The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1944, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1944 B e e ; 7 : Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - President DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER - Editor and Manager | ELMER A F END - Managing Editor ALFRED ZENG! - Business Manager Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | the preposterous idea that she could save her tottering empire by staking all she has on a last bid for the domination of the continent of Asia.’ Many Americans view with alarm the recent gains of Japan in China and the loss of many airfields which been in use by American flying units. The on the other hand, view sych gains as of spokesman for the Chinese government pointed out recently, “today it is not| have Chinese little consequence. A (et | HAPPY BIRTHDAY D e SEPTEMBER 25 Mrs. Frederick Palmer Patricia Jean Stanyer ! B SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 gzo YEARS AGO 2% mureine | The directors of the Placer Gold Mines Company, operating its placer gold property on Ruby Creek, Atlin district, had at this time decided s T AR R e S LUCILLE’S BEAUTY SALON SPECIALISTS IN ALL TYPE! AND ALL TYPES OF HAIR FULL LINE OF DERMETIC CREAMS PHONE 492 OF PERMANENT WAVES Silver Bow Lndllr ] No.AZ 1O .O.F MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 143 SECOND and FOURTH SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month; six months, S8.00; one vear, $15.00. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, 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 {rregularity in the de- Livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The' Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use fo 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. Mrs. J. F. Mullen Harold Blake Mrs. C. R. White Mrs. Fred Paul Clarice Heney | upon new work on their property there that would keep that company in what happens in Changsha or Hengyang or some the field for at least five more years. other city in Southwest China that matters to Japan; it is rather what is going to happen to the Philip- pines, to Formosa and to Japan proper that really Monday of each month In Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m Pt WALLIS S. GEORGE Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. 'Meets each Tues. day at 8:00 P. M. I O. O. F. HAL} Visiting Brothers Welcome Forest D. Fennessy Noble Granc H. V. Callow ... ..Secretary —_——— The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS Infant and Children’s Wear 139 S. Franklin Juneau, Alaska e et DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 i HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. i M. S. Whittier, Assistant Collector of Customs, who went to Skagway )n the Princess Alice in connection with the shipment of. liquor for the | Yukon government, returned from the northern city on the same boat {and reported that the transfer was made safely. H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E } Thomas A. Ashby and Thomas Dodson, who had been in the Eagle “The stars incline | district, Yukon River, during the summer, employed by the Alaska Road [)u’ d() "’,,t Cumpel" { Commission, returned here on the Estebeth. Mr. Ashby was elected as PO S e matters e Warfields' Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) | A Democrat Speaks The speech prepared for delivery recently before NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM NATIONAL REPRESENTATI Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. one of the delegates to the Democratic convention, but was unable to attend and named as his proxy, his brother, Oscar Ashby of New York. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - Mrs. Charles Flory and Mrs. Wellman Holbrook entertained with two bridge-luncheon parties. Prize winners for cards included Mesdames L. L. Harding, John Dunn, H. R. Shepard, Jack Hellenthal, Elmer A riend and Miss Bone. the National Federation of Women’s Clubs at Louis- |ville by Louis Bromfield, noted author and Pulitzer — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 & \ ) \ ) (Cincinnati Enquirer) \ E N /A | Prize winner, was one of the most devastating indict- {ments of the New Deal and the Roosevelt AAminis-| o riciino aspects are active in their influences today. It is a fav- orable time for the use of initiative.| ~ HEART AND HOME: This should | F be a fortunate day for changes in home conditions, repairs and re | tration that we have ever read It gained emphasis, of course, from the fact that | Mr. Bromfield is a Democrat and—though not by New Deal definition-—a liberal. He is a farmer as well as and his disgust with the | stems from observations in both channels of employ- | ment, | “I am here tonight only,” Mr. Bromfield began, because 1 believe with deep sincerity that four more years of the present, tired, compromised and divided | administration would be a calamity for the nation.” | And he went on from there: } “Paternalism, regimentation, ‘crade-to-the-grave’ | political philosophies all had their origin in Germany, lout of a politically backward nation where the people |agricultural products will prove the | ! . . . b11 have never known any other condition than that of fefficiency of transportation systems |} Da||y I_essons m EngIISh W L. GORDON | exploitation. None of these things has any place in a [in meeting the great emergencies | | . . | democracy. They weaken the very fibers of a nation.|which are foreseen for coming | L e e g e | They weaken and destroy the initiative, the ingenuity, i months. Feeding of liberated | A £ y | the independence of the individual which are the ever- | peoples and war prisoners will drain | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I was balled up by so many | lasting sources of the great strength and superiority of | the great food resources of the questions.’ Say, “I was CONFUSED." | democracies. I nation this Autumn } OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Memorable “It will be necessary for us to decide whether| NATIONAL ISSUES: The seers | the second |we are to continue as'a democracy based upon the|warn that in the heat of the po-| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Fuselage; SEL, not SIL [principles of Voltaire and Edmund Burke, Franklin, |jitical campaign subversive agencies| SYNONYMS: Refined, cultivated, cultured, polished, well-bred | Jackson, Jefferson and Washington, or whether we are |,yiay e able to introduce dangerous| — WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us to become altogether a bureaucratic state in which|,eqce propaganda. Both major | jncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: |the peovle are slaves, based upon the ideas of Ka”ipanms will be used by enemy | TRIVE T v I AR R e G e | Marx, Trotsky, Hitler, Mussolini and Sidney Hillman. | g A . ety | CONTRIVE; to plan ingsniousiy; bo/RIok to solbm plans were [ rhis naton mast Smergh’ GHEP6T EHe” cotision |Fechs tosfnfluence ey EEEY | cunningly contrived: cetively cr 3 or OVerw! g weig - 7 N persons of limited intelligence. As effectively crushed under overwhelming weight of Al- | o the past 12 years if it is to continue as a great and | C75S © licd arms. To bring Japan to her knees entails further | rich nation of free men. We have a chance in Novem- | V22! defeat comes each Say. Qeargr | ¢ Zektly sacriticesioritonripart and thére wil by manga: | bav:to: decide whether we shall ‘Gontinus as a free | TRICHIVIBAE Within (IS FRANE | | huzdle to jump over along the hard and arduous road | democracy or go deeper into the morass of (mamm-mn‘fl“‘:‘lf" Whl e’ ot - SuBEHB AR | } MODERN E"QUETTE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: } As the United Nations prove that nothing succeeds so rapidly as suc- | B. P. 0. ELKS Meets eve Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers wel- come. A. B, HAYES, Exalted H. L. McDONALD, Secy. A miscellaneous shower was to be given this night for, Mrs. Norman Migrations of population | 3jursen, nee Sybil Campbell The affair was to be held at the home of will relieve congestion in certain | Miss Dorothy Haley on Distin Avenue war industry centers but the Pa- — cific Coast will gain many perma- Attorney General John Rustgard left for Seattle on the Alaska to be nent residents. Improvement in housing conditions for workers is| foreseen. ‘ BUSINESS CONDITIONS: Move- | ment of the Summer's abundant| fee——= administration B | Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 a writer, movals. gone several weeks. | FLOWERLAND CUT FLOWERS—POTTED PLANTS—CORSAGES | | “For those who deserve the best” | 2nd and Franklin Phone 557 | Weather report: High, 39; low, 37; rain. ENEMY ACIFIC Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 ASHENBRENNER’S NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788—306 Willoughby Ave. To those who believe that the end of the conflict in Europe will mean also a speedy defeat of the enemy in the Pacific, the Chinese Minister of In- formation, H. C. Liang, has this to say “While we admit the liquidation of Germany will undoubtedly inflict a mortal blow upon the Japanese morale, the triumph of Allied arms in Europe will not change Japan’s defense plans. “No one who has a working knowledge of history and national character of the Japanese people will cherish the illusion of their unconditional sur- render before their war machines are totally and Accent first syllable, not ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground S S S the Jones-Stevens Shop ’ LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR [———————————————— Seward Street Near Third DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH e o e =S R e G e S e by ROBERTA LEE SSRGS SIS S+ A “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg government. | “The strange perversion of thought which makes ! palloon at. the time of military reverses, but it will|People and even communities think of themselves as | : . 4 wards of the government and the recipients of ‘free’ not be an honest gesture; rather we s read f ol 3 : limb | lady? ; et » should read in | ;0 " 4 Yandouts from the government has grown cess, neutrals will seek to climb lady’ any such Japanese move a deliberate attempt to DUt |, o1y during the last 12 years. Before 1932 Am- | upon the victorious bandwagon. The A. The origin of has not been established. the Allies off their guard and slacken their War|erjcan citizens did not look to the government to stars long have indicated friendli-| authorities attribute it to a medieval custom which required a knight to efforts. | support them.” |ness to the Allies among leaders | lift his visor in the presence of a lady. “It is now apparent that Japan is still clinging to In the parlance, Mr. Bromfield said a mouthful.|in countries that have been able to Q. How does a woman introduce her husband? (avoid fighting A. To her friends as “John”; to her acquaintances as “My hus- \ 8 . : ) "0 Persons whose birthdate it is| jgna”. “Mr.” is incorrect. it resigned from WPB. ceived a cfmhdvntml report sh_mh have the augury of a year of im- Q@ Who introduced into America the use of finger bowls? Concluding chapter in the block- ing that 66.4 per cent of American provement in income and environ- | Thomas Jeffer: {atraduced th se of f - howls end & ling of civilian reconversion occur- |families have saved only 116 per|ment. Unusual vocations will claim homas- Jefferson introgyced the use of tnger bow:s eng.8 s of victory “Japan may possibly try to up a peace | play P Q. Why is a man supposed to remove his hat in the presence of a | Gastineau Hotel Annex 8. Franklin PHONE 177 ——" this custom Some —_——— —_— "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Washington g HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING a few days cent of the money put aside by the nation during war time. In other words, the upper one-third bracket | of the people tucked away 88.4 per | cent. | Meny- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) Ired very quietly just |ago, when Nelson's suc |Krug, issued an order ove |Banker Anderson and allocating _. {120,000 tons of steel for civilian | reconversion. Nelson pushed his ruling through, | despite opposition from the Baruch | faction in the War Deperament,| which threw up all sorts of ob-| stacles. Manufacturers, before they|the powerful teamsters’ union has could begin peacetime operation,jan unpleasant surprise for AFL had to get the OK of the War President Bill Green Manpower Commission and various| Tobin, who has been battling for other officials. However, if Lh('.\"ROOhP\'(‘H in AFL counsels for did get this OK, they could go months, is bitter at the w Green ahead and make alarm clocks, elec-has been pussyfootinig. As a re- tric irons, and all sorts of things sult, Tobin will soon order all his the public long has awited for A. F. of L. unions to enter all-out However, Nelson did not know |ccllaboration with Sidney Hillman's what was going to happen behind CIO Political Action Committee his back. | There is nothing which makes ©One of WPB’'s big business vice Green more red with rage than chairmen fighting reconversion is @80y mention of cooperation with Sam Anderson of the Lehman the CIO. He has specifically ordered Brothers banking firm. Anderson all AFL unions to refuse collabora- bappens to be head of the require- |ton with Hillman ments committee which rules on HOwever, teamster Tobin has al- what materials are required for |1€ady written a letter to top AFL each type of work, and what shall leadership, saying he has nothing be allocated for it against either Hillman, Philip Murray or anyone else in the CIO as long as they are for Roosevelt. essor The same report points out that, JOLT FOR BILL GREEN immediately after V-Day in Europe, The A. F. of L’s Dan Tobin of |most plants which continue overat- ing will cut overtime, thus drop- ping wages from 15 to 25 per cent. One of the problems officials face is a wild rush to cash war bonds, not for lush spending, but for bare necessities of workers in middle and lower income brackets. All these figures now have Roose- velt concerned about what will happen in the first weeks immedi- ately after the war. The President’s economic advisers are telling him that continued prosperity in the post-war period will require his greater personal | mestic problems. They figure that, if the nation can successfully come through the first few weeks after the armistice, then the demand for peacetime goods, long denied the public, will pick up national prosperity. How- ever, the first weeks of readjust- ment are going to be tough. (Copyright, 1944, by United Syndicate, Inc.) So Anderson’s requirements com- mittee held a meeting to determine how much steel could be allocated to civilian rcoonverSion ‘under Nelson’s plan. Most of the interest- | ed agencies of the Government are | represented on the Trequirements committee, and their views were split. The Army flatly opposed | AFTERMATH OF V-DAY ‘The White House has just re- Crosswo | forms will close Oct. 10. For space, | { Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co. ! i Phone 420 before the closing date. attention to do- | A ber of other customs that he had observed in Europe. attention |8 ; Children born on this day may| feeeeeeercrseereereoeo be extraordinarily avid for [y uccess | - in life. They should be carefully trained to avoid selfishness. % e 9 | NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY | What makes soap aloat? Did Napoleon Bonaparte have any brothers and sisters? i ‘What is “opal ice”? %+ 4. How many muscles are there in an elephant’s trunk? ¢ Where is the Isle or Capri? ANSWERS: Is to be published this month and | listings and changes, please call the | —adv. while it is hot; these bubbles are invisible to the eye. 2. '\ s; four brothers and three sisters, 3. An ice substitute, used for skating rink.s 4. 50,000. 5. In the Gulf of Naples M. ISAACS——Building Contractor REMODELING — REPAIRING CABINET SHOP 270 South Franklin Street. PHONE 799; Res. Black 290 i i J.H. SADLE as a paid-up subscriber 1o THE 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: 111 the famous sssortment of best-liked confections : ; i bere direct from the makers--$1.50 || o $7.50; | 1. This is caused by tiny air bubbles that are blown into the soap | giving any more steel to civilian industry. The Maritime Commis- sion supported the Army. Howeve! Frult Child's napkin . Pronoun . Having less adulteration ACROSS . Mineral springs . Assistance { 9 Limb BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. The Rexall Store™ | “BEST FOOT FORWARD" Federal Tax —11¢ per Person the Navy, one of the greatest users | . Narrow road . Govern e of steel, voted that steel could be| 13. Pagan god Nomber waxgd for (i“.ma“ use, and many ;:‘efi;fl“\,fly {3 Clergyman other Government agencies ruled Prima donna ¥ likewise 3% B oreea ) o | In the end, however, Banker An- umber 56. Preceding derson made the decision himself. | D fisomx night He ruled that no steel was to go s fentdin to Nelson’s reconversion plan. This | B arpe meant that, after a manufacturer had cleared all the other hurdles— had secured the OK of the Man- power Commission and every one else—then after all that, he would . Concealed be unable to get the one material | 7 Prepars for alsolutely vital to production— | e printing i | . Is very fond of | . Floating Banker Anderson took his arbi- | organic lite trary stand despite the fact that a Bianterant confidential report prepared by | " straight Charles E. Wilson's economists : S . stated : | length “Ovet-all shipments of steel since | s the 4th quarter of 1943 have been | Bas cigle running well ahead of actual use. | Great Lake Carbon steel inventories at the end | o T of 1943 wi some 6 per cent above . Triangular September 30, 1943, Auother in-| R crease occurred during the first Mind quarter of 1944. At the end of L M June (1944), carbon steel inven- tories increa: by about a million tons and were close to a full quarter’s use. Two and three- quarter million tons of carbon steel are excess inventories and over a 60-day supply.” However, this report was sup- 5 1 wild ox . Central Amer- ican tree Swamp Well-behaved Wild plum Understana Solution Of Saturday’s Puzzle DOWN 2 1. Bung Surface a strec 3. Dillseed Earnest . Curb Placid Large tub Cooks 5. Dike Light boat Indoor game ‘ompetent to . Public an- WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! 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