The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 31, 1943, Page 4

R . Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. LELEN TROY MONSEN President ¥ntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Jelivered by earrler in Juneau and Dousins for §1.5¢ per month. By mall, postage paid. st the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. Bubseribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notity the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS The ciated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- Jjte credited 1n this paper and also the local news published ein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. CAPTURED WEAPONS Weapons of war captured from soldiers of enemy importance in our military United States nations are of To date the partment has made careful examinations of more than 600,000 pieces of captured equipment, and has sent the weapons thus studied on to Army training centers primary program. Ordnance De- familiarize themselves so that our own soldiers may with them. The fact that there were 1,100 separate types of weapons among those examined shows the breadth of the enemy ordnance program. Among guns recently brought in is a new Jap- anese rifle which said to be replacing the old is 25-caliber models with which the Nipponese troops | have been equipped. While this old rifle was none too good, as measured by our standards, it has given | effective service in the hands of Japanse sharpshoot- ers, as many a United States soldier in the Pacif can testify. The new gun is a .303, slightly larger than the .30-caliber United States gun and the .30-30 rifle which is so popular among our sportsmen. The rifle is a distinct improvement over the older Japanese Thus, if tk small-arms piece, but it still is far inferior fo our own Garand, according to ordnance experts. There 1s, of course, a constantly changing trend in the field of war weapons. Improvement in powders as well as in mechanics is being reflected all the time in new designs. But basically guns of today are but little different from those used in World War I. aside from the Garand, which offers an entirely new mechanical principle as it is adapted to military small arms. It has been of tremendous advantage to United States foot soldiers and will continue to con- tribute to Allied victories Renegotiation of Contracts (Cincinnati Enquirer) Among the problems which holders of war pro- duction contracts face today are those which arise under the Federal Renegotiation Act, which provides that Army and Navy price adjustment boards must consider all contracts and establish prices upon which tinal payment is decided. The law was designed to cut down excessive prices on war contracts and to THE DAILY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DECEMBER 31 " Joe Green Carl L. Tubbs James T. Burnett George F. Dudley Albert L. Fisk Mrs. Mabel Schmitz Margaret J. Griffin Lee Smith, Jr. Mrs. Carl Lundstrom Mary Alicc Noble Effie Lindstrom Lowell Wood HOROSCOPE “The stars incline’ save money for the American taxpayer. It is doubtful if it is accomplishing its purpose: it is certain that it is resulting in many unfair decisions from whech both and the general public will suffer. The first fallacies in the operation of the act seem to be in its lack of uniformity and the fact that it does not allow the manufacturer to know what percentage of profit he is entitled to show. There are scores of price adjustment boards in various parts of the country. So far as is discernable, they have no uniform standards on which they gauge their findings. The percentage of profit allowed to a manufacturer in one section may vary greatly from that allowed for the same operation in another section. Industrialists have no dstick by which to govern their operations. The results are confusing and bring grief and distrust, | poth to the adjustment boards and to the companies concerned The Renegotiation Act originated out of high purpos It was well to attempt to hold down ex- cess profits at a time when emergency production | wd change-over in equipment made concist cost | | estimates impossible, But in operation, the act has brought untold damage to American industry. And it is a question whether it actually has saved any money ! Most of the return payments extracted from the | manufacturers who were adjudgd to have made excess | profits on their contracts, would have gone to the government in the form of excess profits taxes. The costs of administering the act probably would more than offset the difference. Congress should act at once to correct the error. | If some sort of legislation is to be retained as a curb | against unreasonable charges on emergency produc- | tion, it should be one which will be fair and just; which at le will allow indust to know what is meant by asonable profits.” It should, above ull} else, take into consideration the fact that most of | the war production plans will have to be converted |to civilian production when the fighting ends. It | should allow the building of cash reserves for such | postwar conversion. he invading army York office, one from the District but do not compel” D e SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 Benefic aspects dominate on this first day of the new year but there are portents of delays in the pro- gress of the United Nations. HEART AND HOME: Women must expect many new experiences and sweeping changes in family af- fairs and domestic relationships due to the war. They must understand and adapt themselves to its psy- chological effects on servicemen. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Danger of inflation is foreseen for 1944. The small income group who spend a great portion of the nation's money have earned substantial wage in- creases and it will be difficult to prevent them from becoming spend- thrifts. NATIONAL ISSUES: Conditions affecting the Japanese in the Unit- ed States will arouse bitter contro- versies, Subversie plots are again foretold. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Three conjunctions of Mars with Uranus presage a crescendo of con- flict on many fronts with the tide of battle “irreversibly and irresi tably” favoring the United Nations An ocean of power is to submerge the Axis before the end of the year. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a y of mixed in- fluences with success appearing through unusual channels. Extra safeguards against accidents are re- commended. Children born on this day will| PESE——— \ Washinglos Merry- Go-Round g (Continuea 1:om Page campaign. So Churchill is reported to have favored a campaign a little to the south of Burma for the purpose ol retaking the Malay Peninsula and Singapore. (NOTE: Singapore is now forti- fied as the British never dreamed They had a few big guns pointing out to sea, but the Japs now have huge concrete fortifications of the type the marines found on Tar all around Singapore. It is a r fortress.) HONG KONG STILL TO BE BRITISH In addition to the deadlock over Burma, Churchill and Roosevelt also are reported to have had a troops was one million men, it would be 300,000 British and 700,000 Amer- ican. Churchill has advanced some good | reasons for this, from the British viewpoint—namely, Britain's much | smaller population and her terrific loss of young manhood in 1914 which set the country back almost a gen- eration Nevertheless, several Senators, es- pecially lone-wolf Senator Langer of South Dakota, intend to ask some very potent and embarrassing ques- tions as to why a tremendous Am- erican army is to fight for Britain | if, at the same time, Britain refuses to relinquish Hong Kong or gi India something to fight for in Burma | MERRY-GO-ROUND | The Germans now make mines of plastic, which cannot be located by magnetic detectors. They are re- ported to have sowed a dense mine- | field along the coast of France to Ihead off the second front ‘ President Rios of Chile recently told urioqs.dltfgrelict? ovex: :io:;g K‘;gfii\_newsmcn he expected to visit the Britain's chiel pre-war trading POT | yyite4 States. This plan is now set in the Far East, which was seized | Gq. %50 1o the grave situation in | from the Chinese a hundred YEars| o oniing and Bolivia . . . . NOTE ago during the Opium War. The President, it is said, wanted Churchill to cede Hong Kong to the Chinese immediately. Then Chiang Kai-Shek wouid immediately turn| around and declare Hong Kong al _ free port, thus making it open to the ! British, Americans and the world. ON PAPER CONSERVATION: U. S. Steel Corporation sent an eleven- page press release to hundreds of | Washington newsmen-—and sent it twice. One copy came from the New of Columbia office . Flora Tru- jillo, daughter of the Dominican dictator, has bought a house in Washington. She gets an allowance of $1,000 a month from her papa,| ~ the Generalissimo . . . . White House social invitations used to be deliv- ered by special messenger. Because of manpower shortages, they are now arc sent by mail, special de- livery . Senate restaurant is now serving peanut butter instead of but- ter . .. The Army says that even if it used no butter at all, each civilian would have only a half-ounce more per week . ... Army has a special course of instruction for cooks serv- ing in cold climates—Alaska, Ice- land, etc. . . . Senator Wiley of Wis- consin, recently leading a visitor through the labyrinthine subway of the Capitol building, said, “T'll take you through the catacombs and they might really be the catacombs to judge by the smell.” . . . . Pan- ama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are rapidly expanding their- crops of balsa wood for manufacture of Mos- quito bombers. Ecuador is now the principal source. (Copyright, 1943, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) -+ BEGINNER’S RUSSIAN If sufficient interest is shown, a class will be formed after the first! of the year. Please call Black 230 or write P. O. Box 2561, Juneau. adv. M. Baranoff. Crossword Puzzle But the Prime Minister was adamant. In the end, the joint communique mentioned o_nl_\' the ACHARS B 8 return of those parts of China con-| y cisterns 35 Adornowith quered by Japan. Britisn territory . .\h\l;]«l-mé' rfih‘g'; taken from China was omitted. 9. High ; H e fme, resident @ mountain 10 By this time, the President and 15 Capaid RTA Sing Churchill were in serious disagree- | {_g L-._\.‘ of & comet 42. Hawaiian o ;| 1% Born Beese ment. It was their first real row| G5 Bart ke R G e in their two years of continuous co- 1§, Containing a ehair operation. Their differences are re- | ;¢ { he woman ported to have l?e(‘n such that _\ 4o BalaTt Hiioas after-effects carried over to Teheran, | 2,7 Compass X s return | point and lhe‘Pleslde‘m, e_:fler hlsvlelum‘ o LT b e to Washington, is said to have com- expenses o diment mented to close friends on Chur-| é?, ':Tfl,ymm o7 lu”[:\"génc\-er chill’s obstinacy. | il : i, River mussel i e ce| 28 Luzon nitive G0 musica The President is reported to have | gy ¢iPh "o il Cover the in- had a4 hard time keeping Chiang taha Kai-Shek calmed down after the | deadlock at Cairo. And at Teheran, ; it was Roosevelt and Stalin who zot | along famously. In fact, U. S. mili- | tary and naval advisers came back | singing the praises of the Russians ——what great strategists they \wre{ and how easy to understand. They | were officially silent about the Brit- | ish. Some of this leaked out during White House conferences with the | railroad men, when the latter were told how Stalin kidded Churchill about his intransigeant position on ! certain things, and how the Pre: dent joined in the kidding AMERICAN TROOPS IN SECOND | FRONT ‘One matter which Senators are | watching with particular care is the question of what proportion of Brit- ish and American troops shall make up the second front. It has long been reported that Churchill has maintained Britain could nc more than 30 percent of the invadi army, as against 70 percent of U. S Pply | Picce of baied 62 Ia i AWWul " Gl A JAMEN Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle 61. Not so much 3. Gathers 6. Command: 4. Hastened archaic g, D‘:":”'f”“! " Hower arug Overcont . Trouble . Slighting re- mark . Character In G, . Twilled stk fabric Look slyly Understand Oil of rose petals: variant . Throws: poetic The sweet s0p Children's napking Veird 33, Fencing .sword . Debased Irish . Roman pries Cylindrical . Hardens . East Indian theologlan AP Fectures . Take for one's own . Cleaning im- plement Source of water Exclamation Contend Iprobnbly be brilliant in mind and strong in character, magnetic and ‘;selr-will(-d but generally fortunate. { (Copyright, 1943) ‘;IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR | THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DVISION N IBER ONE, AT KETCHIKAN | IN THE MATTER OF THE RE- “GULAR JANUARY, 1944 TERM OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE TER- RITORY OF ALASKA, AT JU- NEAU. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That pursuant to an order of the Court dated November 26, 1943, a { Regular January, 1944 Term of the | United States District Court for the First Division of the Territory of Alaska will be held in the Court Room of the Federal Building at Juneau, Alaska, beginning at the {hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of January 18, 1944. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set by hand and caused the Seal of the above entitled court to be affixed at Ketchikan, this |3rd day of December, 1943. ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, | Clerk, U. S. District Court. First publication December, 17, 1943. Last publication January 7, 1943. adv. ! KINY PROGRAM SCHEDULE Friday Afternoon and Evening 4:00—News Rebroadcast. 4:15—Musicale Matinee. 4:30—Blondie. 5:00 - News Rebroadcast. 5:15—Sports News Rebroadcast. 5:45—Your Dinner Concert. 6:00 Lone Ranger. 6:30-Easy Listening. 6:45—Coca Cola Show. 7:00—Mike Haas. 7:15—Standard Oil News. 7:30—Charlie McCarthy. 8:00—Showtine. 8:15—Fred Waring. 8:30—Red Skelton. 9:00 - Basin Street. 9:30—Gems in Music. 9:45—Alaska Line News. 10:00—Capitol Three. 10:15—Sports Interview. 10:30—Melody Round-Up. 10:45—Spotlight Bands. 11:00- One Night Stand. 11:30--Sign Off. Saturday Merning and Noon 7:30—Reveille Rhythms. 8:00—News Rebroadcast. 8:15—Morning Thought. 8:30—8aturday Serenade. 8:45—Alaska BEvangelization. 9:00—News Rebroadcast. 9:156—G. 1. Jive. 30--One Night Stand. 10:00—Cub Reporters. 10:15—Fred Waring. 10:30—Melody Round-Up. 10:45—Mid-Morning Matinee. 11:00—Basin Street. 11:30—Music_Rebroadcast. 11:45—Between the Bookends Re- broadcast. 12:00--Sound Off. 12:15—8Song Parade. 12:30—Bert’'s Noon News, 12:45—Personal Album. 1:00—Off aif until 4:00. 20Y EARS AGO F4: EMPIRE R e e e e e ] DECEMBER 31, 1923 Ushered in by the Elks' Annual Hi-Jinks, Juneau's observance of lthe New Year was to be on a seale commengsurate with those of former years, it was indicated by preparations made so far this day. All business | | activities were to be suspended during New Year's Day. Watch Night | services were to be held at the Native Presbyterian Church, in which pastors from the local Presbyterian and Methodist churches were to| | join with the pastor of the Native church. A dance was to be given at| | the A. N. B. Hali by the Alaska Native Brotherhood. Open house was to be observed at the Governor's House on New Year's Day and at the IOOF Hall for all Masonic Bodies. The year, which was 'just closing, was characterized by higher temperatures than the average, together with an absence of extreme cold weather unfavorable to plant growth and outdoor work during the season, said Meteorologist Ralph C. Mize, in his statement received this day. | | A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, by removing the discriminatory clause against Alaska: one to provide for the election of a Governor by the people of the Territory, and resolutions introduced for an investigation by Congress of the Alaskan fisheries situation, were among the most interesting matters to the people of Alaska which were to Washington. T. E. P. Keegan, Chief of Police, left on the Admiral Rogers for | | Seattle, where he was to remain for several weeks. H. S. Graves, merchant, was an arrival on the Northwestern from Seattle, where he had been on a business trip for several weeks. Weather report: High, 20; low, 20; clear. Dal'y Lessons in EngIISh '\’3 L. GORDON o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He joined the two ends | together.” TOGETHER is redundant. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Arid. Pronounce ar-id, A as in AT (not as ih CARE), I as in DID, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Jeopardize. Observe the EO. SYNONYMS: Journey, jaunt, trip, tour, excursion, pilgrimage 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: AMPLITUDE; the state of being ample; largness: fullness. “Let us con- sider the amplitude of space.” ; MODERN ETIQUETTE ® .operra LeE e et i | | Q. What is the correct pronunciation of “lyonnaise” and what does it mean? A. It is a cookery term and means prepared with flaked or sliced | | ed, | | fried onions. Pronounce li-u-naz, I as in LIE, U as in RUN unsf A as in DAY, principal accent on last syllable. Q. In what way can one be certain that a business letter will be brought to the attention of a certain person? A. Write “Attention of Mr. Blank” on the same line as the saluta- tion, or on the line below it to the right Q. Is it correct for a girl to have her sisters as bridesmaids and attendants at her wedding? A. Yes. O e eeee e e s e e e e e e ) 1. 1s the height of the Pacific Ocean on the United States coast the same as the Atlantic Ocean? 2. Does the ice that freezes on the ocean contain salt? 3. Is there any law that prohibits a woman from becoming president of the United States? 4. Approximately how far above the ground should a thermometer be hung? 5. About what percentage of butter fat is there in butter? ANSWERS: No, the Pacific is 1-7/10 feet higher. The ice that forms on the surface is free of salt. No. About five feet. About four-fifths. IN WAR 3 AS IN PEAC a pound of Sriios B . IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED First National Ba gy “of JUNEAU, ALASEA :lUll ’lni‘kl Dl‘:il' INSURANCE CORPORATION J. ROGERS asa pald:up.aubseribu' to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: A " "THE CRYSTAL BALL" Féderal Tax—+6c per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! | -_—_—_ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1943 nmECTORY qu:rmotl.diodmonul s D e e DDA S | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH | : Monday of each month | in Scottish Rite Temple i Drs. Kaser and Freeburger % beginning at 730 p. m. DENTISTS JOHN J. FARGHER, | g Phone 56 | | Warshipful Master; JAMES W. Blomgren Building LEIVERS, Secretary. | |\ B.P.0.ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P.M. | | Visiting Brothers welcome. N. {FLOYD FAGERSON, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. | Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 _— Silver Bow Lodge No.A2 10O .O.F. 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