The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 14, 1944, Page 4

| PAGEFOUR ° Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. CELEN TROY MONSEN - - - = = President Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as hmd Class Mstter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE! one month, in advance, $1.50. Subcribers will confer & favor 1f they will promptly notity the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office. 374. MEMBER OF ASSCGCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- :l— credited 1n this paper and also the local news published erein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA Educated Democracy (Washington Post) We boast the highest standard of living in the world. But we are inclined to be vague as to what the standard is. No doubt we have a greater number of bathtups, radios, telephones and automobiles per capita than the people of any other nation. But since we are a democracy and pride ourselves on our capacity for self-government, we might profitably in- quire into the standards we have achieved in this regard . The logical test of a people’s capacity for self-government is its level of education. Thomas Jefferson stated this truth bluntly in the adolescent days of the Republic: “If a nation expects to be and free, in a state of civilization, it expects ignorant what never was and never will be.” Among Americans 25 years of age and over, only 46 per cent have graduated from college. Three- fourths of them have never gone through high school Three-fifths have never completed even a single year of high school. In the light of these figures, prepared by the National Commission for Defense of Democracy through Education, it is reasonable to ask how well the American people as a whole understands the pro- cesses of self-government. Formal schooling is not, to be sure, the only avenue to education. But it is the one instrument which we, as a society, have established to give our maturing citizens some famil- iarity with our history, with the character of our institutions, with the meaning of democratic process. In grade school they are generally too young to learn these things well. Without high school education they are very likely indeed to be deficient in any true understanding of what we call the American way of life. BOMBS We've looked with amusement upon the sugges- tions, put forth in certain quarters, that the eruption of Vesuvius might have been caused by bombings, or that a couple of block-busters, accurately dropped, | could cause a cataclysm within the crater of Fujiyama. ‘ Now we learn that a well-known geologist, Professor | arold O. Whitnall of Colgate University, has said that such things might be “well within the realm of | possibility.” When such an authority as Professor Whitnall speaks, who are we to deny his statements? It seems that many volcanoes have plugs within the throats of their craters which, if broken, could— as Professor Whitnall puts it—“release pent-up pres- sures of molten lava which are bottled up beneath, | producing not alone cataclysmic eruptions, but also possible earthquakes and tidal waves.” Commenting on the statement, the Cleveland Plain Dealer says that “maybe the professor has some- thing there.” It goes on to suggest that heavy bombs | dropped down the mouth of Fujiyama might bring a greater disaster to Japan than could the full force of a dozen armies, “Pujiyama and other Japanese volcanoces,” th‘ Plain Dealer states, “may constitute a huge battery of nature’s mostedestructive artillery, all loaded, prim- ed and ready for firing. All we would have to do is pull the trigger 4¢hat would touch off the most destructive salvo in world history.” Anyway, when the proper time arrives, cost much to try st . park bench Washingion Yook sk "m. looks like Mr. sits Mr. Hull 6o-Round it won't The there, too. He g shoulders are dr (Continuea irom Page One) heavy load. We RS SRS o, not his father go overseas for four- “Then we are teen months to make the world guessed it. Mr. B come back from His car does a lot safe for little boys like ours? “I used tor watch him kick his | able test. -thinking—thinking. Pear: At that age, when you feel tired. Uncle Sam is also looks tired. His Among the various sections of the Union there are wide discrepancies as to schooling. In 10 Southern States, for example, fewer than one-fifth of the people 25 years old or over have completed high school. The District of Columbia in comparison stands at the very top of the list with slightly more than two-fifths of its adult population graduated from high school Yet paradoxically, residents of the District are not considersd qualified to take part in self-government, while their lives are regulated by Southern citizens of inferior educational background. In large part the educational inequalities among | the States stem from economic inequalities. This is why it seems to us essential that the Federal Govern- ment extend aid to the less wealthy States in order to enable them to bring their schools up to ‘a higher level. All of us, since we are members of a Federal Union, have a vital stake in the preparation for citi- zenship*available to young Americans in every part of the country. That preparation is bound, during the next two or three decades, to be put to a formid- Over 30 million youths now of school age will be voters 20 years hence. They will confront problems which can be solved only if they are schooled in the traditions and lessons of our past. g It is urgent that we give our children more educa- tion and better education. The defeat of the Thomas | bill in the Senate some months ago was a sorry blow | to this purpose. But we simply cannot afford to let the purpose be forsaken. It can be taken up again in the House if the Committee on Education will bestir itself to action on the Ramspeck bill long pend- ing before it. Like the Thomas bill, | bill would make Federal funds available to the States | as grants-in-aid in order to improve the pay of teachers and to expand educational opportunities. It! | would in no sense impair local autonomy over the | It would simply end a heping hand to less ‘Whatever we hope schools. fortunate members of our union. | for in the postwar world mus{ depend for its realiza- ! \ tion on how we mPet this issue of education today. I‘in the words of a benign patriarch. man next me | you, the mother of son. On the end |faith, a religion, a never-flagging you nod | devotion. He pens a sorry picture of Miami and of Florida, though it be no new theme to us. How well from a tired ooping sit there, the Ramspeck | children—a | I remember those desolate sands in! the days of ‘Remember the Maine.'|follow after that date if two tags HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL 14 George M. Simpkins Mrs. Fred Sorri, Jr. Miles Godkins Fred Lehto Mrs. J. C. Ryan Mrs. Olive M. Cole Mrs. Bessie Jonas Frances Paul Hilda Sorenson HOROSCOPE | “The stars mcline but do not compel” 13 SATURDAY, APRIL 15 This should be a fairly favorable day. A benefic aspect rules it and 1good news from war fronts may be expected. HEART AND HOME: Informal home entertainments should mark this wgekend. The stars encourage recreations that provide escape from anxieties. Hostesses will find an out- let in arranging popular that include novel wartime dishes BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Surcease of strain over Sunday should pr pare for a events in the world of business Conditions adverse to public health| and safety crossing m trade, commerce and politics may be extensive. Govern- {ment contracts will focus attention. NATIONAL ISSUES: Political pots will boil in many parts of the country through next week which may be disappointing to potential candidates for high office. A war issue will be auspicious for Presi- dent Roosevelt who appears to be ticketed for a fourth term. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Astrologers warn of a depression | psychology which may affect cer- {tain Americans in April and May |This is a month for unswerving declare, while they predict that for the United Nations after April th» augury of a year of satisfac- tory progress in business or war service. Novel methods of work will | prove successful. Children born on this day prob- \ably will have initiative as well as {diverse talents. They will be intui- " Itive and will achieve purposes. (Copyright, 1944). . .} R - WARNING TO AUTOISTS | 1944 License tags, both front and |rear, must “be on your cars and deadline is April 15. Arrests will We have come a long way since are not properly displayed. Govern- disturbed. You ig Business Jusl‘ the race track. of miles on two then, tability. “Pray do not allow Drew to per- suade you that this is no time to thanks to our versatile adap- ment trucks and others requiring no licenses, must have large num- ‘bers displayed, both front and rear. (Signed) JOHN MONAGLE, feet and wiggle hs toes, and I gallons per week. I could go on bring forth a son. His mood is| Chief of Police. prayed that they would always walk and on, but my son’s face seems shadowed by his consorting with | EMMETT BOTELHO, on the right path, but I either did to hover before me, and I fold my diplomats. Cordell Hull is indeed | Highway Patrol. Dot pray enough or long enough, love around him, for T did not plan that drilling at be his mother.” Camp Wolters is what a mother - calls the ‘right path.’ FROM A GRANDFATHER for I'll always finished if he of the four “But believe me, in the fighting will stand squarely thinks in the terms old men of Versailles.| us old grand- dads with grandsons in training and ' gyator with the will annexed of the “While I was busy watching him| grow, I failed to watch the man down the street. He was busy selling tons and tons of scrap iron to Ja- pan, so they could kill litile babies like mine. “While T taught my son to hold a fork to eat decent, and then the | Ten Commandments to live guns, but the man down the street | was still deaf, dumb and blind—to my son. |leans looks down from his vista of de- | fidence as he addressed you at the cent, Hitler taught his sons to hold \ birth of your son. He counsels you Finally a srandfather and Span- ish War veteran from New Or- g th you for bringing “\\Olld another free-born, 4 e “ : | thinki; an son. age with this philosophic advice: | Epyam o “A respectrul, “Pardon the temerity of an old| man, a very old man, to address|Srandfather.” |you. It is all the fault of yo'rI brother. He took us into his con- |ture Syndicate, Inc.. much BUY WAR BONDS Crossword Puzzle into the|has filed his final account and re- clear- | abashed | tion thereof, in the United States (Copyright, 1944 by United Fea- “Today—the house is guiet unless you can ear the quiet sobbing of a| father and mother. The tramping | ACROSS of feet you hear in Miami are the L American heavy boots of my son Lumps of earth cre A letter! ¢, dated Chrissmas Eve reads: ‘To- 9. night the barracks are very quiet,| 1 wel except the scratching of pens. When | 17 Town In Malne I finish writing, I'm going some- | 15. Old where I can cry unashamed, be-| 15 Reducing to a cause I'm so homesick.’ N “But the man down the street ln still does not care. He orders a big Mustard Soft pedai (mus. abbr.) ather . Near . Strokes in certain Bames . Combat be- tween two Shooting stars ndiment 9. Scarce . Kind of woolen steak and then goes to the rac bundles cloth " track. When I complain that the| 2% Planofatown 41 Babylonian Sein amardey e Bun only race I've seen were two horses | 23. li'e opaque dead 49. Old Indian DOWN plowing up a field, that a hundred | p“‘,‘,’.‘f\;“?.:f' A 5. Nulalar A Tans dollar bill is spmething banks have | §1. Type measures % Intentlonal in the vaults, he tells me not to amee T Apery expect anything else because there | 5. Blacx: amlrf\lua is a war going on . Metalliferous “My old pal Uncle Sam seems . Oriental busy and tired, too. Just like Mr.! g Hull. S_ovl 20 on praying for one . \zr::u-: more visit with my son before he) "l)mef covering goes acroes. It's nine long months | 7. C§§u°fiiiu since I've seen him and I pray hard it for just one more visit before he| . Term of goes to some foreign 1z a pareke . s and to (1gh.v. a . Long narrow war that was none of his making, | board: and from which he may never re-| Followed in place of turn. < i . Flaky “Tonight—I'm sitting very quiet- | - Hosshola ly, not even praying, for my son 31 Remmion. is gone. T feel ‘let down’ by the mg‘ i g man down the street, by Mr. Hull | . Closes tightly and my Uncle Sam. Eventually I'll turn to my God, but then I'll add to my bprayers that mothers like | you will watch dangers to your son | other than a cold or measles. May- | be my letter will depress you. I hope not, for in my heart is noth- ing but good for you and your darling son. “Writing this is like sitting on a . Former Rus- sian state council ! Orchestral divection to * remain sllent . Part of a church . Destroy NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: | That Walter P. Sharpe, adminis- ‘cstate of James F. Dennis, deceased, port of his administration of said | estate, and his petition for distribu- | Commissioner’s Court for Juneau | Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska: that 110 o'clock A. M. June 9th, 1944, has ‘couxt the place for hearing same; ;m\d that all persons concerned | therein are hereby notified to ap- |pear at said time and place andi | file their objections, if any, to said ! final account and petition for sét- | tlement and distribution thereof . Dated: Juneau, Alaska! April 6th, 1944. WALTER P. SHARPE, ' Administrator w. w. a. First publication, April 7, 1944. i Last publication, April 28, 1944, KINY PROGRAM SCHEDULE Saturday 12:00-—Personal Album. 12:15—Song Parade. 12:30—Bert’s-Alaska Federal News. 12:45—Musical Bon Bons. 1:00—Spotlight Bands. 1:15—Melody Roundup. 1:30—All Time Hit Parade. 1:45—G. I. Jive. 2:00--News Rebroadcast. 2:15—Harry James. 3 2:30—Boston Symphony. 3:30—Alaska Evangelization. 3:45—Personal Album. 4:00—News Rebroadcast. 4:15—Sports Interview. 4:30-—Program Resume. 4:45—Vesper Service. 5:00—News Rebroadcast. 5:15-Mystery Melodies. 5:30—Pre-Sabbath Program. 5:45—Behind the Headlines. 6:30—Easy Listening. 6:45—Coca Cola Show. 7:00—Talking Drums. 7:15- Standard Oil News. , 7:30—Fibber McGee and Molly. 100—Hits of Today. 8:16—Union Oil Fishing News, 8:30—Hit Parade. 00-~Unity Viewpoint. 9:15—National Barn Dance. 30—National Barn Dance. 45—Alaska Line News. --Sign Off. MENUs | ny yjg, >opnmism, a time for constant pray- | ler and unfaltering faith, the seers Persons whose birthdate it is have | | | week of extraordinary | | i are discerned. Double- | | | | ! moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. ‘i LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ cornox been fixed as the time and said ] 20 YEARS AGO /%% mueins | APRIL 14, 1924 Too few fishermen are in public life, Secretary of Commerce Herbert ! Hoover told the convention of the Isaak Walton League of America Salmon, shad and sturgeon were nearly eliminated on the Atlantic and salmon was eliminated on the Pacific, until the Alaska fishery was about m that was left and this would be lost in another 10 years unless vig- emusly restrained, the Secretary said. He then advocated the fisheries conservation bill for Alaska and urged its passage by the Senate. The already long list of land reservations in Alaska was added to when President Coolidge issued an executive order withdrawing the entire Glacier Bay region of 2560000 acres from settlement and homestead antry. Purpose of the withdrawal was to permit an investigation to be sonducted by officials of the Interior Department as to the advisability of including the whole of the area within a National Monument. R. R. Young, local manager of the Pacific Coast Coal Company, returned on the steamer Admiral Rogers from Seattle. The Juneau Public Schools were to resume sessions within two days after a week's suspension because of the measles epidemic, according to Supt. W. K. Keller. The decision to reopen was made at a conference of the Superintendent and the Juneau School Board after Mr. Keller had consulted with Dr. H. C. DeVighne, City Health Officer. A meeting of the managers of the baseball clubs composing the City League was announced this day by J. L. Gray, President, to be held the following day at the Elks’ Club in the office of the Secretary, J. A. low, 29; cloudy. Weather report: High, 34: Daily Lessons in English %% .. corpox § “We have seen most all WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, of the pictures.” Say, “We have seen ALMOST all (omit OF) the pictures.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Delivery. Pranounce de-liv-er-i, four syllables, and not de-liv-ry. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ascent (act of rising). thing as true). SYNONYMS: Neat, clean, WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. CEIERITY; quickness of motion; rapidity. “Time, with all its celer Assent (to admit a immaculate. Let us cleanly, tidy, spotles: Johnson. bt | MODERN ETIQUETTE * woperra Lok there will be a great good fortune| e e e e s s ] Q. What is the correct procedure of going down the aisle when thgre is a theatre party? A. The host.or hostess goes first, followed by the guests in the order of seating. This will avoid confusion. Q. Is it proper to use telephone number on formal invitations? and informal notes and letters. Q. Should soup be taken from the side or the A. From the side of the spoon o tip of the spoon? S 1. If one cable is 50 feet long, and another is 40 feet long, and both are of the same material and diameter, which one will sustain the greater weight? 2. When does twilight end? 3. How,many days were in a Roman week prior to the Christian era? 4. Is income tax paid by Federal empioyees? How much water is there in an egg? ANSWERS: ‘The shorter cable. ‘When the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon. Eight days. Yes, the same as other civilians. About 65 per cent. s TOM JINMIE as a pmd-up suberiber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the 1. 2, 3 4, 5. CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “IT COMES UP LOVE" Federal Tax—11c per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED A. 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