The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1944, Page 4

vv\y\' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRI:*JUNFAU ALASKA frorrrrr e | HAPPY BIRTHDAY [FUSSSVSUSSSSSSTS S H 20 YEARS AGO 7% pupire AUGUST 15 ,1924 Advocating prohibition in Juneau, the Rev. Charles Scanlon, LL. D., General Secretary of the Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare of the Presbyterian Church, U. 8. A, one of the best known temperance workers in the United States, arrived here and was spending his vacation in this city. PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Emplre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSER DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER - TUESDAY AUGUST I5 I944 DIRECT(DRY Fraternal Secieties _Gastineau Channel SRR V. | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 18} SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. WALLIS S. GEORGE Worshipful Master; JAMES ‘W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ‘Svanlo ou.nmsh)p will be much more sympathetic Twn.h the Territory's needs ang that full advantage | will be taken of the tremendous post-war travel era in which Alaska will share. Speedy, modern ships are needed for the Inside Passage to match cruises that will be offered by | other Mlocalities and the competiton will be fierce after ‘_:m» war for the trade of those who have had to stay at home and who have developed a pent-up desire to e ] | - Prestdent | Vice-President | Editor and Manager | Managing Editor Business Manager AUGUST 15 Nellie Simpkins Peter Warner May Jernberg Al J. Holmquist W. E. Wall Barbara Rands Dick Clithero Sadie Thompson e DR.E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Entered in the Pojrhonlrt in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Doulas for $1.50 travel six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00. { 5 R By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: | We are pleased to see that L. W. “Les” Baker, for One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, In advance, $7.50; | the Jast five years the efficient general manager of 6ene month. in advance, $1.50 1 ; Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the Alaska Line, becomes a vice-president under the sines: ny flure or irr larity in th - By o Pk s g or trregularity In the de- | . setup and that no changes in personnel are Telephones: News Office, 602; Bustness Office, 374. contemplated. The company’ The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | Rl republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- ' VOted to the war pise credited In this paper and also the local news published | Administration and commercial operation must be berein | : D rALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER { secondary. The new setup promises better steamship | transportation ver month; The selection of Z. M. Bradford as Manager of the Third Annual Southeastern Alaska Fair was announced this day by M. S. Whittier, Secretary of the association. The dates of the fair were announced for September 17, 18, 19 and 20 and the annual event was to take place in the A. B. Hall. ships at present mainly are de- effort under the War Shipping MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS e e | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 B. P. 0. ELKS Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers welcome. A. B. HAYES, Exalted Ruler; H. L. McDONALD, Secy. Mildred Morrison and Henrietta Sully gave a delightful dancing party at the Sherwood Dancing Studio on Main Street this night in honor of several of the younger set who were to leave shortly for the Outside to attend school. About thirty guests were present. THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPR Fourth A; School for L:lbor (Cincinnati Enquirer) There are great possibilities in the plan, recently _,mnmmced by Xavier University, under which classes for training in labor leadership will be opened at the jand { Courses are to be offered in several phases |hours are favorable to our lflnd | univesity. | of soctal, political and economic activity, according to |forces; | the program. Members of the Xavier faculty will|ments on the high seas. | conduct the classes, assisted by outstanding repre- | sentatives from other spceialized fields. One of the weaknesses in labor leadership in the past has been a failure on the part of those leaders to get a full and fair picture of the problems with | which they were dealing. Members of employee g:oups, too, have not fully understood the practical | difticulties standing in the way of certain “reforms” which they have advocated. We do not mean to imply | that these shortcomings have been confined to labor | alone. They have not. The same criticisms could be leveled at many industrial groups. Lack of in- formation and sympathy has done much to retard progress on hoth sides of our economic fence. CLOSER TO HOME Whatever provisions are made for highway, rail- way or air travel to and from Alaska, ships will always handle the bulk of the freight and most of lhc‘ Due in no small measure to a lack of facilitles passengers. Many travelers will prefer the leisurely | for fully studying problems of employment, labor trip by steamer and the beauties of the Inside | ynions often have fallen victim to the unscrupulous Passage that can be offered by no other mode of | individuals who, through various means, have worked transportation. Any many years will pass before | themselves into positions of extreme power in organi- | Alaska can hope to have overland connections with | zation affairs. Such officials in countless instances | ‘the States. have degraded, for their own again, Accordingly we believe that most Alaskans will i ol WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 Benefic aspects govern the Army the - Navy today. Morning later hours, to our engage- | HEART AND HOME: Women‘ may be despondent under this con- | figuration. They should turn to| hard wqrk and lose personal anx-| jeties in unselfish serviece. Thoughts | should be sternly deflected from\ war apprehensions. Faith and cour- | age should dominate. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Executives of large business enterprises may | be uncertain and changeable in| their plans at this time when war and politics appear threatening in| their possible development. The| wise will pursue safe paths but will| cultivate confidence in sustained | prosperity. ! NATIONAL ISSUES: Pupulauon {changes will cause concern in many | the good name {parts of the country this Autulmw |In the first movements of war| workers from factories whese con- of labor. We feel certain that, with the training welcome the recent acquisition of the Alaska Steam- which now will be available at Xavier and other & American schools and colleges, the day of the labor ship Company by Skinner and Eddy Corporation and the announcement by the Seattle firm that “we are ] opportunist will be a thing of the past. planning on new ships.” Alaska needs better trans- portation of all kinds and we are confident that Washington ¥ will be advnm'\geous to all concerned. 1 land. The county solidly for Nye—with one unique Nazi and anti- isolationist, had car- exception—giving him a 1,368 mar- ried Wishek against Nye. tracts lapse, western and southern Workers, [areas will continue overcrowded de- | well founded in economic and social facts, will select |spite efforts to equalize the dmrlbu- officers who have the same information. The result (tion of productive labor. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS e ——— | Jupiter rising at Rio de Janeiro voted almost counted, Burdick, a forthright anti- Signifies its growth as an air cen- ter. Closer relations between Brazil and the United States are indi-| | beautiful.” A broken transformer on the power circuit of the Alaska Juneau mine forced a temporary suspension of mining there and also set fire to some sheds at the tunnel entrance causing a small amount of damage. The Coast Guard cutter Unalga, Commander John Boedecker, arrived in port after a three day’s inspection tour in the Cape Fanshaw district. Bishop J. R. Crimont was at Ketchikan enroute to Juneau after a visit in the Sta Weather report: High, 53; low, 49; cloudy. §l Daily Lessons in English %% 1. corpox ———d WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The two girls are both Omit BOTH, or say, “Both girls are beautiful.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mania, Pronounce ma-ni-a, first A as in MAIN, I as in IT, second A as in ASK unstressed, and three syllables, not man-ya. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Physique, in IT, E as in ME, accent last syllable. SYNONYMS: Prosy, prosaic, dull, stupid, tedious. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and i is yours:” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: POMPOUS; characterized by excessive self-importance; pretentious. “The pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.”—Thackeray. % MODERN ETIQUETTE e G SUSSSSUSSSIS PSS TS USSR though pronounced fi-zek, I as Q. When going horse-back riding with a girl, and a groom is present, Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduste Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted = Lenses Ground DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Gastineau Hotel Annex S. Franklin PHONE 177 ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Silver Bow Lodg¢ No.A2,L0O.O.F ts each Tues- dnyatfl(fll’ M. I O.O. F. HALY Visiting Brothers Welcome Forest D. Fennessy H. V., Callow -.. ASHENBRENNER'S NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788—306 Willoughby Ave. R S | Jones-Sievens Shop . LADIES’~MISSES" READY-TO-WEAR | Seward Street Near Third r——— “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St~ Triangle Bidg. i gin. | NOTE— Rspublican Congressman (cated. Our Navy will contribute to | At the last minute, election au-| !Burdick is being urged by friends defense plans of paramount im- thorities almost held up the 'to run as an independent against Portance. county's vote on the ground that Nye in November. | Persons whose birthdate it is should a man, assist the girl in mounting and dismounting, or is it the | duty of the groom? The girl's escort should perform this service. Aré ceremonious forms of invitations still used? Merry- Go-Round HARRY RACE H. §. GRAVES “The Clothing Man”™ (Continued trom prage One) no auditor’s election seal had been| have the augury of a year of some | o | disappointments as well as of unex- pected pleasures. Patience and diplomacy are important. Children born on this day prob-' ably will be mentally keen and placed on the abstract of votes. MERRY-GO-ROUND desert and run away '0 Haq the 1,368 votes finally been| Texas is a big State, but under qonaih. ALY, e hpie om‘thruwn out, Nye's leading Lm“".}esse Jones, the Civil ACIDHRUUCS jump in me. I can jump “’mnu: petitor, Lynn Stambaugh, would ane over Poland, but that is c » 1‘: practice jumps in Scotland.” \:fi;’; 9:;"\',015:?31 lfimu:::f_lm’;";mla airport contracts to Texas than to Y any other State except Florida So finally, last February, Rettin- 'y, o RED Ths el b ger did jump over Poland and did | Thé amazing thing, ho_wever. is Unique exception to Nye's ”we“p‘ex;ica e ys(;"'-xs e oy, |of McIntosh County was the fact!genting, who has been featured in recently left on his all-impottate|that Congressman Usher Burdick, varigns Nazi productions and whose migsion o Moscow, Polish offlolals )y, 1o, g close third, carrled thelms riime were barred front South managed to get word to Rettinger | town of Wishek, the county seal.!smarica for several years'® * * R NP O S e | Here is the untold story of how Two lengthy books were dlscovered Re- o cipiersn b et ittt o] jhe did 1 'mismg from the Russian War Poland and bring him to Cairo. | [n Cairo, Rettinger met Premier Mikolajezyk and had a very im- portant conference, during which he gave a first-hand report regard- the sentiment of the Poush] pezple toward Russia, the status of | their- resistance, and other infor-| mdtion needed hy the Premier for' his conference with Stalin. | 1 would a Administration has awarded more Dnvmg through stronghold, Burdick decided that he' some time ago. Vice President didn't have a chance, but that he \ajjace finally fessed up that he, | would at least see what the DRODIS .0 ;" 1 évmdier - themto study were talking and thinking about.' plepurauon for So he dropped in at a tavern where | | several Germans were | beer. |'They were written in Russian * * * drinking j. Fred Odom, new head of the idick got to talking with them, gated the murder of Huey Long.'! DEWEY'S WHITE HOUSE FRIEND lasted most of the afternoon. Best friend Governor Dewey had |nally, one of the Germans said: |tigate more thoroughly the dozens; inside or around the White House | “Aren’t you Congressman Bur- of bullet holes in the body of Carl today is not Bernie Baruch, who 'dick?’ |Weiss, the assassin * * * Big oil; tries to win friends for Dewey, nor | “Yes,” Burdick replied. “But man Colonel T. H. Barton, who ran, even Fred Searls, Jr, ex-aide to that doesn't make any difference. |against Hattie Caraway in Arkan- Justice Byrnes, who contributed |1 know you are all against me sas, is an old friend of ex-Vice| $2,000 to the Dewey campaign. Ac- here, and I just wanted to drop n President Charlie Dawes. tually, Dewey's best White House (and have some fun.” ‘ (Copyright, 1944, by United friend, in the opinion of other | When the election returns were Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Presidential advisers, is General | - | “Pa” Watson, FDR's own closest | Lrossword Puzzle secretary. Pa is not FOR Dewey, but he is ACROSS 1. Lolnslded accused of playing into Dewey’s 5. Pain 9. PMHP !n. . Tigl 3. hhurl dramatie Imperio Ar-| this German e gisplay on Russian ngnculture‘ in! (fully completed the Army Air Force his trip to Siberia.|pdvanced Flying School training ‘local Democrats in Louisiana, was'sioned a second lieutenant in the Without introducing himself, Bur- the District Attorney who investi- 'Army Air Corps. bought them some sausage, and got Many critics still wonder why Odom ' neau High School and also a for- !into a game of rundum. The game never held an autopsy on Huev's mer student at Waghington State Fi- body, also why he did not inves- College at Pullman, Wash. | hem to Box 468, Ketchikan, Alaska. suceessful in whatever they under- take. Leo folk are popular because of personal magnetism qualities of character. (Copyright, 1944) IRGRAM VARNELL WINS HIS WINGS Another Jgneau boy has won his wings. Ingram W. Varnell has success- |at Williams Field, Chandler, Ari- zona. The pilot has been commis- Varnell is a graduate of ‘the Ju-| TIDES TOMORROW High tide—0%01 a.m., Low tide —6:37 a.m,, High tide—1:06 p.m., 143 feet. Low tide—6:44 p.m., 4.0 feet. ————— SAVE THE PIECES 156 feet. 0.0 feet. {Of your broken ienses and send They will be replaced promptly in ur large and well equipped labor- {atory. C. M. and'R. L. Carlson hands by needling the Plesxdeu(‘ against Wendell Willkie. | Other White House intimates| 5 g malive = have been reminding the President ican country how Willkie went down the line for H gg?,’,:",‘fifl,“',‘.", him on taxes, on foreign policy and . Exaggerate on every phase of the war, say 18. O%nn!‘;{:lol that he could swing a million or it 80 votes if he were brought closer to the White House. But their work is undone by genial Pa Wat- son, the man who sees the Presi- dent most, who privately considers Willkie a liberal not to be trusted, and who doesn't hesitate to give the Presidept his views. If Roosevelt and Willkie get to- gether, it will not be Pa Watson's fault. Meanwhile, the Dewey camp is | still. sending all sort of ambassa- dors of good will to Willkie, trying | to win him over to support for the Republican ticket, Latest re- | port is that Willkie can be Secre- | tary of State if he joins up. So far, he hasn't budged; but if Pa Watson keeps on, he may. | 2. Relevant . Jewel Self: Scotch Operatic solo [B]Y] [BIERT[H[A| B SoEd (o] [ERIGIE[L[S]A] Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle DOWN 1. Away: prefix 2. Lifting muscle 3. Russian city Inni”fln 7 SSstdias 1us //// [ I%fll 7 e e AN AN Ml dNd/ dEENE o 00 o lef 3 Turn to the lo Sml "Have . Uncovered Addition to & bullding Wise man Fish . Behave 25. Silk fabrio 27. Genus of the rose 0. Domestic fowl Nerve network 33. Seeps through mlnulll openings 36. Understand e 4. Unadulterated 10, 5. Siamese coln 7L 9. Epoel 10. Destructive insect 11, One to whom property is transferred Huge wave . Black tiquia Skill Inclinea channels Bed_canopy Despotie subordinate of Collegtluu of GERMAN VOTE NOMINATES NYE When they got through counting the ballots for and against isola- tionist Senator Gerald Nye in North Dakota’s Republiean pri-| eve- ning meal . Snow runner Feminine name cataract Light brown Allow . Hawsers . Clstern Constellation tening mary, they found that it was one | intensely pro-German district, Mc- | Intosh County, which put him across. | McIntosh County is largely con- trolled by the Wishek family, plus| other Germans who have kept strong sympathies with the father- pleces Brilllantly colored fish Moray . By birth Directed fllfl il Nothmg Serious | . Yes, and the form has not changed for many years. | . What does FROMAGE mean when used on a menu card? | . Cheese. { (o e LOOK and LEARNA C. GORDON and fined . Why is it that rings and coins cannot be made of pure gold? | . Who wrote “Sir Nigel"? What book of the Bible is known as the Book of Damages? ‘What are anthropophagi? In which comic opera would you meet Little Buttercup? ANSWERS: Pure gold is too soft. A Conan Doyle. Exodus. Cannibals; man-eaters. “H. M. S. Pinafore,” by Gilbert and Sullivan. Have You Tried the New Halliwell Cold Wave? —Experienced Operators— Lueille’s Beauty Salon PHONE 492 M. P. SHAW as a paid-up subscriber lo‘TflE ‘DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the——— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: MY KINGDOM FOR A COOK Federal Tax-~11c per Person - WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear' Wrong with Many Hard of Hearing If you are temporarily deafened, bothered by ringing, buzzing head noises due to hardened or coagulated wax (cerumen), try the Ourine Home Method test that so many say has enabled them to hear well again. You must hear better after making this simple test or you get your money baek at once. Ask about Ourine Ear Drops today at Butler, Mauro Drug Co. Your Rexall Store QIE B Lopne i ai NOTICE 7O CREDITORS In the Comimissioner’s Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Num- ber One. Before FELIX GRAY, Commissioner and ex-officio Pro- bate Judge, Juneau Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate of HENRY KORHONEN, deceased. NOTICE: IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned was, on the 14th day of August, 1944, duly ap- pointed Administratrix of the estate of Henry Korhonen, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate of deceased will present them, with proper vouchers and duly verified, to the undersigned, at Juneau, Alaska, within sixty (60) days from the date of this Notice. Dated at Juneau, Alasn August 14th, 1944. LOLA ELENA HILL, Administratrix. First publication, Aug. 15, 1944, Last publieation, Sept. 5, 1944, IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED First N atmnal Bank ¥ of JUNEAU. 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