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

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN - 4 4 DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER - ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one vear, $15.00. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ene month. in advance, $1.50 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. President Vice. President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Avenue Bidg., Seattle, Wash, ROBOT BOMBS Hitler's “secret weapon” can no longer be mini- mized. In the past four weeks more than 3,000 men, women and children have been killed and about 10,000 wounded sufficiently to be hospitalized. This is a heavy casualty list. The losses, indeed, have thus far been consid- erably greater than those suffered by our forces in .the bloody Battle of Saipan, and more Britons have been killed by the flying bombs than were killed during the first 15 days of the Battle of Normandy. Nor.is.there any assurance that the menace of these bombs has been or is about to be mastered. On the contrary, there is still the possibility to be reckoned with that, having had sufficient time to test the weapon, the Germans will now begin to use heavier and more destructive bombs. To be sure, the casualties that occurred in Eng- land during the peak period of the 1940-41 blitz were more severe. In the month of April, 1941, 7,469 men, women and children were killed by the Luftwaffe raiders. There can be little doubt, however, that the flying bombs produce a greater wear and tear on nerves than resulted from the daylight or night raids on London. Thase, at least, had a time limit. The flying bombs come over day and night, regardléss of weather. Moreover, as Winston Churchill said, the weapon is “literally and essentially indiscriminate in its nature, purpose and effect,” Thus there is kept alive in the minds of people living in a vast area the constant threat of destruction. The surprising thing is that the Germans waited s0 long to employ this weapon. The question arises: Why did they wait until after the invasion had suc- ceeded before hurling it at England? Certainly, before affords an object lesson. |block tickets to ionly single ticket prevent Wallace |tearing off ticket il;hinglon i Merry- Go-Round (Continued trom rage One) to stampede the next |day | Also election of Franklin Roosevelt ana thé nomination of a second man on the ticket who will help him. Henry Wallace is the strongest man at this convention.” Kelly compromised by pledging his Illinois delegates for favorite| son Senator Scott Lucas. Later| that evening, it began to look as if |opened for Ickes was right. galleries of the galleries remained | its of all business except nominating 2 man for Vice President, the Wal- lace supporters staged a tremendous demonstration. It lasted for about| the way Roosevelt leaders in Chicago did not get any |lace got over 406 votes on the first !days and using them all on one office under the platform. the convention.'is all wrapped up with Standard {Kelly’s efficient police had orders to let no spectators into the top favors. iwas taking no chances. | WALLACE ROLLS UP VOTES Next morning, as the conven(i{)n:of 429'% votes on the first ballot. last As the convention |bosses got word that Senator Bark- cleared its decks Thursday night!ley had been conferring with Wal- |lace; that Barkley, disgruntled at to a hot-dog stand. was ready to throw his votes to| Wallace on the third ballot if Wal- “This puts him in the position of THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE | D-Day, the ports of England, crowded as they were | with ships and men, were an ideal targét for these destructive missiles. Was the failure to employ them at that time: related to the fierce and continuous| | pounding of the Pas de Calais area by the Allied air "forces? If that was the case, then it is obvious that | what was done once can be done again. At any rate, | destructive as these flying bombs are, they have not | altered and cannot alter the military situation. They did not prevent our troops from capturing Cherbourg. ‘They will not stop the further advance of Allied forces' linto France. The menace of these flying bombs is | | real, and not to be discounted. | Rl S0l Patton’s Promotion (Washington Post) General Patton has progressed from simple assault }on individuals to collective assault on entire nation- alities. As Congressman Mundt observed, he has now | “succeeded in slapping the face of every one of the | United Nations except Great Britain.” The general |insists that he excepted the Soviet Union, too. But | the distinction does not seem to us to be vital. French- men, Belgians, Hollanders, Chinese, a variety of South | Americans and a score of other nationalities all con- | ceive of a postwar world in which they will rule them- selves, If General Patton's concept of the future |is different, he is unmistakably in the wrong job. There is mounting additional evidence of other | sorts that the general has, indeed, mistaken his voca- |tion. In his now celebrated talk at the inauguration |of a British Welcome Club for U. 8. soldiers, he | declared somewhat luridly, “The only welcoming I have done in some time has been welcoming Germans and Italians to pell. I have done quite a lot in that | direction and have got about 177,000 there.” The boast seems a peeculiar one for a soldier, anyway. But the general seems to have mixed up his figures as well as his role as a Satanic usher. Total Axis casualties, German and Italian, in the Tunisian and Sicilian campalgns in which Patton participated, amounted, according to Secretary Stimson, to 40,000 killed and 90,000 wounded. i 4 “The sooner our soldiers write home,” General | Patton went on to observe, “and say how lovely the | English ladies are, the sooner American dames will get jealous and force the war to a successful conelusion.” This was intended, no doubt, as gallantry and perhaps as a rough sort of military humor. The truth is, | however, that it is neither gracious nor amusing. We | do not mean to be prissy about the matter, but we think that lieutenant generals, even temporary ones, ought to talk with rather more dignity than this. When they do not ,they run the danger of losing the respect of the men they command and the confidence | of the “public they serve. | We think tnat this has happened to General| Patton. Whatever his merits as a strategist or tactic- jan, he has revealed glaring defects as a leader of men. It is more than fortunate that these have, become apparent before the Senate takes action to| pass upon his recommended promotion in permanent | rank from colonel to major general. All thought of | such promotion should now be abandoned. That the | |men with scme perspective? the convention, roll call. s. This was to| supporters from greater activity. Ed Pauley began stubs for several calling delegates down to his little Pauley Mayori is high up in can offer Democratic Oil Democratic of California, councils, Oscar Ewing, Chairman and Aluminum Corporation, morning, Stadium. Kelly | Vice The top the also bare. | Despite all this, Wallace proceed- ed to roll up the impressive total the| As his votes increased, White | House assistants Jonathan Daniels iand Jim Barnes stepped backstage session, “This is hurting the boss,” they had treated him, ‘told another = Roosevelt adviser. thirty minutes. %, TIMELY ADJOURNMENT Wallace leaders had expected | that the convention would proceed | that night with the Vice Presiden- | tial nomination. But as the crowds, continued to root for Wallace, Bob| Hannegan came over and whisper- ed to Mayor Kelly. Then they both came over and whispered to Con-| vention Chairman Sam Jackson. “You've got to adjourn the con- vention,” said Hannegan. “This crowd’s too hot,” replied Chairman Jackson. “I can't.” “You're taking orders from me,” retorted Hannegan, “and I'm tak- ing orders from the President.” Jackson then banged the gavel, finally moved adjournment. The vote for and against adjournment | was close, meny believing that the| “Nées” had it. Wallace floor-teader Senator Pepper of Florida started for the rostrum. Had he been| quicker, had he asked for a roll call, it might have been that the| conventioh would have proceeded to! the nomination of a Vice President. In that case, many observers agree that Wallace, not Truman, would have been the candidate. Even as it was, Bosses Flynn, Hannegan, Hague and Kelly look- ed worried and half sick as they | went home that night. Immediately, they swung into ac- tion. That night, Postmaster Gen- eral Frank Walker telephoned al- most every chairman of everyi State delegation. How many post- | masterships he promised, is his | sécret. ‘That night, California’s Bob | Kenny, supposed to have been for| % a Wallace but a great pal of Na-| ja tional Treasurer Ed Pauley, sud- denly switchéd, bégan working for Truman. That ACROSS 1. One who runs away U marry Mark with spots Act Eplc poem . About Western state: abbr. 1. 13. . Poor Met#c land measure At present Happen again 87. Egyptian river night, also, Kelly's ward Crossword Puzzle F et rEreerey / I%llé el dn/ann e vy A ul i 8% I8 i W7/ dn o 4 [EIVIETN! 510 9] . Likely . Gdor |L[E] 42. Nourlshed . Anclent Irish capita . Scottish Gaels . Mother . Fragrant . Pin used in a certain game 52, Glaze You and 1 55. Tablet King of the f"""" touch Pale . About . Tribunal . Masticatory . Perform . Pertaining to old age . Rubbed out , Worn away Surgical threads DOWN Black 2. Light cotto fabric c 3. Exclamation 4« Broad open vessel 5. Always 6. Profound re- spect Firét appear- ance . Three-banded armadaillos . Seed container 1. Very, saft: o mus. abbr. . Wife of Jacoh ncanny . Small soft mass Anxious Sinall cross stroke on & ol is over, and we can judge the records of our military | General Patton's case | lobbyist for | iswung into action. | backing the wrong horse. If we ‘could hold the convention over ‘for a, day and get to him on the phone, maybe we could swing bim to Wal- lace.” However, the party bosses now had things pretty well ih hand. 1hey were working feverishly to prevent a third ballot, at which time Barkley was scheduled to start a bandwagon rush by throwing his votes to Wallace, 288 SWITCH TO TRUMAN ACHIEVED As the second ballot was about to end, with several States passing, Wallace still had 474, with Tru- man 477%. Shortly before this, White House assistant Gene Casey of Maryland squeezed through the row of Maine delegates, seated just in front of Maryland. An ex-foot- ball star, Casey is no sylph, but he wormed his bulky frame past each delegate and, one by -one, whisper- ed in their ears. Suddenly, the Maine delegation, hitherto largely for Wallace, switch- ed to Truman. Then Maryland, Casey's own delegation, announced for Truman. Casey originally was appointed tq the White House through Henry Wallace, but now he was obeying orders. He did his job well. One by one, other State dele- gations fell in line. The carefully planned bandwagon rush for Tru- man was on. Up on the rostrum, they turned off the floor misro- phones beside each State delega- tion, so no delegates could protest the switch-over or demand a roll call. Without microphones, their voices would have been drowned out in the din. Behind the rostrum, Senator Tru- man, modest, sincerely not seeking the nomination, sat on a box eat- ing a hot dog and drinking a bottle of pop. A voice came Over the microphone: “Will the next Vice President of the United States please come to the microphone.” Truman did not budge. Not until the voice had boomed several times, did he realize it was refer- ring to him. Back in tne wauace neadquar- ters, his enthusiasts, dejected, al- most in tears, filed by to shake his hand. Wallace was the only cheer- ful one present. A | “We've all got to get busy now ‘War Department recommended it is one more evidence | of the tendericy on the part of meémbers of the mili- tary to act as a clique or club. His brother officer: must have had some awareness of .General Patton’s | lack of balance; yet they were quite willing to vouch for him in order to insure the operation of the seniority system. ! We confess to some perplexity as to the entire | practice of permanent promotions in the midst of a war, Why cannot all of these wait—since the War Department itself is able to effect temporary ad-| vancements in accordance with need—until the war “We've got to elect the ticket.” in the Blackstone, some one re- marked that it had been harder to defeat Wallace in 1944, when he was cheered, than it was to put him across in 1940, when he was booed. “Roosevelt giveth, and Roosevelt taketh away,” remarked another, as he packed up to return to | Washington, { (Copyright, 7944, by United | Feature Syndicate, Inc.) vy 5 f e e This spurred the bosses to even: HAPPY B'RTHDAY 7 D e JULY 31 Mrs. Horace Blood George H. Peterson Agnes Bayne Mrs. Phillip Barrett G. G. Geary Florence Gibson Irene Jackson Katherine James M. F. Fulton { { D e e e 't HOROSCOPE } “The stars incline but do not compel” ) TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 Adverse planetary aspects domin- ate today which may be hazardous for naval engagements. There is a good sign for national leaders. HEART AND HOME: Adapt- ability to the new social and econ- omic order is imperative for middle-aged persons of experience. The tendency to cling to estab- lished customs will be evident, es- pecially among woman who now| {must look forward, not backward. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Postwar interndtional banking changes will arouse anxlous concern as methods of inevitable financial readjustment is widely discussed. There is a sign of warning that Uncle Sam should be cautious lest he be draft- money. NATIONAL ISSUES: The im- portance of states’ rights will be advanced, in arguments against con- tinued centralizing of Government in Washington after emergency . One of the . Prickly pear Aeriform fluld Oleoresin Type of auto- moblle Foddera stored in stlos Cornered Number Massachusetts cape : Make needle- work Mexican dis! . Church sitting stuckaln the muc . Attitude . The southwest wind . Certain Arabian sea- t por| Grow! lovite . Entangle . Negative Thus measures are no lofiger RepubMeans will supports ideas hitherto . largely mondpolized by | Democrats. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Radical forces that level long es- tablished social barriers will bring many changes in Great Britain this summer. Labor members of Parlia- ment will be alert and critical as high hopes for the United Nations are justified, Persons. whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of in- tense activity, inspired by promis- ing conditions. Children born on this day prob- ably will have dramatic careers in which mutations of fortune will be frequent. (Copyright, 1944) and work for Nov. 7,” he said.| Back at the bosses’ headqulr(ers' ed as the. world's source of easy)! needed. | [ 20 YEARS AGO S et from THE EMPIRE - e S ) JULY 31, 1924 The Gastineau Hotel gave a “lobby dance” for the passengers aboard the Jefferson from 9:30 to midnight and the affair was thoroughly enjoyed. In the last scheduled game of the City League, the Elks and Moose were billed to meet this night. Lefty Halm was to pitch for the Moose and Tip O'Neil for the Elks. There were two postponed games yet to be played. Mrs. Elmer A. Friend, Phyllis and Billie arrived on the George, Jr., from Speel River where they had been for three weeks as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lass. Kathleen McCormick, Emma Garn and Edwina Martinson came in from Excursion Inlet where they had been employed in the cannery. Canning strawberries were selling at Goldstein's at $3 a crate. Mary Berne gave a delightful concert the previous evening in the Flks' Hall and the large auditorium was crowded with an enthusiastic audience. The concert numbers were of wide range. E. E. Carter, Assistant U. S. Forester of Washington, D. C., was due one the Yukon and scheduled as a speaker at the Chamber of Commerce { meeting. The three Army planes making the world flight arrived at Kirkwall, capital city of the Orkney Islands. . RIS N Mrs. W. D. Gross returned form Seattle on the Northwestern fol- lowing a pleasure trip to the States. Mr, Gross was to come to Juneau from Kechikan on the next steamer north. | % fupbie 5 M. H. Sides, Deputy Collector of Customs and Inspector, who had been to the Westward and Kuskokwim region, had sailed from Unalaska and was due in Juneau in about a week. sisfer Mary Anna had been appointed Sister Superior of St. Ann's Hospital and wa$ dife in Juneau shortly from Vietoria, according to advices received By the Rev. A. J. Rocatti. Sister Mary Perpetual Help, in charge of the hospital for the past six years, had been transferred o the St. Joseph Training School for Nurses at Victoria. Weather report: High, 68; low, 61; cloudy. P e eeeee e e Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corpox P e e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “They contemplate on moving to New York.” Omit ON. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Linguist: I's as in IT, not lin-gwist. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Noticeable. ABLE. SYNONYMS: Confuse, perplex, disconcert, abash, embarrass. 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 : PARAMOUR; one who loves or is loved illicitly. “The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour.”—Macaulay. Pronounce ling-wist, both Observe the EA, not NOTIC- s e e s MODERN ETIQUETTE "% ROBERTA LEE 3 Q. Is it possible to go to an extreme in conversation? A. Yes; there are two extremes that one should avoid. One, mon- opolizing the conversation to the point of boredom and the other allow- ing the conversation to lapse for an embarrassing period of time. Q. If a girl's escort is wearing a business suit, would it be correct for her to wear formal dress? A. No; she should wear informal dress if her escort does. Q. Is it proper to give a formal dinner on Sunday? A. Yes, it is permissible, but not popular. LEARN ¥ ¢. coron About how much does the human heart in the average adult B LOOK and & weigh? 2. 3 ‘What is paleontology? In what body of water is the International Date Line? Who was the author of “The Light That Failed"? . What city is the capital of the Province of New Brunswick? ANSWERS: A Rarely more than 12 ounces. The science dealing with the life of past geological periods. Pacific Ocean. Rudyard Kipling. Fredericton. SITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED First Nyafional Bank ' There IsNo Substitute for ' Newspaper Advertising! DlRECTflBY DR. E. H. 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