not exact it. They were fighting for a system of society in which it would always be given in time of crisis for the very reason that no one could exact it Hitler and his associates control what is probably the most formidable organization ever created to force compliance of the many with the will of the few. As far as we can see, they can put down any overt rebellion. They can punish negative offenses against their regime, such as failure to work or even failure to make a show of enthusiasm. But there their power | stops. They cannot evoke from the masses of the | German people that magnificent flame that was kindled in Britain three s ago. That flame burns only in the hearts of thos free or who are determined to attain freedom. The last ounce of endurance, of courage and of hope that | will win this total war cannot possibly exist in the | country which invented total war. Berlin burns. The Nazi air war has failed. The | submarine war has failed. Ttaly is still a battle- | ground but not a Nazi ally. The Russians, who do not have our kind of freedom but who fight like men who believe in freedom and intend to realize their own dream of it, have deeply wounded and driven back the flower of the German armies. If the Ge ns could rise against these disasters as they rose against Napoleon in 1813 they might ve hope. But they have no hope. Blood and tyranny are all that Hitler promises or can promise them. No nation ever grave its all for such things The Nazis' total war is certain to defeat itself. It |lacks the last reserve for victory—the dignity and splendor of the unconquerable human soul, which 1t has derided and destroyed class. | officers are training in to allow un- f synthetic rubber ny one garment. groans, because | rubber to be going through U. S. military preparatory to leading a Brazilian cxpeditionary force overse: This will put Brazil in the odd position | of fighting side by side with Rus- sia, a country she does not even special schools, on the 'brink of the most crucial period in recognize. (Continuea 1:om Page One) its history,” who fear that the next move might he a capital-gains tax on stock: markel operations ELK HILLS BOILS n the | ficiently | properly no war, as a cor women'’s Latest Hills oil controversy are KROWN yre problems only to those who can see the inner workings of the Cabinet. Meantime, Attorney General Biddle was €X- | the announcement pected to denounce the Navy's con-| tract with Standard Oil of Cali fornia as illegal. The didn't is that two Cabinet colleagues portation Co | American woman wants got next to him and changed hisigirdles, corsets. and for her child- tune. ren’s undies. Experts in the justice department have declared the contract definite- 1y illegal, and passed their findings | along to Biddle. Biddle, in turn. was expected to tell the House Naval Affairs Committee the same thing., with the result that Con- gress would undoubtedly recom- mend condemnation. Thus, Stand- ard of California would relinquish all the property to the Government But when Biddle appeared before the committee, he pulled his | punches. Instead of declaring the contract illegal, he merely stated’ that he had “grave doubts” about it. The committee was expecting a forthright statement. Even its chairman, Congressman Vinson of Georgia, who is very close to Navy officials, privately favors condemn- ation Secret of what happened is this’ Two Cabinet colleagues got hold of Biddle’s coat-tails. One was Sec- retary of the Navy Knox, who was responsible for the contract in the first place; the other was Harold Ickes, whose Petroleum Administra- tion is headed by a Standard Oil of California executive The fight is not over. Look for fireworks in public hearings before the committee next month CORSET CR Here is one headache suffered| by the War Production Board which they are not publicizing: Wil America’s corsets stretch from now until next May? That’s the date syntheic-rubber ACROSS Huge mythical Empty Perfect golf 13, Anglo-Saxon 1ve Seed covering Limb Pace Siberian river Appoint as agent Upright spar On the aceln “mixed ratn and snow when the first corsets will be' available. And it may be even| later. Meantime, stocks of natural rubber are fast dwindling But even when synthetl do come in, there will be that other terrible question—will they stand the wear and tear of war-working women? This is definitely Washington's problem. WPB’s Order L-90 has declares Corset Review. It cannot take the risk of placing market ga nthetic rubber which are not suf- perfected developments 1 the EIK|changed, and women still have fig- signed to redistribute the | tension increases with nsumer Requirements reason he€ per desire for food, fuel and trans- BRAZIL AND RU A group of 150 Brazilian Army gcther and worked everything out. lCro:z,sword Puzzle (PP T ] Few people are aware that most South American countries have |never established diplomatic or 3 commercial relations with the function | goviet. But Brazil is the only set War or country which isegetting into the ligares have not|actyal fighting on the same side as Russia without even recognizing her existence. In the summer of 1941, Chile was on the verge of establishing rela- | with Moscow. It can now that the pe revealed that Chile’s President of today, next to| peqro Aguirre Cerda sent instruc- to his Ambassador in Wash- ington,, Rodolfo Michels, to consult with Soviet Ambassador Oumansky about diplomatic relations between 4 the two governments. Michels and Oumansky irments made of to rsets still arve de- flesh.” by the Office of | tions | tion: elastic for her| A 20t to- Whirls 33 . Late: comb. orm East Indian herb or its truit iners of ancient gladiators ci nmng plant Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle 67. 'rne Faerie Queene” Roman road Demolish . Slower: 55. She of the D'Urber= villes Vehicle on runners Aerlal rail- ways: collog. DOWN . Peruse . Mythical mons- mus. 56, . Anclen( port of Rome . Feminine name . Subordinate | Fortuneteller Open courts . Wash lightly . Long narrow boards Secondband Poems . Great Lake 5. Resounded . Bring into a row Kiud of fire- works . Writien agree- ment . Gas of the alr Metal Slighting re- mark inferior race horses Chills . Looked with approval Ship's crane . The pick 2 [lop stems c & 46. s 47. Indigo pl’\nl 48. Devours | who feel themselves to be | THE DAILY ALASKA I:MPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY | m—M‘M DECEMBER 28 Madge Hildinger Bill Rudoiph John H. Dimond Jennie Johnson Mrs. C. F. Vassar Ma Wildenradt A. M. Tompkins Mrs. R. F. Stevenson | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29 Benefic aspects tule powerfully Both the Nuvy and the Al Forces of the United Nations are mder favorable planetary direction. HEART AND HOME: Construct- ve planning should be fortunate. Large homes will give way to small} stablishments as the simple life prevails in wartime. Mansions, in 1944, wil] become hospitals and isylums. . BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The greal | actories cuirently producing mu- Jitions will supply enormous world | eeds after the war, it is forecast. vMany nations will depend 1arge!y ipon the inexhaustible resources of he United States through the re- construction period. Desperate mergencies will have dewlop((ll imazing mechanical, scientific, cchnical and chemical knowledge. NATIONAL ISSUES: Return of ld-fashioned religious teachings vill be recommended by students A juvenile delinquency. Widespread oforms are forecast when normal iving is again possible. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Colossal strength of the United Na- ions during the greatest offensive n history will cause panic among Axis for The seers warn, how- ver, that although the Nazis may e defeated, the Japanese may be; thle to hold out for an extended | veriod. Persons whose birthdate it is have he augury of a year of good luck. Women will prove their ability in inaccustomed work. Children born on this day prob- ibly will be studious, prudent and ndustrious. Talent and originality will enable them to attain suc- ressful careers. (Copyright, 1943) Michels cabled Santiago that all was ready. But meantime, Chilean Foreign Minister Rossetti got into + local squabble with a Chilean | Communist named Contreras :La- | arca, and decided to block reeog- rtion of the Soviet. The only Latin American coun- ries which have established rela- jons with Moscow are Mexico, Cuba, Uruguay, and Colombia. TIP ON PEACE RUMORS Note to New York stock brokers: When you get panicky over peace rumors, read the following words »f Col. N. B. Briscoe, commanding Sfficer at Fort Knox, Kentucky: “There is much talk of early oeace. If you were in a poker 3ame, consider when you would like the game to end. Obviously that would be when you had all the hips in front of you. The Ger- mans and the Japanese would be jreatly pleased to make peace now while they hold all the chips in he form of captured possessions.” (Copyright, 1943, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) —,,-— TIDES TOMORROW High tide—3:32 a: m., Low tide—9:17 a. m., High tide—3:14 p. m., Low tide—9:54 p. nr., 164 feet. 2.0 feet. 18.7 feet. -28 feet. KINY PROGRAM SCHEDULE Tuesday-—Afterngon and Evening 4:00—News Rebroadcast. 4:15- Musical Matinee. 4:30 Mail Call. 5 00—News Rebroadcast. Sports News Rebroadcast 3 30~Speclal Music. 5:45—Great Music. 6:00—Music from America. 6:30—Easy Listening. 6 Coca Cola Show. 7:00—Talking Drums. 7:30—Bob Hope. 8:00--Yarns for Yanks. 8:15—Fred Waring. 8:30 Village Store. 9:00—USO Quiz Show. 9:30 Musical Pot Pourri. 9:45 Alaska Line News. 10:00—Kay Kyser Show 10:30—Melody Round-Up. 10:45—Spotlight Bands. 11:00—One Night Stand. 11:30—Sign Off. 20 YEARS AGO #%% empire e o DECEMBER 28, 19223 That an effort was to be made during the present session of Congress i 0 secure legislation providing for a closed season on halibut fishing during the midwinter, was indicated in a letter received by Mayor I Goldstein from Charles D. Garfield of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattlc i Chamber of Commerce. N. L. Burton, former local attorney and Arthur Ooghe, also former nember of the local bar, had at this time opened a law office at Sompton, Calif., in partnership, according to a letter received by Wallis George from Mr. Burton. . A report recommending organization of a South Alaska Central Chamber of Commerce to function through a paid professionally trained secretary, and the appropriation pro rata by the various commercial yrganizations comprised in such a chamber of $25,000 per annum to lefray expen: was adopted this day by the Juneau Chamber of Com- merce to be submitted to other chambers interested as a basis of discus- sion preliminary to organization The first real winter weather of the season struck Juneau early this morning when a cold east wind and lowering temperature were prevailing The members of the cast of “College Days™ were to be given a private | dancing party this night at the Elks’ Hall Mrs. Tupper and Mrs. Tilden, Juneau school teachers, were the guests the previous day of Mrs. Holman of the Douglas school Miss Harriet Barragar and Miss Alice Case entertained 15 couples the orevious night with a dancing party at the home of Miss Barragar Weather report: High, 16: low, 16: cloudy ettt gttt e Daily Lessons in English %¥. .. corpon S S s ] WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: The impersonal pronoun ONE should be followed by ONE, and not by HE, SHE, YOU, etc. “To keep one's health, one should be careful of one’s diet.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Naivete (artlessness). Pronounce na- ay-ta, first A as in AH, E as in EVE, second A as in TAKE, accent last syllable. OFTEN MISPELLED: Exercise (activity) OR. SYNONYMS: Fluctuate, oscillate, vacillate, undulaje, vibrate, waver 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 IMPROVIDENT; not providing for the future: thriftless. “His improvi- dent life soon sweut away his fortune.” et ; MODERN ETIOUETTE ™ .operta LEE 1R SR A LR 5 SISO SRS TS “the mi i 4 “my wife” or her christian ER. Exorcise (to expel; Q. Is it good form for a man to refer to his wife as A. No: to acquaintances he should refer to her as “Mrs. Blank”, and to friends he should call her name. Q. Should wedding invitations be sent to friends of the bridegroom, who are unknown to the bride? A. Yes; invitations should be sent m them even though the bride doesn’t know them. Q. What kinds of food may be placed on the table before the guests are seated? A. Olives, by salted almonds, or any other similar relishes. radishes, e LOOK and lEARNKy GORDON SUSSUTSSSSPSSSSL TR 1. What Vice-President of the United States became President after the death of President Garfield? 2. What is the “Cheka”? Where is Dismal Swamp? What is an atoll? What city is the capital of Sweden? ANSWERS: Chester A. Arthur. The secret police of Soviet Russia In Virginia and North Carolina The East Indian name for a coral island. Stockholm. THE management of this bank i pledged to conserva- tive operstion. The -lqy of depositors® funds is primary coasideration. l- additiom, the bank is s mem- ber of Federal Deposit Insur- ance Corporation ,which is- sures each of ewr depositors agaings lom s » mazimum of $5,008. IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED Bafilk Flrst Natimwl ¢ of JUNEAU, ALASKA Wednesday—Morning and Noon 7:30—Reveille Rhythms. 8:00—-News Rebroadcast. 8:15—Morning Thought. 8:30—Village Store. 9:00—News Rebroadcast. 9:156—G. I. 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