The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1944, Page 4

i TR Daily Alaska Empire ery evening except Sunday by the RE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Junead, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - President DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice President WILLIAM R. CARTER - - - Editor and Manager ELMER A. FRIEND - e - Managing Eaitor ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager Published e EM) Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month. y mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ane 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- livery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED 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 ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. Business Office, 374. T NATIONAL NTATIVES - Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Av h REPRE: Blds AIRWAYS COMMUNICATIONS The Airways Communication System is a busy service. Concerned with technical problems in radio, meteorology, code interpretation and a half dozen other special skills, it has grown from a handful of men before Pearl Harbor to more than 200,000 officers and enlisted personnel, stationed wherever the air lanes of our combat fronts extend. These men héive performed some feats which seem almost miraculous. In the Arctic they have been sent ahead of the sea ice to remote sites, with structural steel and a heterogeny of supplies, under instruction to erect a radio station, and on schedule or ahead of schedule, have next been heard from when their code letters were added to the network. The men them- Army selves have not been civilizatiop, perhaps, for more | than a year. They have improvised effective ap- paratus from everything from glass bottles to the inner workings of pinball machines and they have shown remarkable ingenuity in overcoming the difficulties which beset radio in extremes of climate and altitude. It is this system which keeps the huge volume of war air traffic flying to and between our bases.| much smaller losses VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL TO GARDEN HINTS ON OPEN MONDAY ' FAVORITE PLANTS DAILY #ashingion Mernry- Go-Round i} (Continued trom rage one) ST A daily children of They got a big laugh and felt bet- ter after that. ToTA CAPITAL CHAFF The Democrauc Naglonal Com- mittee is considering a reply to the GOP campaign circular which feat- ures a picture of Sewell Avery being carried out of Montgomery Ward by soldiers, and alongside it a pic- ture of a Berlin push-cart peddler being carried off by Storm Troop- ers * * * the Democratic reply will be a picture of Sewell Avery being carried off by soldiers, and along- side it a picture of the defenseless Bonus Army being run out of Wash- ington at the point of bayonets June 16, Franklin. structors and of them. The first bus ation Bible School for 11 faiths from 4 to 16 years inclusive, will open next Mon- day, June 5, and continuing through conducted each the Bethel Tabernacle, Fourth and There will be capabl: in- the from 9 in the morning until noon. A bus service will taking the children the school and a stewardess will be aboard the bus to take special care will post at 8:25 a. m., stopping at the Waynor Tract at 8:30, 12th and E at 8:32, 12th and Irwin at 8:34 and Calhoun at Distin at 8:36 enroute to the Bethel Tabernacle. It gives bearings to lost fliers over sea or jungle, speeds rescue parties when necessary, acts as dis- patcher and control-tower operator from China to Iceland, forms the unfailing link between speeding airmen out of sight of ground and their earth con- tacts, at home and abroad. Most of its communica- tions are in code. Yet it handles a word traffic of more words than are contained in the whole Bible every ten hours. The handmaiden of air power, it is playing a major role in the war. The Cost of the Air War’ (New York Times) The recent joint statement of the British Air Ministry and the United States Strategic Air Forces on the approaching end of ‘German air resistance em- phasized that the success attained thus far has not been cheap. How high the cost has really been has now been revealed by Sir Archibald Sinclair, the British Air Minister, who told the House of Commons recently that of the bombing fleets operating from Great Britain over Germany and northern France 1,117 American and 1,041 British bombers have been lost during the first four months this year. This does not take into account the losses among the accompanying fighters, nor does it include the losses of Allied air fleets stationed elsewhere throughout the world, But these figures show that in the first third of this year the American air fleets stationed in Great Britain lost in bombers alone 40 per cent of all the planes lost in all theatres of war during the whole of last year, and that the British bomber losses amount to nearly 45 per cent of the total for last year trained Americ; and more than 7,000 similarly trained British airmen have been either killed or taken prisoner. That is the somber aspect of the price of glory. But these higher absolute losses are an inevitable consequence of the vastly expanded scope and in- tensity of the air war. They assume a more encour- aging aspect when compared with the total number |stored to usefulness through the aid | of planes engaged. For the rate of loss has been steadily declining. From August, 1942, when American | air attacks on Germany began, to February this year, | this rate stood for the British-based American bomb- ers at 3.1 per cent; it dropped to 2.2 per cent during February, and in the latest air assaults it amounted for the combined American and British planes of all | types to only four-tenths of 1 per cent. | What is decisive, however, is that these sacrifices | are producing visible results. For the British-based | They also mean that some 11,000 highly | jof science THE DAIL HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 2 Curtis G. Shattuck Carl Stallard Mrs. G. F. Fischer Carolina Thompson Mrs. H. M. Ferris R. T. Erickson i HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” SATURDAY, JUNE 3 Adverse aspects are active today but there is a =ign of good promise for industrial relations. HEART AND HOME: As a re- sult of nerve strain due to war work many women will suffer ill health this summer and complete | vest will be prescribed. Home du- ties and wage-earning tasks must be balanced at this time, the seers foretell. Fortitude = and courage will be required in coming ‘weeks. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Foresight | should be keen under this conng-" uration. It is a day for planning. | Architects and builders should bene- | |fit as the need for two million| postwar dwellings is forecast. { NATIONAL ISSUES: Men han-| dicapped by war wounds will be re- | that performs modern miracles, and investment in physical therapy will pay big interes as- trologers foretell. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Hitler, who has been under a tem- porarily protective sign which en- abled him to grab more territory will drain his resources to the ut- Y ALASKA EMPIRE— most this month. There may be| American air fleets alone destroyed no less than | 4000 German fighter planes during the first tour' months this year and so crippled German aircraft ;phe German people will continue | SMOOTH, not as in BOTH. production that the German fighter defense is no | longer capable of sustained effort. It rises only for! sporadic battles under particularly favorable circum- | stances,. Now German anti-aircraft artillery fire is beginning to slacken as well, for much of it had to be concentrated along the invasion coasts to meet the threatened Allied assault, and what is left is not sufficient to protect even vital targets within the greatly expanded area of Allied operations. Every diminution of Germany’s air defense means that | close of the school there will be a picnic. ARE GIVEN PUBLIC Juneau's gardening activities have now passed the talking over the fence stage and have settled down into a good routine of work to keep those favorite plants growing into strong maturity. Here are some hints given by the Juneau Garden Club committee on what needs to be done this week. Crocuses and daffodils are now | becoming untidy looking because of the tall foilage. In order to straighten them without cutting the foilage, which injures the bulb, it is suggested that the gardener take three strands of leaves and braid them, fastening them down day at hours will be be operated to and fromn leave 3-mile Hoover and MacArthur Every . day the State Department con-| The bus on the second trip will in back of the plant. This will not denses foreign news developments ‘cave Ellen’s Grocery at 8:44, at prevent the strength from the foil- Thibodeaus at 8:45, ball park at age from going to the bulb. for its officials both at home and abroad. It is one of the, fairest and most dispassionate news summaries in Washington The Navy is starting a school of government, similar to the Army’s at Charlottes- ville, Va, to train men to govern! occupied territories. Some Navy men are wisecracking that they don’t need to train governors of occupation because the British take 8:47, 9th and C at 8:49, Gold Belt at 8th at 8:52, Tth at Gold at 8:54, and 6th and Harris at 8:55. At the school, children will have‘good commercial spray, following interesting games, thrilling stories, | the advise given on the bottles, The | 1 basic training in the Bible and dauy‘bflt sprays are rotenone and pyre- Emome South '0 Felt-O-Graph talks by one of the|thrum, but H instructors who has taken a course available because of the war short-| Child Evangelism. The spicy should not be used jand gitl wily gradudte and at the just before a rain. Spittle aphids are now here. Be- for they become too profuse, the | gardener should Every boy | ages. over all Pacific possessions as soon as we capture them. (The Solom- ons and New Guinea were largely Britjsh before the ') * On March 16, Senator McKellar told | ACROSS the Senate that George Norris ol’ " 1. Container Nebraska, father of TVA, had| 6 Cigar fish favored A. E. Morgan as head of % lLisht touch TVA instead of David Lilienthal.| 15 Revidence ~ Senator Lister Hill of Alabama cor-| 14 ¥ rected him and, later, March 22,! 15 Sharp point McKellar corrected himself,| 16 Gogdess of 4| discord Distant: prefix Cubie meter Viper straightening the matter out in the| Congressional Record. But on May| 3 20, a;:iparently forgetting his own‘, ;5 fim-l;"w‘zml: correction, McKellar repeated once 2> Hewifig tool again that Senator Norris had op 5 agxrk:en':‘:z 44 posed Lilienthal. |33 EhSnmeren At the Governors' conference, at! “imblement Hershey, Pa., Ralph C. Hutchinson,| 3; jop ™" director of Pennsylvania’s Council | of Defense, was assigned to hand- | some Governor Bricker of Ohio to serve as his aide. Governor Dewey was attracting most of the atten- tion, and dodging questions right| and left about his political ambit- ions. Bricker, however, gamely went through with his press eon- | ference. During it, Aide Hutchin- son interrupted: “Governor Dewey, you have time | for but one more question.” | Bricker, who had just taken Deweyi | to task on two points and had also stated that no first ballot nomina- | tion was in sight for anyone, snap- ped back: “Don't call me Dewey!"” (Copyright, 1944, by United | Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Crossword Puzzle mid EEN HE7 il o RIA/LISTETT] [alpIEAIVIE] NE[SHIRTEN of batde LIsISTiTo[N[S] Jiection of o] E[LIAITIE] . piiin [AlG[o DI AINTSIEL] 40. Botanical sae Al THRO (M AINIISICIAlT] b VIEMREIARETTINGIRIE] o s [ElsI TS (AL [EMLTITE] ol 17 HobubE Q0 P [sTclolol [TIR]] § st |qEIRNISIAINITIREIN U] 0. Beak [R["|ollEIal ol ML |AIVIA| bt DEE WEOLN OEEE Hecsmnias [ElARMESI T EN IR TIE[AlK] Assisiant . State of the i . i o O Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle St 64. Require DOWN 63. Vehicle on 1. Hansoms runners . Salted: Phil. Isl, Certain Include Pronoun . Mexican Indian Wrong Looks on with contempt Hate Ward oft Light wood English river Draw forth Spike of corn Entreat Fury . Plece out Legislate Pulls Indigo plant Fabricated (\\l'lxller(‘u 10. 1 - W Greek island Escape art- ————— | | pulls NOTICE i fl a e . Resume Out-of-town trade — send your | //h %‘ i Ousifed asuo eye-glasses for repair or frames tu g“.////'. . /fl e Brllrr-&u-umem the Thompsen Optical Co. Box| 3061, Juneau. We will return them | to you C.OD. adv.) L o111 dNN JENN 4RSS 45. Tall coarse Erass 38 Mty AP Features for the Allies. | *{ Apply it in rings around the plant, they are not always changes in leadership among his| generals which will hasten defeat.| to be desperate supporters of Der Fuehrer. 3 Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of & year of good pros- | pects but patience will be required to attain success. | Children born on this day may| |be ambitious and high-tempered. | They will be fortunate in their| careers. ' (Copyright, 1944) ! | Weeds which were neglected dur- ing the flurry of planting in annual | beds should now be checked before their roots get in too deep. Weeds in the lawn should be checked now | | before they get too large. A serew |driver makes a good tool for gemnu] |the small weeds out if a weeder is not available. Excess foilage near the ground should be removed on perennials to permit free air circulation and assist in pest control. Tall peren- nials such as delphinium and thal- ietnum should be staked and tied up well before they become broken or crooked. If the stems have al- ready become bent, tie loosely to a stake at first and gradually tighten jas the light straightens the stem, Annuals which have been trans |planted outside and all perennials {which have not been treated before ._ehou]d now have a good top dress- ing of a good commercial fertilizer. !stir it into the ground so it won't blow away, but don't touch the pxlam The frequent rains will wash the fertilizer down to the E e e plant | B spray . with any\Eli-labefh Sm“h IS MeeLHusband ! | Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson Smith, {head nurse at the Government Hos- pital for the past, two years, left last evening for Camp Crowder, Missouri, to join her husband who is stationed there. Mrs. Smith received her training at the Tacoma . General Hospital' ,and came to Juneau four and a lhal( years ago. She married Staff {Sergeant = Chester. M. Smith on March 6 in :Yakima, Washington, and then returned to her position with the hospital here. There - have been several parties given for Mrs; Smith since her mar- riage and prior to her departure yesterday. KINY PROGRAM SCHEDULE Saturday 12:00 P.M.—Song Parade. 12:25 P.M.—Treasury Song for To- day. 12:30 P.M.- Bert's - Alaska Federal News. 12:45 P.M.—Musical Bon Bons. 1:00 PM—Off air until 3:35 P.M, 4:00 P.M.—Rebroadcast News. 4:16 P.M.—Rev. Pietsch, 5:00 P.M.—Rebroadcast News. 5:15 P.M.—Mystery- Mélodies. 5:45 P.M.—Story Time. 6:30 P.M.-Easy Listening. 6:45 PM.—Coca Cola Show. T .M.—Moods in Music. 7:15 PM.—Standard Oil News. 8:00 P.M.—Hits of Today. 8:16 P.M.—Union Oil Pishing Time. | 9:00 P.M.- Unity Viewpoint. A 9:15 P.M.—Treasury Salute. 9:30 P.M.—Musical Pot Pourri, 9:45 PM.—Alaska Line News. ! 10:00 P.M.—Sign Off, '§ MODERN 20 YEARS AGO #%% smpire JUNE 2, 1924 The 6rganization of the Alaska Road Commission’s engineering and lield forces to handle the increased activities of the current season during which approximately $1,100,000 was to be expended, had_ been perfected and was made public this day. For the current season, Col. James G. Steese was to serve as President and Chief Engineer. Major Lunsford E. Oliver was to serve as a Special Inspector. Capt. Agnew was to continue as Secretary and Disbursing Officer and also as Super- intendent of the Southeastern District. R. J. Shepard was Assistant Superintendent of the Haines System in Southeast Alaska. Tke P. Taylor, Assistant Engineer, was to have field supervision over the Alaska Railroad-Richardson Highway Loop and Hawley W. Sterling was to be Superintendent of the Anchorage District. Other appointments were also made. Arrangements for music for the annual Fourth of July parade had been concluded with Peter Dick, leader of the Indian Band, according to Henry Roden, member of the Celebration Committee. Walter DeLong, until a short while previeus to this, manager of the C. W. Young Company, had gone into the insurance business at Seattle, according to word received here. Miss Gertrude Nelson, who taught the higher grades at Latouche during the previous school year, was to leave for Berkeley, Calif,, to attend summer school Miss Tva Tilden, teacher of the First Grade in the local schools, left on the Princess Mary for Seattle where she was to spend the summer with her sister. Miss V. Bourgette and Miss Imelda Fietsam, teachers in the Juneau Public Schools, left on the steamer Queen for Skagway where they were to spend the summer. Weather report: High, 43; low, 43; rain. i Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon O e e arereeeeees Ses e s e e e e e e e e e e e e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am referring to us leaving the city.” Say, “I am referring to OUR leaving the city.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Loathsome. Pronounce the TH as in OFTEN MISSPELLED: Miner (one who works in a mine). Minor (smaller; also a person under full age) SYNONYMS: Advocate, recommend, suggest, advise, prescribe. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Toda word EFFULGENCE: a great luster; brightness: splendor. “Their lives were filled with happiness in the effulgence of this great love.” E"OUETTE o ROBERTA LEE Q. Can you give any suggestions what to give a couple who are observing their first wedding anniversary? A. Books, stationery, playing cards, or subseriptions to magazines. Q. Is it ever proper to lay bits of food on the tablecloths? A. Yes, in such cases as when individual dishes for hard breads or celery are not furnished. Q. Is it proper to have a child adults? A. Yes and this is excellent training for the child. e R e e LOOK and LEARN Y ¢ corbon B e 1. In what way are baseball batting averages determined? 2. Where and in what year ‘did the first Congress of the United meéet? 3. What substitute for sugar do we obtain from coal tar? 4. Who was called “the Expounder of the Constitution”? 5. Geographically, which European country is nearest the United States? ANSWERS: 1. By dividing the total times at bat into the total number of hits; the length of the hits is not figured. 2. In New York City on September 25, 1789. 3. Saccharin. 4. Chief Justice John Marshall. 5. Russia. s e e s, introduce his small friends to MRS. J. C. 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