The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1944, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY . Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. CELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - - President Wntered In the Post Office in Junesu as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by esrrier in Junesu and Dousins for §1.50 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: gear, in advance, $15.00; six months, {a sdvance, $7.80; 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- Uvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 803; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively enmtitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otber- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. e e et pe————— NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. WAR TEACHES SAFETY A striking analysis of the many steps which have been taken to make the deadly business of war safer for our armed forces has been made by Julien H. Harvey, managing director of the National Conserva tion Bureau. Our offensive and defensive weapons | both show great advances in safety features over those ‘ of previous wars. For example, the steel helmets of | this war fit the soldier’s head and have side and rear extensions to protect the temples and spinal column. Rifles and side arms have rounded edges to minimize | the hazards of cuts and scratches. No hand gun can be fired until the safety catch is released. Tanks are | air-conditioned, provided with automatic fire-ex- tinguisher systems, have safety harness for crews and ventilating equipment. Even the powder is shock- proof, and enemy shells have made direct hits on tanks, punching holes through shells and spilling powder which failed to ignite unless the enemy shell actually exploded. Gunts of all calibers are proof- tested with heavy overcharges of powder. Truck driv- ers have been taught to maintain proper spacing in convoy and to master the technique of blackout driv- ing. They have also received extra vitamin A to improve night vision. On the other hand, while industry has done on the whole an excellent conservation job, Mr. Harvey | was forced to point to the huge toll which accidents are still taking on the war-production front. Time lost from work because of industrial accidents last year was equal to the lay-off of 150,000 workers for the; entire year. The number of lives lost was greater than | | general public approval. running to point of defiance, are mostly due to ! arbitrary administration, trap-baiting and stool- pigeoning. O. P. A. agents who resort to dubious | power to assess triple damages for price violations. the total of combat dead to date. Improvement can only come by a thorough-going change in attitude and a day-by-day consciousness of individual re- sponsibility for safety. They Can Give Us a Pain Without Making Us Mad (Seattle Times) Is the O. P. A. gaining or losing popularity? This question, quite hot in current Congressional discussion, was brifely touched upon in the local hearing of a case wherein price ceiling violation was the charge. Federal Judge Lloyd Black remarked that unduly harsh rulings would tend further to alienate an al- ready critical public. Counsel for the O. P. A. offered opinion that an altogether sympathetic public strongly favors heavy penalties, both in fines and in prison terms, for “price gouging.” The public view in any O. P. A. case naturally varies somewhat in accord with the known circum- Accusation and arrest are not conclusive as to guilt. Most O. P. A. penalties are imposed without reference to court. Many accused persons accept the penalties as the least costly way of getting the O. P. A. off their necks. But when accused persons are haled into court, 0. P. A. agents and counsel sometimes talk as if they offense charged were more heinous than any other. The courts, accustomed to hearing all kinds of cases, may not so regard it. No disposition toward lenience, nor any disregard of proper procedure, is indicated in dealing with O. P. A. charges according to the facts and the law. Occasion for price control are recognized by every- body. +In respect of its main purpose, of keeping prices within reasonable reach, the O. P. A has Exasperations, sometimes stances. practices to make up cases reflect discredit on what should be a wholly useful effort Senators and Representatives in Congress just | now are in a dither over O, P. A. The law creating that agency is to expire by limitation, June 30. There is no serious dispute of the continuing necessity of price control; but many changes are demanded, and there can be little doubt that extension of the life of the O. P. A. will be attended by some trimming | of powers that have not always been wisely and | fairly used One demand is that the O. P. A. be deprived of | Another is that the O. P. A. be stripped of authority to enforce its own rulings, without court review. Of | course, such changes, and others now proposed, would | cramp the style of some O. P. A. agents, and would ! probably lead to some such cluttering of the courts| as prevailed through the years of attempted pro-| hibition enforcement. Chester Bowles, whose comparatively sane top | administration has brought the O. P. A. into better repute than it formerly enjoyed, recently advised | Congress of the impossibility of “painless price con- trol.” He is right; and the public already has re- with the government. | But still there is need of law; of law to replace | whimsy and prejudice; of law that will be easily | understood and command compliance. No agency of ; government should be permitted to run anybody'’s | and everybody's business on shifting rules having no ! real basis in law. Congress need not try to make price control pain- less; but it can be made respectable. | a5 i 3 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAY 16 Robert L. Brown Allan "McKenzie Thomas E. Taylor Edwin Hildre Fred Sorri Mrs. T. Foley Mrs. V. T. Vandevanter R. M. Stevens HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” I WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 Until late today adverse planetary aspects are active. Kindly stars rule the evening which is auspicious for persons in authority. HEART AND HOME: duties should occupy women today. It is not a favorable sway for the aged and again the seers foretell the passing of prominent persons. New leaders are to be recognized and followed as the old order, so- cial, political and economic, van- ishes. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Borrow- ing from the Government, a custom | which has become popular in all parts of the country, is to be more and more deplored by private busi- ness. Old and established systems will be tested in the postwar econ- omy, it is prognosticated. Free en- terprise will be gravely hampered, the seers foretell, if it is handicap- ped by credit politically adminis- tered. NATIONAL ISSUES: Returning soldiers who have fought under ter- rible conditions are under a plane- tary sway that stimulates criticism of civilians. The crowds at night clubs and brightly lighted resorts are likely to give the impression of carelessness and lack of sympathy. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: London is to be the scene of United Nations conferences before midsum- mer. Again the seers warn the | President. to safeguard his health. holds an omen of| The summer much illness among statesmen and heads of our armed forces. Persons whose hirthdate it is have the augury of a year of unexpected women will win acclaim. Children born on this day prob- ably will be mentally alert and skillful in the use of the hands. Many may love to travel. (Copyright, 1944) FACULTY MEMBERS Routine | e | But when the mistake finally was ".Ihmg'on admitted by the Army, they kept their mouths shut and took the 0"1' blame. 60 R d | The Navy also had miscalculated. -KOuUn | They had figured that they were —_ | about 400,000 men behind, but woke lup to find they were short much (Continuea irom Page One) |less. The Navy had 'forgotten to have taken a worse public bealing | figyre in 50,000 men training in|M. Gaylord, President of the Na- on the, tangled draft situation than | their V12 schools. Also, they had War Manpower Commissioner Pflyfljforgottexx one group of 30,000 offi- McNutt and Selective Service Di- ceys, together with some additional has failed to live up to its own/ ON FISHING TRIP argument to McNutt that young! men are needed for the tough job _All male faculty members of the of fighting and can be spared from | Juneau Public Schools are planning war plants, a fishing trip this afternoon and The above facts are why the War | evening, the expedition to start from Manpower Council, on which sit the Small Boat Harbor at 4:30 p. m. Eric Johnston, President of the U.| The trip will be made aboard Dr. S. Chamber of Commerce; Robert J. O. Rude’s boat, the Do-Boy, and the destination is not announced. ————————— EMBLEM CLUB NOTICE Important meeting of Emblem tional Association of Manufactur- | ers; CIO’s Phil Murray, and AFL's William Green, sit back a little, | skeptical when the Army and Navy Club will be held this evening at 8 rector General Herghey. But as the gyoups, inside story of what has really hap- | So the armed services finally ad-|demand a labor draft. They fig- | o'clock in Elks Hall. All members pened leaks out, it looks as if they mitted to McNutt that they would |ure that, in view of the fizzle which were_not nearly so much to blame | pe satisfied if they got enough men as certain Brass Hats in the Army. ynder 26. the White House without consult-|war industries. ing McNutt and Hershey. Another :\“’““e k(’,“N"?F" et bop the | peen revealed that the Army i or:;y £ "ha\yt‘ haven't been S0 yeeping young men under 26 in its 8 ol e own arsenals. and | before Christmas, the Army ers. And in many cases, Despite that insistence, it has now | However, they were in-|has made of manpower, the civilian| One trouble has been that the gistent that these younger men be|agencies may better understand the Army has sometimes acted through | drafted, even inchwding key men in|labor problem. 4 & The Army operute.s‘ £ It will be recalled that, shortly | eyera) arsenals using civilian work- |Will be held Tuesday at 8 pm. where key | Work will be conferred in the First ‘should attend. adv. they on the inside know the Army | — FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY Region No. 7 May 4, 1944 Sealed bids, intriplicate, subject { to the terms of the contract docu- ments and the Invitation for Bids | bound therewith, will be received by ;Enrl D. McGinty, District Engineer, | Baranof Hotel Building, Juneau, Al- | aska, until 10:00 A. M. (Juneau (Copyright, 1944, by United | Feature Syndicate, Inc.) | ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS Regular Meeting of Odd Fellows Navy began clamoring for more| ..., under 26 haye been drafted, | Degree. Visiting brothers c"rd“‘ny‘nme) ottt i men. And after considerable de- N & Ay | the Army has put them in uniform bate regarding the drafting Ooffihen sent them back to its arsena fathers, the armed services had |, work their way and Hershey sent instruc- In other words, the Army adv. lnvited 1o s tion of sewer facilities consisting of H. V. CALLOW, | gapproximately 2,000 lineal feet of 4”; Noble Grand.| 1000 lineal feet of 6”; 7,700 lineal tions to draft boards to scrape the | barrel. J This was done. All during the early winter, men were drafted right and left, regardless of age or family ACAQAS Ab-paer ties. Several times, McNutt and| ~ 5'Eanas A1, Stirup colore, Hershey demurred, suggested to the| 6. Fuss s o Army that it was getting more men| 8 Offamental 43 Untruth than it needed. But the services| 12. Caie s (b:';ffwn: [ continued to demand men—and the| 13- Animation profound draft boards supplied them. | 15 Mflfir‘m!\’m‘e%: & B Then, without consulting McNutt | FEpxt 52. Boghiah river or Hershey, the Preside;'n signed | 2 sos:fi"“"‘ I B NBYE na° his memo of February 26, asking 56 DIRE Nk, for more men under 26. Though . N 56. Greléf(s letter the second front had been planned | 34 New: comb. . eantained - for months and presumably was not form 60. Mottled ap- to0 far off, the Army suddenly| 3o Broreona m Ty A found that the average age of the Ylnelar 62. Wild ox of Army was t00 old and that it would | 5y, Gamgs® D% ¢ Dickens char- need a lot more youngsters to carry }:“ fie“e\'o T lclerl the brunt of the invasion. So Her-| 36, Tatters &: Sov of Adam shey and the draft boards complied | and even more men began pouring | into camps. Then, suddenly, the day before: Easter, the Army woke up. Fran-| tic telegrams were sent out on April 8, postponing the induction of all! men over 26 engaged in essential industry. ! MORE MEN THAN NEEDED | General Hershey was caught like a puppy on a linoleum floor. He had been ordering men inducted at a terrific rate, and suddenly both the Army and Navy had found o that they had so many men they couldn't handle them. Inside fact, is that the Army, on April 1, had] 50 many men that its quotas were | filled through next July. ! Another inside fact is that some| ome on General Marshall’s staff had gone completely haywire on his ar- ithmetic. Hershey and McNutt, who had kept their own figures, were certain the Army was getting ahead of schedule and had remonstrated., Cros r Puzzle “ | feet of 8” and 700 lineal feet of 10” vitrified clay sewer pipe in place and 'npproximaf.ely 30 concrete manholes in place, for Federal Works Agency Project No. Alaska 50-159 F, Skag- way, Alaska, Specifications may be examined and procured at the office of the District Engineer, Baranof Hotel, Juneau, Alaska and from the undersigned at 511 Alaska Building, Seattle, 4, Washington. L. R. Durkee, Regional Engineer (Contracting Of- | ficer). A . ’ First publication, May 9, 1944. Last publication, May 16, 1944, KINY PROGRAM Wednesday Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle €6. Type measures 3. Character in .- 7. Small spots “The Faerle L Rea2OWVN o, ousene” emoy . Observat : "’ 2 Conspll‘c:uoc\:?m .5‘ E‘oollflu anima) | 12:00—Personal Album. ¢ o . Requ < position & Requlres 12:156—8one Parade. 8. 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Monniging comb. form 5—Union Oil Fishing News. :30—Suspense. 8:45—Your ‘Radio Theatre. 9:30—Kate Smith Show. 45—Alaska .Line News. 10:00—Sign Off, 20 YEARS AGO #7% eurins MAY 16, 1924 According to a wireless message the three Army fliers did not leave Attu as planned because of bad weather. That the vote in the recent primary election of the so-called Indian I precincts was to be contested was indicated this day when protests were filed with John Dunn, at the Clerk of Court's office. A Seattle Times special dispatch from Washington said the De- partment of, Interior announced arrangements had been effected with the White Pass and Yukon Lines and Alaska Railroad for tourists to leave Seattle June 1, on the Alameda, take the White Pass at Skagway and reach Nenana, June 18. From there they were to go to Fairbanks, Anchorage and Seward, returning by steamer to Seattle. at the southern end of Main Street was to be signalized soon by a barn dance. The dance was to be given by the Juneau Fire Department for the benefit of the City Playgrounds and Ball Park. After careful consideration, the War Department had decided not to abandon Chilkoot Barracks and to retain there at least for the present, i““' troops detailed to the post, the local Chamber of Commerce was informed his day in a letter from Secretary of War John W. Weeks. Dr. H. C. DeVighne, accompanied by two or three guests, including Secretary M. S. Whittier of the Chamber of Commerce, left for the sum- imnr camp on Taku River for a short stay. | A. J. Sprague, well known fish culturalist of Juneau, was appointed | fish culture departifient editor by the Outdoor Life magazine of Denver. | i o0 S There were to be no Sunday services the next day at Holy Trinity | Cathedral in Juneau nor St. Luke's Church in Douglas, as Dean C. E | Rice was absent in Skagway holding services in that city. Weather report: High, 50; low, 38; cloudy. L | | Daily L in English | Daily Lessons in English #. ... corpon mwwmw"mm WORDS' OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Did you ever see that picture?” Say, “HAVE you ever SEEN that picture?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Delete. Pronounce de-let, both E's as in ME (first E unstressed), accent last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Primitive; three I's not PRIMATIVE. | SYNONYMS: Agree, accede, acquiesce, consent, concur. 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: CAJOLE; to impose on, as by flattery or false promises. “The speaker’s subtle plan was to cajole his audience.” jected the thought of painlessness in any dealings good fortune. Uniformed men and%i MODERN E'"OUE”E by ROBERTA LEE Q. If two sisters are unmarried and are living together, what would | be the best way to address a letter to them? A. Address the envelope to the older sister, then include both of their names in the heading of the letter. Q. If a written invitation to a baby's christening is regeived, is one obligated to send a gift? A. Yes; it imposes this obligation. Q. Is it proper to fold the rapkin when one has fintshed eating? A. No: leave the napkin lying loosely beside the plate. e e l.OOK and LEARN fi’ C. GORDON P S e ] 1. Does the President of the United States have the power to adjourn Congress? 2. What is the chief industry of Alaska? 3. Who was the author of the poem “A Pslam of Life"? 4. Is bamboo a tree? 5. What was the food and drink of the gods in Greek mythology? ANSWERS: 1. No. 2. Fisheries. 3. Longfellow. 4. Noj; it is a grass, but sometimes grows to a height of 100 feet. 5. Ambrosia and nectar. ’ E. . ADAMS Jai,d-up subcriber to THE DAILY ALASKA a EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and rece‘i‘\ég ,';,‘W_O{v‘TICKETS' to see: “HIT THE ICE" Federal Tax—11¢ per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! IN THIS BANK’ INSURED DR. E. H. 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