The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 28, 1944, Page 4

i PAGL FOUR 7 ; Daily Alaska Empire L b:l.‘:.«d every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junesu, Alasks, CELEN President Fotered in the Post Oftice in Juneau ss Second Class Matter. BSCRIPTION RATES: Jeltvered by carrier ta Juness and Douglas for $1.50 ver month. By mall, postave paid, st the following rates: $15.00; six months, fu advance, $7.60; One sesr, 10 advance & favor if they will promptly notity of any fellure or irregularity in the de- s Office, 602; Business Office, 3T4. ™M e Associat BER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS ed Press is exclusively entitled to the use for \1] news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- paper and also the local news published | TATIVES le, Wash, Alaska Newspapers, 1411 POLICY OF STARVATION refusal to let the International Red Cross mally in American prisoners captured at Bataan. rican Red Cross and the international to have done everything possible s of food, clothing, drugs and surgical United Nations prisoners held by he Japs have permitted only a trickle of lies to get through. They will neither provide ners with the minimum necessities of life supplies in any quantity to be sent to appear sermit Although the Japanese government is not a party convention on treatment of prisoners of apply the convention to American so far as adaptable, to civilian internees Apparently that commitment was d to ded as an ironic joke. Sec ry Hull has now led a bill of particulars showing the wanton f this convention and all other civilized prisoners. And the chapter to the tragic of its statement is fdctual theless piles up further evidence ling a deliberate to ot mistreatment, for the wretched camps. refused to let under their control rs shipped on supplies, neutral relief They did accept the diplomatic vessel of courst . were only a s the prisoners and exposure. Numerous ies through have been The Japs did not even ago that the United States at is needed to sa disease acceptance of supplies sent nsshipment to Japanese camps. are warehoused there, instead of ed war heroes for whom ent to the emac prisoners have fortified i t place among the civilized nations. which the people have recently been subje ¥ 1 to take back the forty-one men national rep: tative of UAW, y "' . who had quit Jankow depart- declared, “Our committee had evi- ‘lja"v, ment dence that this man was not fit to|, o The result has been very bad work with American citi * This ‘,.\v}i{uun‘ blood between the union (United was big Teny, who too Automobile Workers) and the com- many gun mounis. g pany. Meanwhile, the WLB panel,'! Company officials declared that, Continuea iom Page ON€) 4y "y gl 2.1 decision, found after union members had failed to & a rvell’s much touted pipe- forcefully in favor of the company. persuad.c Tony to ing down his s ude 5 Miaeks i Bt _— production, “sand, acid and grease ished and won't supply too much, STRIKE CALLED REPRE- | were poured into his gasoline tank. v does not oppose SENSIBLE | An otherwise good car )n.“ to be drilling in the South- The panel’s hearing brought out Sold as junk.’ wula, but it does object some pretty bad reflections on la- It was admitted that, during bor practices. holding up devel- ck oil b of i reserves around own CE-PRESIDENT” STETTINIUS} the recent publicity | ACROSS Secretary of State 1. Baseball S ihla oandidnt implement 29 SRR o8 €| 4 Humorous v President, a friend of the pessons famil i to Mrs. tinius 3 1 ir ttiniu E your inat ne a piece of % t 13. n family quilt 1 pemnic If I e 1 said Mrs. Stet- grand- g s L Darents 1 give you the whole 5 glarents streiam 16. Mental picture 17. Shoulder of a road LABOR BLACK EYE B B0 Waiany 20. Annoys situation exists in 21, Orthodox Mo- Muskegon sgan, which gives hammedan 1 tter how patriotic, -Warn: his - fell him, enc protest Most of t! 1 that shop turned out only 15 gun mounts a day, but big Tony turned out 30 a day. Union members approached him and asked him to reduce his production to e complied. Then they asked him to reduce to 13. He refused, and went back to a pro- duction rate of 25 to 30 Forty-one men in that depart- ment announced they would not work with Jankowsky there, and left the plant. Later, the en plant was “pulled,” and 1,000 men walked out on strike, in spite of a contract which makes arbitration of all grievances compulsory. The War Labor Board ordered the men back to work, pending a panel hearing But the company refused t country is of a piece with | policy of | ief supplies to the Far East, | the Red Cross hastened to for- | Milton Rymal, Crossword Puizle The retaliate here and United S for Japs have no fear that the with similar treatment prisoners captured our I Pacific. But they be sure that the which they have displayed will further stiffen our determination to crush the regime and to punish the criminals n.u]'m\.\ih 2 for their by rees in t may savagery this offense to civilization Willkie At His Best (Washington Post) people would not and for a gh' If they fully understood the ne: £ . they would respond to demands fo much of our current pro rected toward proving that borrowir satisfactory method of financing the people invest bona fide savings in wa the present that is undoubtedly true, b is looking beyond the present to the people will be saddied with a stupendo debt. The less we collect during the w. the greater that debt is going to bé an the debt charges that taxpayers of (b have to support 1 Mr. Willkie does not time with spe arguments to the effect that an intern ] is not a national liability becauce it is owed by the people to themselves. The simple fact is that of the people wiil hold a large part of > debt | after the war, and scme—notably soldiers a | who have not been earning war wages—3 comparatively small proportion of outstanding i But when these soldiers and sailors return to civil life, they as well as other Americans will have to shoulder the burden of paying the interest on a colossal debt. That debt will be much greater tha Mr waste iow som clajm: sailors it need have been if the people back home hz u‘ nade |, financial sacrifices remotely compara exacted of fighting men. These fighting me over, will not be the fortunate bondhold There is not a cha that Wendell Willkie's proposal for a tax measure that would yield | an ad nal 16 billion dollars will eve approved | by Coi s. Just the same, Mr. Willkie h ented Jone of the m soundly reasoned drastic tax increases that has been ¢ public to date. He has also made ¢ tribution to a better understanding of & implications of fiscal polic; We believe with Mr. Willkie that the poli experts are wrong in concluding that the Amc ~ |b: interest payments from wartime investments to offset { heavy tax demands. If this aspect of war borrowing | could be brought home to the people in vigorous lan- guage, Mr. Willkie’s tax program wuold cease to seem unrealistic. It would come, on the contrary, to be regarded as realistic in the sense that it recognizes the realities of our situation. In addition to exploding the myth of {he ha lessness of a domestically owned debt, Mr. ¥V has made clear the importance of fiscal polic; y for enabling us to att and social objectives when the war is over. i frankly the prospect of budget of proportions compared standards. s extremely improbabl |in our lifetime we shall ever see a Fec | under 20 billion dollars measured in Starting from that premise, he considers to meet budget demands cf such size w peacetime taxes so high to destroy | incentive to ex| 1d production and to take the ris inseparable from suéh expansion In that connection Mr. Willkie n- to budgzel empl fact that the fiscal policy nece Imost the exacf opposite of t acetime. In the latter case, the aim is to P low gs possible, in order to frec a amount of private resources for productive ment. With that generalization Mr. Willkie blic 1in in his debt [ specific suggestion for a reform of the war that would incite initiative X revival of private enterprise by once in men the hope of reward; not unlimited sequently ruthless reward, but fair, sufficie | that will drive us ahead. Here is a thoughful presentation--tl ward-Jooking analysis that the count to expect of its public men and gets all It stands out uniquely in the state of de: sound m after inter- deer hunting and fist 100 pounds . Person orking for 51. Subject to choice 53. Ceremony 54 David Copper b5, Bocr Wi, Solution Of Saturday's Puzzle romise 5. Long narrow 59. Saliors DOWN opening G0. System ot 1. Becloud signals 2. Poplar 6t. Color "’ o Packs down 4. Restau attendant pensution for a loss . And ten: suffix Row of cut 8. Natural abode 9. Exaggerata 10. Public recrea- tion ground 11. Trees 19. Butter substi- tute lower d Indian tribe Znglish school of & blow Dairy machine Went in again sition Young wild animals . Small quarrel . Remarry Formerfy . Feminine name 2. Crazy i | L HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mrs. H. L. M. G. Minzgohr s. George E. Hall David Mahlum Mrs. Lee Quong Hiram Benson F. B. Andrews Goldsmith Irene T. Myer Wood I’.r‘lnl:l Mrs. HOROSCOPE “The stars incline hut do not compel” t compel” | TURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Mixed planerary influences today ring heavy storms that retard bus- varfous sections of the s in nded Itiply servicemen, in all ignore the tariff ques- ss over this problem. But will be deferred until Presidential election. IONAL ISSUES: The sale ms will be widespread this trend toward the simple But unless agricul- tudied disappoint- many who turn to the ring; a is foretold for solace and sus- ccessiul tory garden- e poor farmers. ONAL AFFAIRS: As the month ends the Allied forc- ill continue their determined offensives. Millions of homeless war victims will present a pressing problem to the United States. Persons whose birthdate It is have the augury of a year of fairly suc. sful ivity. Men in uniform hould be fortunate. Children born on this day will ly be ambitious and indus: nd will put their unusual to good use Copyright, 1944 'd up their output so take didn't ould time nt Jankowsky ugh the it be WLB panel's findings made public until the in Detroit takes ac- inside fact is that the to 1, nas declared: rwhelming weight of the this issue leads us t 1sion that the union's re. r the discharge of Anton| from the cannot board nee on juest f any he cold facts sonably good worker. and, since he works at piece- | wm‘( rates, is anxious to earn as much as possible.” And on the question of the strike, the panel found as morally wrong and the worker: varticipation in it reprehensible.” idom has the language of a B panel been more emphatic. If regional board sustains the 1€l, the forty-one men who quit t will be subject to draft, and ome of them may find themselves | operating fire, which they didn't want Tony to build. (Copyright, 1944, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) S ATTENTION MASONS Stated Communication Monday | evening with wogk in the F .C. De- ree J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary >-eo—— SCHEDULE Tuesday :00—~Personal Album. :15—Song Parade. 30—Bert'-Alaska Federal News Musical Bon Bons. :00-—Spotlight Bands. :15—Melody Roundup. :30 -Show Time. :45—G. 1. Jive. 00—News Rebroadceast. ~Hymns from Home. 30--Front Line Theatre. & -One Night Stand. 00—Kay Kyser. 15 -Kay Kyser. —Are You a Genius? Marching Along 4:00- News Rebroadcast 4:15—Gospel Reb:oadcast 4:30—Program Resume. 4 ————— KINY PROGRAM | 5:15—Sound Off. —Afternoon Musicale Behind the Headlines. Music from America Music from America 0-—Easy Listening. 45—Coca Cola Show. :00-—Talking Drums. Standard Oil News. :20- Bob Hope. :45--Bob Hope. 8:00—Yarns for Yanks. 5—Pred Waring Orchestra 0—Quiz Program, USO. 8:45--Quiz Program, USO. PR =3 9:30 ~Capitel Three. 9:45—Alaska Line News. 1000 8ign Off AFFAIRS: Although | s presage long fights | [ off for sport.| a regular| employ of | be sustained. | are that he is a rea- | a fast pxodu-' that “The strike| the gun mounts, under | 20 YEARS AGO e from f THE EMPIRE | -3 FEBRUARY 28, 1824 Secret preparations for trans-Arctic expeditions were being made in ce, Germany and Russia, according to information given Navy De- sartment officials by H. H. Hammer, organizer in the United States for | R0ald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, who planned a venture of his own = his summer into the North Polar regions. The news that the United States Government had postponed the naval expedition, he stated, was _xpected to be welcomed everywhere ih Europe. Fifteen complete Liberty airplane engines were enroute to Alaska and Par Eastern points as emergency equipment for the four Army planes| | m the globe flight, according to information from Santa Monica. Calif. Three of the engines were shipped to Alaska, one to be landed at Sitka, | ne at Chignik, and one at Dutch Harbor. HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. || Dr. A. W. Stewart The bill recently introduced by Delegate Dan Sutherland for the lection of Governor and Secretary of the Territory provided for a salary £ $7,000 annually for the former and 85000 for the latter. The salaries »f each officer, it was further provided, should be paid by the Territory nstead of the Federal Government as the Governor was now paid. The 3ill did not provide for the election of the Territorial Treasurer, according ‘o telegraphic reports. find many nmvl ways of entertain- | = Shie ikt Hospitals | At a meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary, April. Mrs. John Ford Starr was chosen as alternate Joe L. Hill, preminent fox rancher of this district, arrived from his| | farm on Sullivan Island for a brief visit here 1 | | | | Weather report: High, 37; low, 34; snow. e R | - 1 Daily Lessons in English % .. corbox e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “There is no other alterna- tive.” Omit OTHER. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Chagrin. | ASK, I as in it, accent last syllable. 3 | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Demoralize; IZE. Compromise; SYNONYMS: Quiet, still, silent, noiseless. 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: HOSTILITY: antagonism; enmity; acts of warfare. “Hostility between | nations must cease, and the brotherhood of man prevail.” Pronounce sha-grin, A as in ISE. e T . ] 5 MODERN ETIQUETTE * zopmrra ree e o e B e et i e e E Q. What is indicated if a neighbor | within a few weeks? ’ A. That the neighbor does not desire to form a friendship. Tt is bad form not to return a first call within two weeks Q. Should the fingers or a spoon be used for eating cake. {is served with it? | A. Use the fingers unless it is very sticky. | Q. When attending a dance, with whom must a man always dance first? | A. With the woman whom he has escorted to the dance does not return a first call if no fork | e e e e e qLOOKandLEARNA & kil S e ) { 1. Is a child more closely related to a parent than it is to a brother or a sister? 2. What are the citrus fruits? 3. In normal times, do yocung men or | accidents? ‘ 4. Which country actually owes its existence to a river? i 5. For what purpose is a pulmotor used? ANSWERS: { 1. No, because it has only one-half common blood with a parent, | while with a sister or brother it has all common blood. 2. Oranges. lemons, grapefruit, and limes. 3, Young men, more than twice as many. 4. Egypt, for without the Nile, it would be a continuation of the i Sahara Desert. 5. They restore resptrauon artificially. older men have the most | - ’ E. J. 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