The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1944, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Emptre Published every evening except Sunday by the 145,153. In 1942 EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY These Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. story. There are CELEN TROY MONSEN - - =~ = = President Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRI N RATES: a short time; Jelivered by earrier in Jung By mail, postage pi One year, in advance, $1 Still, one month. in advance, $1.51 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity | speed. Its other the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. developments ast traveled West, thi per day. 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 - : herein. out the speeds wl generation NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bidg., Seattle, Wash, I ists alike, will continue to nomenal developm air traffic is travel sharply turning b mense amount of National ATR PROGRESS from grade crossi In organized air transport, the United States got | tions. 4 off to a slow start. Airlines weré common in Europe 21 roads now in ready access to a and between the British Isles and the Continent be- fore this country really entered the business of carr ing passengers and parcels by air. But once we zot under way, we went places The progress made in air transport between 1926 and the present time is almost unbelievable. At that earlier date United States airlines were carrying no passengers in international services. In 1941 they car- ried 311,055. What they carried during 1942 and 1943 is a military secret—but you can guess the tremendous totals which have been built up. In 1926 domestic airlines in this countr; only 5,782 cash customers. Put that figu the 4,060,545 persons who rode on commercial planes | | built will have to they would knit | closely than they Probably even program opens to for their country gests that their most discouraging their Govenment ahead is certain t handled 1942 it was 89,410,021 of express carried by the commercial lines was only figures cannot, to make airplane progress idea of the strides which the industry has taken in they hint at the progress which may waiting in the yea: the greatest romance of the air is that of ferences in speeds which have resulted from airplane The idea of a national highway system has long intrigued planners, transportation agencies and motor- In the post-war period it is. likely to be regarded as a national necessity. attaining intensify the demand for modern highways. another decade has passed the public may be loath to by automobile It seems probable, therefore, that the plan of the Interregional President Roosevelt has transmitted to Congress, will have a warm reception construction of 34,000 miles of modern highways free Following the general routes of many Federal- | looking attitude toward the postwar era out in the foxholes is the back to WPA jobs or worse. Of course, the details of financing this immense | alongside | undertaking and the period over which it is to be|probably be fairly lucky all through | In 1931, the total poundage it was 4,101,657 of course, tell the whole other factors which go But they do give some i HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANUARY 31 Elizabeth Terhune Mrs Harold Campen J. E. Fowler David K. Eiteman Eulalie Bockmore J. B. Warrack 2 Cecile Cashen i ound us. When Lewis and Clark R. T. Rockwell ey were lucky to average two miles Hivam T, .JaRanstn HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ¢ too many be ahead advances may amaze us; the dif- Stack that up against the 400-mile-an-hour | gait of some of our modern ships and try to figure hich we may attain within the next tem lighway S; (Washington Post) e TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Adverse planetary influences to- day threaten shipping. Women For motor traffic regardless of the phe- The very fact that | proportions will Before increase ters: nent of aviation. large-scale may be exacting to women whose domestic problems will be intensi- fied by winter weather. health is of first importance, as in- fluenza will be epidemic. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Despite Government measures to curb rising prices there will be signs of infla- tion. Increased wages will affect the financial status of the nation. NATIONAL ISSUES: Lack of harmony in the relations of ' the President and Congress may cause use, these highways would afford | War issues to suffer. Although men 1l sections of the country. Indeed,|{in the armed forces will be allowed regions and cities together more ‘0 vote, the methods of ‘handling have ever been knit together before. | ‘heir ballots may be unsatisfactory. more important is the fact that this| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: thousands of citizens now fighting | Since time is of supreme importance a new hope for the future. It sug-|to the United Nations, the next Government is taking a forwart three or four months should see One of the {most untiring efforts to supply our thoughts that crowd in upon men |prodigious war needs. fear that they may come | Persons whose birhdate it is have Concrete evidence that |the augury of a year of mental is looking ahead and planning |strain but financial affairs should 0 be stimulus to their morale be fortunate. Children born on the narrow, rough and highways .that have carried an im- traffic in the past. High Committee, which That plan calls for postwar ngs, stop lights and other obstruc- on this day will be left for later discussion. "on-‘llf&‘ Health should be constantly in 1941, and you have a reasonably good picture of the }Sld\‘“l‘; the burden of debt that the Government will ‘-~aIeuuanded progréss which has been made in this particular phase | Dherit from the war, realization of this aim will | (Copyright, 1944) of aviation operations doubtless have to belsprva? over a c:n. iderable period e ——— -, . bt T . But a start can and should be made as soon as men | NCIN "LASSES N Consider, 100, the tremendous growth in the |od yoierial once more become available, and that| o gy el (e business of carrying mail by air. Back in 1926, mail | i) mean, as the President has pointed out, a zrem\ b t“il " h planes flew a total of 396345 plane miles. By 1932 | deal of preliminary work in making detailed plans |, L8 (OAH, BOrobat fat had mounted to almost 34000,000. In allet, moderne, eccentric, toe-tap,| that figure {onu made it clear that he expects an Allied victory and wants to help bring it about. NOTE—Those who sat in on the conference with the two chiefs re- port that Roosevelt tossed aside all advice that he should talk in a de- vious manner with Orientals, and 2% play his hand close to his chest. pointed out that there were 750,000 On the contrary, he talked to In~ boys between 18 and 21 with per- onu in the same frank and breezy manent draft deferments because manner that he would use with they were farmers. somebody like Speaker Sam Ray- “This is greater than all the other burn in Washington This made a deferments of the entire country,” big hit with President Inonu. lashingion Merry- o-Round (Continuea 11om Page One) said the Under Secretary of War, adding that, while agriculture| puv wpWO-THIRDS" RULE should be in a preferred position, it x G should not be a “haven for draft| There were some very significant dndgers.” back-stage conversations behind the “Well, the Army’s got to have Move of Georgia's oleaginous ex- food, doesn't it?” replied Jones. Governor, “Ed” Rivers, at the re- 3 cent Democratic National Commit- tee meeting, to revive the two- JON STOCK REPLY Another to tangle with War Food ' vention Administrator Jones was Lawrence ~When Rivers proposed that the Appley, McNutt's assistant as War next convention go back to the tra- Manpower Commissioner. Appley |ditional rule by which the South- showed case after case where the ern wing of the party blocked the thirds rule for the Democratic con- War Manpower Commission had nomination of Al Smith in 1924, supplied labor for canners at the and which Roosevelt finally man- request of the War Food Adminis- aged to throw overboard in 1932, tration, only to find that the can-|the other Democrats did not know ners did not need the labor. After that the polished Georgian had just the extra labor was moved into the been in a huddle with Jim Farley. canning districts, they were not 1In fact, Rivers haa breakfasted | hired, Appley said, and it seemed with Farley and “Chip” Robert, obvious that the canners wanted also of Georgia, former secretary them there to create a surplus and of the National Committee. To- | thus keep wages down gether, over their breakfast coffee, To this, Judge Jones gave hisithey hatched *the idea of rev stock reply “Well, you have to/ - - S —— - have food, don't you?” Finally, Joe Eastman, Director of Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 37. Greek letter Defense Transportation, took Jones over the hurdles on the ground that | the railroads were cluttered up with 38 1 'S cross-hauling of trade-marked food.| 1. Snow runner b JRUCIS The big processors, he pointed out,| 4 Visilant _ sions | 9. Crafty Vice ;. Joins the colors . Cubic meter . Poem 7. Diner 4 E were shipping special brands of food from East to West while others were shipping from West to East| in order to keep their trade-marks | before the public. He claimed that the over-burdened railroads should not be asked to handle this load. | Again Joues gave his stock reply. | By this time, Justice Byrnes, who Pronoun ck snake rd stick money 18. Wigwam . Of l:rcu(er a1, Jewin month Spread loosely Chief strain . Flush with success Small narrow in), had called the meeting, was fid-| 1o poes lap geting in his chair. The time of eeds a’lot of important Government! 3. jehie chiefs was being wasted. The meet-| 4. Expunged ing adjourned. : Afterward, Donald Nelson re- marked: “Might just as well have a good cracked phonograph record as Marvin Jones.” ROOSEVELT TALKS TURKEY Until now, no details have leaked out concerning the conference in Cairo between FDR and President Inonu of Turkey, but it can now bé revealed that Inonu promised President Roosevelt all aid short of war. He did not close the door to war, but pointed out that Turkey’s lead- ing cities, such as Istanbul (Con- stantinople) and Ankara, the cap- ital, could be demolished almost overnight by German bombers based in Bulgaria. He also insisted that, if Turkey must get into the war, the Allies must deliver a far greater stock of fighting equipment than Purkey has seen so far. But most significant promise of uid of other was kinds. the In- and acquiring rights of way. | South probably more than any other ng11,000 feet. _ |character, chorus, specialties, socm dancing for begil Body the two-thirds rule—not so much‘and mgp clgsge‘in;‘oir:lenog}r::l’l‘e“l}sg aimed at the President, but pri-| Stud marily to get rid of Wallace at the - oo 11 Tth. Fhone Red. S8 next convention. Next to Mrs. Roosevelt, the Vice President has been pilloried in the NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY person. With the exception of a| Notice is hereby given, that in few such as Governor Bob Kerr of pursuance of an order of the Pro- Oklahoma, almost all Southern bate Court for the Juneau Precinct, leaders are dead against him. Territory of Alaska, made on the In the end, however, the Rivers 215t day of January, 1944, in. the drive completely fizzled. matter of the estate of Vito Bardi, NOTE—Governor Kerr describes deceased, the undersigned Admin- Wallace's speech at the Jackson istrator of the said estate, will sell Day dinner as, “One of the greatest | 2t public auction to the highest bid- and most heartielt political speeches |der for cash money of the United of all time.” States ,on February 19, 1944 at 1:00 (Copyright, 1944, by United P. M. at the office of the United Feature Syndicate, Ine.) States Commissioner, No. 513 of the IR SR | Pederal and Territorial Building, in A Juneau, Alaska, all right, title and S"o(K ouolA"oNS interest of the said estate in and to that certsin one story, four room e ¥ Y frame house located on pilings over qle\‘L‘i]m}’(:xfiKAl::t 3tnnau01?;:;2§ tide lands and situated on the south stock at the end of trading in Janu-|Sae or West Tth Street In Juneau, aty is 6%, American Can 86%, Ana-| L o.iceired to on the Glty of Ju- conda 25, Beech Aircraft 9%, Beth- lehem Steel 597, Curtiss Wright 5, neau Tax list as L No. 32, together | with a wood shed and decked prem- ' ises i International Harvester 73';, Ken- hQus:djl;-‘;?agsgms:tz(;:?dg;x;: necott 30%, North American AVia- o yight to reject any or all bids tion 87, New York Central 17%.|if geemed advisable for the estate. Northern Pacific 15, United St:{lcs, GIVEN under my hand and seal Steel 53 |this 22nd day of January, 1944, at Dow, Jones averages today are as| juneaun, Alaska. follows: industrials 13740, rails| FELIX GRAY, bk i J U. S. Commissioner, and Ex- ot g officio Administrator of the The Drakensbers mountain chain | Estate of Vito Bardi, deceased: Africa rises in places to over First. publication, Jan. 24, 1944, | Last publication, Feb. 14, 1944 in KINY PROGRAM SCHEDULE Tuesday 12:00—Song Parade. 12:15—Treasury Salute. 12:30—Bert’-Alaska Federal News. 12:45—Musical Bon Bons. 1:00—Spotlight Bands. 1:15—-Melody Roundup. 1:30 Show Time. 1:45-Personal Album. 2:00—News Rebroadcast. 2:15—Hymns" from Home. 2:30—Front Line Theatre. 2:45—One Night Stand. Solution Of Saturday’s Puzzle DOWN 2. Basket f 1. Lead Gatching fsn | 3:00 KSRy NSET, rojectiles 3 yigor 3:15- Kay Kyser. 4. Take Into | 3:30—Are You a Genius? custody 3:45—Marching Along. & O Franar 4:00--News Rebroadcast. 1 4:15—Gospel Reb:oadcast. 8. 4:30—Program Resume. 4:45—Vesper Service. 5:00—News Rebroadcast. coin . Hire . Extended litevary ex- position 9, Chided :l"- “‘r‘x‘fifi R 5:15—Sports News Rebroadcast. , time 5:30—Afternoon Musicale. 5:45 -Behind the Headlines. 6:00—Music¢ from America. 6:15—Music from America. 6:30—Treasury Song for Today. 6:35— Easy Listening. ! Thought Bulgarian colh nrage Spear of grass Soldering flux. iamese coins . So. American imal Av:‘kztll:l‘!al Roman 6:45—Coca Cola Show. DiSmounied 7:00—Talking Drums. Bassiiney 7:15—Standard Oil News. . Devics 1o pre- 2 vent back. 7:30--Bob Hope. ward motien Shore birds reen foliage mall fish . Pelted with rocks . Alollnuln i . Minced disn Open court _ Atietion 7:45--Bob Hope. 8:00—Yarns for Yanks. 8:15—Fred Waring Orchestra. 8:30—Quiz Program, USO. 8:45—Quiz Program, USO. 9100—Invest for Invasion, 9:15—Kato Mendelsohn. --Capitol Three. 45—Alaska Line News. 10:00--Sign Of 1. i, Statute l should be cautious in business mat- | HEART AND HOME: This month | Care of | s 20 YEARS AGO %% syrins | JANUARY 31, 1924 In the second game of the basketball series memng played here, Wran- igell High School won from the Juneau High $chool with a score of 15 to 3 and Douglas won from Ketchikan, 28 to 22. Douglas and Wrangell were tied for the series, both having won two games and lost none. The training ship Boxer, Capt. Whitlam, ct the Federal Bureau of Education, with supplies for various bureaus s‘hools in the Territory, arrived in port this day. Satisfactory arrangements had been made for the first landing on foreign soil of the four planes in the Army globe flight. The landing was to be made at Prince Rupert. Lieut. Bissell, in charge of the first division flight, returned to Seattle and was to sail for Juneau on the Alameda to make further arrangements for the flight across Alaska. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal the previous after- noon, the marriage of Miss Freida Tritschler of Seattle and Mr. T. A. Hellenthal of this city, took place. The ceremony was attended only by the intimate members of the groom'’s family. No matter if it was the last day of January, almost in the dead of winter, signs of spring were seen near Juneau, The ground hogs could be heard up the Mt. Roberts trail and on the Perseverance road. Charles R. Settlemeir, for 24 years on the editorial staff and for 20 or more years of that time editor-in-chief, retired from journalism, for a time at least, and was to devote his attention to mining interests in the Yukon. Weather report: High, 39; low, 38; cloudy. « Daily Lessons in English %¥. .. corpon Bibiessbesbipatesr > 3 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “His uncle is engaged in a different line of business.” LINE OF is superfluous. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Preventive. Pronounce as spelled, and not pre-vent-a-tive. OFTEN MISPELLED: Allege; not ALLEDGE. SYNONYMS: Différence, discrepancy, disparity, variation, inequality. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is your: Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: INSATIABLE; incapable of being satisfied. (Pronounce in-sa-shi-a-b'l, first A as in SAY, accent second syllable). “Average is insatiable and is always pushing on for more."—L'Estrange. r MODERN ETIQUETTE * ;opgrra LEE Q. Is it obligatory that one answer a wedding invitation? A. Yes; whether the wedding is to be at home or at church, the | invitation must be answered if it includes the reception that follows. Q. Asa complimentary closing to a business letter, would it be good form to use “Yours truly” or “Your very truly"? A. Yes; either is correct. Q. When should one use the knife for cutting food at the dinner table? A. Only when it is absolutely impossible to cut the food with the fork. i Z B e e T T e e e e e ] Is it true that smaller dogs live longer than large ones? In what story do the “Delectable Mountains™ appear? How did the word “hooch” as applied to liquor originate? What do the English call molasses? When was Oklahoma admitted to the Union as a State? ANSWERS: 1. It is said that smaller breeds often have a life span of from 18 to 23 years, large dogs 10 to 12 years. 2. In Bunyan's “Pilgrim's Progress.” 3. From “hoocinoo,” a distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians. 4. Treacle. 5. In 1907. ERSCNCES A. 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